Printed on to a sheet of paper so thin it seems to be just one grade above tracing paper here is the brochure for the 1957 Itom Astor Competizione. The brochure screams out cheap but Itoms were a serious bit of kit back in the day. A top speed of 75 kph isn't exactly going to set the world on fire but it's pretty good for a 50cc machine from more than 60 years ago and they were very tuneable.
50cc racing was getting becoming popular in the mid to late fifties and Itoms were the weapon of choice for many clubmen. For the average Joe in the street road rider there wasn't much incentive to buy an expensive import when you could get a Brit machine of larger capacity for cheaper. And for this reason Itoms were always a rare sight in the UK.
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