The time machine: Moto Paton's 500 cc Racer.

Another great link from the Kneeslider:

"There was once a time when motorbikes were created by the passion and genius of people who would reach their dreams with extraordinary resolution. From the passion, skill, and resolution of Giuseppe Pattoni, the "Pep", at the beginning of the sixties the Paton twin 4 stroke was born. The first displacement was 250cc, then it grew to 350cc and finally 500cc in order to obtain a huge number of important national and international results.

About ten motorbikes were built in ten years. "Pep" worked on the twin after his normal duty in the workshop of Giogio Pianta and although his financial resources were very limited compared to those of his competitors, he gained enough success to reach an important place in the history of the racing motorbikes.


There are more than a few experts who acknowledge to this motorbike an exceptional place in history and Roberto Pattoni, who inherited from his father the honor and responsibility to continue the activity, is constantly receiving requests for building more models of the most famous of the Paton bikes. So, Paton entered a new challenge in building again the 4 strokes twin with usual passion and greatest efforts, with the help of the best available technologies in order to create a new motorbike with the same characteristics of the original one, but more technically advanced. Starting from the yellowish but precious forty year-old drawings and going through the latest mathematical processes together with the most updated mechanical processing, the new 4 stroke twin is living again as "Riedizione Ufficiale".

In the motorcycle scene there are several "replicas" of historical motorbikes. But that is not the case of the Paton BIC 500 8V RU, which cannot be defined as replica as it is exactly the same model built by the same maker. It is rather a natural evolution of the same bike which raced in the sixties and seventies, built by the same factory which since then has never interrupted its activities.


The production will be limited to just a few pieces, created by hand, one by one, with the most caring attention. It is a perfect example of the highest-level craftsmanship, which has always been admired in the past, just as it is now. The twin will be available for collectors who are fond of classic bikes and who will be proud to show it in the various historical meetings. But the Paton 8V RU is most of all a racing bike and will be a fabulous companion to the drivers who will decide to compete in the historic bike races.

The Twin Paton 4 stroke participated in more than 150 official competitions from 1966 to 1975 obtaining precious results in Italian championships and World Championships. Many important riders raced with the twin Paton such as Fred Stevens, Angelo Bergamonti, Billy Nelson, Virginio Ferrari (Ferrari raced the Bimota frame model), and Roberto Gallina."

Bator International is the American Distributor for Moto Paton

"The production will be limited to just a few pieces, created by hand, one by one, with the most caring attention. It is a perfect example of the highest-level craftsmanship, which has always been admired in the past, just as it is now. The twin will be available for collectors who are fond of classic bikes and who will be proud to show it in the various historical meetings. But the Paton 8V RU is most of all a racing bike and will be a fabulous companion to the drivers who will decide to compete in the historic bike races."