ISO Motor Italia SA. The Italian ISO company – the ISO taken from the industrial company ISOthermos of Bolzaneto – invested some capital to a company in Madrid called “Motor Italia, SA”, which manufactured small auxiliary motors for bicycles under license from the Italian ITOM. This became “ISO Motor Italia, SA” and manufactured the ISO and Isocarro motorcycles and motocarros in Spain from 1951.
ISO Motor Italia SA established a factory in the Carabanchel area of Madrid from where they manufactured motorcycles and motocarros.
This ISO sidecar outfit features a 150cc, two stroke, air cooled, split cylinder engine. These engines were well established at 125cc, but a larger version was also built.
ISO 150cc and sidecar at the Walter Ankli Collection at Caldes de Boi, Catalonia
ISO 125cc T19 from 1954. This motorcycle was photographed at the Museo de la Motocicleta Española, 28802 Alcalá de Henares (Madrid)
This Iso Scooter 125cc from 1954 is in the Sala Santy Collection.
The Isoscooter has the famous ISO split single (2 pistons running in their own bore) with a Bore v Stroke of 38.2mm x 55mm, 2 stroke, output 7CV at 5,200 rpm. Fitted with a 3 speed gearbox and in production from 1952 to 1963.
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ISO Motor Italia SA Motocarro
The ISO Motor Italia SA Motocarro in the photo dates from 1957 and is fitted with an air cooled, single “split” cylinder, ISO 125cc, two stroke engine and shaft drive. This specific machine was used extensively in the Azpeitia area for the delivery of bread, and it has been beautifully restored and is on display in the Basque Railway Museum at the old Azpeitia Railway Station.
The engine cowling can be clearly seen as this enabled a form of forced air cooling to compensate for the restricted air flow to the engine.
This ISO 125cc with attached trailer was on display at the 2025 Mollerussa Classic Show.
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