Italjet


Italjet Moto Srl is an Italian manufacturer of motorcycles, headquartered in Castel San Pietro Terme, Bologna, Italy. The company was founded in 1959 in San Lazzaro, Bologna by Leopoldo Tartarini.

Products

The company has a history of producing light motorcycles, scooters and more recently quadbikes.
In the 1990s, it launched the Dragster, Formula and Velocifero models. In 1998 an Italjet Formula was exhibited as part of The Art of the Motorcycle show at the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
In 1999, the business launched the Grifone, powered by a 900 cc three-cylinder Triumph engine. A completely new factory in Roseto was built to manufacture the Grifone, but in 2002 the company went bust. In 2005 it was taken over by Massimo Tartarini, the son of the original owner. Under his direction the company has developed lightweight touring motorcycles based on the Korean Hyosung 650's frame and engine, various eBikes and a new updated Italjet Dragster

MotoGP

From 2000 to 2002 Italjet competed in the 125 cc MotoGP race series with the Italjet F125.
YearPosRiderRSA
MAL
JPN
ESP
FRA
ITA
CAT
NED
GBR
GER
CZE
POR
VAL
RIO
PAC
AUS
PtsCons
200019 Jaroslav HulešRetRetRet14Ret14DNSRet8Ret91021Ret264
200027 Leon Haslam2219Ret17DNQ22101819Ret17Ret22RetRet1764
200067 Marco Tresoldi22Ret04
200121 Stefano PeruginiRet1112RetRet1112Ret16RetRet12Ret1613Ret256
200122 Gianluigi Scalvini1314RetDNQRet13RetRet22Ret1822918Ret9206
200217 Stefano Perugini112416Ret1513Ret11Ret18Ret620Ret12Ret285
200222 Gábor TalmácsiRet1820RetRet05
200230 Christian PistoniRetRet1219RetRetRetRet45
200224 Leon Camier24282405