Husky? NO! Moto Villa

mate has a 350 Moto Villa SM Enduro and he needs a set of Corte & Cossa fork legs. its a 1981 model. the forks have the hexagonal sliders... just enquiring like....?? PM if you have something.

That's her! the owner has two and one is a basket case requiring anew pipe (available) and new fork legs(badly corroded) if agood set canbe sourced, it would be better than rechroming the old ones. Sooohere we are...

Actually a pretty damn good bike to ride for an 81 model, eats the 85 husky for ride and handling, the engine is a bit pipey and the gearbox a bit agricultural, needs the clutch to shift happily but the steering is very Maico like and the suspension is superb (this is a highly modified bike, has done several 4 days here and the original rider was an ISDE level rider.) the current owner and his mate purchased both bikes 20+ years ago and rode regularly until his mate met a woman who didn't like bikes...??? and bike #2 sat out the back of a shed until current owner grabbed it but it was pretty knackered by then, lower half of the exhaust completely rusted and the forks legs destroyed. resto job now under way...I tried Le guide Verde but cant get the translation to happen when I log on.... hmmm

funny you talk about the handling, i was going to comment the frame and suspension angles look nice

I never seen one of these who made it? Country? What diameter are the fork tubes?

The metal fabrication looks awesome on the swing arm and shock.

The old Hercules dirt bike looked similarity I think it was German with a Sachs engine. I could be wrong it's been a longtime.

I always teach about fabrication and the vertical steel is the strongest. Look at the vertical plate on the swing arm and shock mounts. There's no open space without it in the flex areas of the swing arm. Not much flex will happen there.

She's Italian my cousins made it?

If you search villa motorcycles lots of info comes up.

Moto Villa was a "baby" of some wealthy family from memory in spain or Italy??. they did very well in road racing and were a force in the small cc bikes also in mx.

There are four (4) bikes in OZ, 1 bloke has the two 125's and ol mate has the two 350's. the bike pictured is a real survivor, being shedded from the late1980's early 1990's until last year when he gave me the bike to get it in running shape. he had the shox recoed, I replaced the steering head bearings, wheel bearings and basically greased everything and changed the gbox oil.

you can see the paint "parts" mark on the rear hub from the 81 or 82 Australian four day enduro.

I have a short clip of a test run on go pro. I should wack up on my utube channel(riders in the scrub).
you get to hear its top end rush and a few false neutrals . ol mate has a heap of engine and plastic spares, seats everything the dealer had left. we should be able to turn bike #2 into concours model.

he has been in contact with villa recently andcan source a new pipe but the 36mm corte cosso legs are an issue. im sure we can find some, its just which is the cheapest option...rechrome or other forks... will see whats about.

I seen what I think is newer villa bikes online or maybe not 80's. Do they still make them?

I'm sorry I didn't grab the old German Hercules just because it's different.
Anyone can ride a Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki or Yamaha. I like my huskys cause there different. European bikes ride different.

Francesco VILLA and
Danielle NERI
(now =parts and stock
VILLA in Italy )

mailling=
moto.villa@libéro.it

web site VILLA in Italy
www.motovillaitalia.com





parts possible !
www.subito.it

fantastic stuff, cheers for the tips. they are a different beast...

front fork
CORTE ET COSSO
for sale eBay europe
350 euros !

rechroming front fork in europe !

www.pittedforks.co.uk


300 £

Fabulous V, thank you. good to see they are about

I wonder what the chrome is like under the covers......

moto villa how cool is that now who can pull a carabela outa there shed

Funny how all the European bikes have the similarity look stance, rake wise and fender design. They seem like there from the same designers of that era.

If you search for villa motorcycles lots of pictures come up. One villa bike looks similar to a Honda cr125 80ish? I wonder which one was first.

I wish we had more close up pictures of the engine? It has monster sized cooling fins. Very interesting design wise

"Rad Hardchrome " here in Brisbane Qld Australia do a good job at $150 a leg.
I've had all my husky legs done and am very happy with the result.