This page lists brands for which limited information is available. For a more complete listing visit the Italian Index.
See also Obscure Italian Marques.
IBIS
Manufactured by Industria Bicimotociclistica Italiana
Sperimentale, 1948-1950
Address: Via del Piombo 2 and Via F. Sabatucci 11, Bologna
Founders: Canzio Bonora, Walter Sita, Antonio Ceroni, Anita Frascaroli
Built light motorcycles with two-stroke engines of 50cc and 75cc.
Unrelated to Ibis of Torino
Sources: Museo del Patrimonio Industriale, Bologna, et al.
ICEMI
1926-1928, Milano
The firm built motorcycles using their own engines along with 175 to 500cc units from Blackburne and JAP. Production volume was low.
Source: storiadimilano.it
ICP Sidecars
Based in Northern Italy, the firm produced models using riveted aluminium bodies. These were imported to Germany by Löw .
This is possibly ICP srl of Piovà Massaia, manufacturer of light aircraft and automotive components; however, there is no mention of sidecars or related products on their website.
Sources: Gespann-Lexikon, et al.
IMC 1949-1957, Bologna
IEMME
Manufactured by IEMME SPA Industriamotori, via Marconi, Ranica (Bergamo). 1979~1981
Ciclomotore of 49.9cc (40x39.7mm) fitted to the Bari Orix of Spain and the Motron R102.
An article in the Spanish press did not sing its praises.
Sources: mondo50cc.forumfree.it, et al.
Imperia
Manufactured by Enrico Tortelli from 1931 to 1955. Machines were fitted with JAP and and later New Imperial engines which he rebranded as Imperia. In 1939 he built his own unit-construction high-cam sloper engine of excellent quality with an all-alloy top end and an internal four-speed gearbox using Burman components. Post-war the engine was further developed with a bevel-drive OHC, with numerous enhancements until 1954.
Sources:
MC Storico Conti
nl.wikipedia.org, which gives as their source Enzyklopädie des Motorrads by Ewald & Murrer.
Invicta
Manufactured by Stabilimento Meccanico Carlo Mantovani & C., Torino via Saluzzo, 88. 1903-1906.
In 1903 Mantovani had purchased the automobile firm Bender & Martiny, of which he was a director, and then renamed it. He continued to produce a small number of cars, but construction was mainly of motorcycles and bicycles.
Source: model-copy.info
