Gilera 50 Trial 5V
Gilera 50 Trial 5V
“ Gilera mopeds with the big bike appeal” was the slogan in Gilera’s sales advertisements from the mid-1970s. For many 16-year-olds, there was no one above and no one next to their newly acquired Gilera 50 Trial 5V.
Rugged design
Tough as an off-roader and in bright colors, most often blue or yellow, the Gilera was the moped dream of many young people in the 1970s. With its high-mounted exhaust system, knobby tires and cross-handlebars, the model gave the impression of being larger than it actually was.
Established in 1909
Gilera was established by Giuseppe Gilera in the town of Arcore, Italy, in 1909. Giuseppe's machines were for a long time among the best of Italian motorcycles, and Gilera made a good impression both on the roads and, not least, on the racetracks. As early as 1935, they started using 4-cylinder engines, and the best known is probably Gilera 500 Rondine, a 4-cylinder powerhouse with double overhead cams, compressor and water cooling. With an output of 80 hp and a top speed of a staggering 230 km/h, Gilera was definitely something to be reckoned with, and with the 500cc Gilera took home 1st place in Moto GP in 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 and 1957.
Gilera : license-free motorcycles
Now the line from the 500 Rondine to the 50 Trial is long but none the less interesting, because the 50cc was for many Norwegian 16-year-olds what the 500cc was for Italian racing fans, ultra-popular. Gilera 50 Trial 5V was, with its design, a rather rough and tough moped, suitable for both the country road and for driving on gravel roads, and gravel roads were still common in the kingdom at the beginning of the 1970s.
Marketed as "Certificate-free motorcycles"
It is worth noting that the moped market at the beginning of the 1970s was dominated by European brands such as Gilera , Vespa , Puch , Zundapp , Kreidler and not least Tempo . Gilera was taken over by the Piaggio group in 1969, but the factory in Arcore was not closed until 1993. Piaggio's two legs in the moped segment were Vespa and Gilera . Both Vespa 50S, Gilera 50TS and Gilera 50 Trial 5V were marketed in Norway as "license-free motorcycles". Big words about small but tough 2-wheelers!
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