F.B Mondial

According to Massimo Clarke in "La Storia del bicilindrico Mondial 250" [Motosprint; dec. 1990] Mondial developped three different desmo-systems.
The first one was like the Delage-system. The two other systems used two two-armed rockers per valve. Unfortunately in this article no more text/pics.
Source italian texts (near pic) : Luraschi, A., Storia della motocicletta: gli ultimi 20 anni, deelS, Milaan. p.263.

According to my Motto: "Never assume anything, observe the obvious",
I added the Mondial to the "Mystery-Page", because no-one ever saw the interior desmo-parts of the engine, because..... (as we know now) they were never there.
After 45 years Mr. Pochettino - the actual owner of the bike - revealed that the Mondial was NON-Desmo!
Source: "Rettifica! (45 Anni dopo) by Carlo Perelli In: Motociclismo d'Epoca" of february 2002.
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