Museo delle moto e dei ciclomotori DEMM

About the museum

DEMM was a motorcycle company with a plant in Porretta Terme, in the Bologna Apennines, which after the war produced sports motorcycles and mopeds. The museum was created relatively recently thanks to the passion of Mosè Mazzini and his father Giuliano, who, with great personal and financial commitment, brought back to life numerous examples of the company’s output, including some true rarities.

The most famous piece is the “siluro” (torpedo), the streamlined motorcycle that in 1956 set twenty-four world records on the Monza circuit. Other sports motorcycles on display recall the company’s successes in the Italian mountain championships of 1961, 1962 and 1963.

According to the Città metropolitana di Bologna, the collection includes over one hundred models and prototypes of motorcycles and mopeds, together with a photographic archive of more than two hundred images of the vehicles and advertising campaigns of the Porretta plant. The museum is linked to the Registro storico DEMM, which preserves the memory of the brand.

Highlights

• The “siluro” that set 24 world records at Monza in 1956
• Sports motorcycles from the Italian mountain championships 1961–1963
• Over one hundred DEMM models and prototypes of motorcycles and mopeds
• Photographic archive with over 200 images and advertising campaigns

Permanent exhibition

• Collezione DEMM di moto e ciclomotori – DEMM sports motorcycles, mopeds and prototypes, with the record-breaking “siluro” of 1956 and a historic photographic archive.

Operated by

Famiglia Mazzini (Registro storico DEMM)

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Bologna Welcome lists the museum among the destinations of the accessible Apennines and notes that, when booking by phone, a parking space can be reserved for people who need one.

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