The Moto Parilla is one of the most beautiful bikes you could wish to own. Let it be the tiny Parilla Parillino or the sporting Parilla MSDS it is a bike which will catch the eye of both fellow enthusiasts & the casual passer-by. What is it that makes the Parilla so attractive? The flowing lines of the cycleparts? The  variety of colours & their accentuation by chrome & polished alloy?

Whatever it is the result is the same. ............

In the passer-by the need to stand & stare, maybe to engage the owner in conversation about the machine & most certainly to remember the name of the rarity they have been stopped in their tracks by.....Moto Parilla

Hopefully they will be enthused enough to search the web for information & if they find this site then maybe one day they will join us as Parilla owners or wanabes?

In the bike enthusiast the effects can be long lived. From a fascination with, & need to know more about, the Parilla marque; to a craving to own a Moto Parilla as soon as possible & ultimately restore it to running order.

Restore it to running order? Yes , that's the problem. Parillas are pretty rare & when one does come up for sale it's usually in need of some t.l.c. From a cosmetic makeover (if you are very lucky) to a full mechanical rebuild & the problems that entails sourcing parts & people who understand the Moto Parilla marque. Hopefully we can help out in these areas & encourage you to attempt that rebuild. Ultimately I hope the site will be able to document a full Parilla rebuild - engine, cycle parts & electrics.  

I started in the enthusiast category. A long time owner of Brit bikes I was blinkered to the delights of Italian lightweights. Having passed my test on a loaned Lambretta GP200 I couldn't wait to graduate to a bigger "real" bike. This I did.... & indeed I still have the Norton 600cc "99" I started out on 30+ years ago.....& never looked back at the smaller classes of bike. Until I read about the MotoGiro D'Italia in 2000. I needed a 175cc bike of pre '57 vintage to compete & off I went looking for a Ducati. That was until I saw my first Moto Parilla 175 Turismo on a website..... Smitten. It was then just a matter of finding a sporting version for the Motogiro. I was lucky in that a Parilla 175 MSDS/GS was being offered a short distance away...how lucky you will see a little later !

Whatever your interest in Parilla is I hope you enjoy the site. Its my first attempt at writing a site so be patient with the clumsy style & dead ends......It'll get better! Be sure to mail me with comments, ideas & information to include about your Parilla:

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