(monocilindriche) tassellate

English translation: single cylinder off-road bikes

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Italian term or phrase:(monocilindriche) tassellate
English translation:single cylinder off-road bikes
Entered by: Marco V

15:11 Jan 4, 2008
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Automotive / Cars & Trucks / motorcycles
Italian term or phrase: (monocilindriche) tassellate
Dagli anni ’70 è il motore a due tempi a farla da padrone, ma consuma e soprattutto inquina. Ecco allora che il quattro tempi ritorna ad equipaggiare le monocilindriche tassellate. Che sono sempre più specialistiche. Ed è proprio da questo genere di moto, dalle enduro in particolare, che nascono le motard
Marco V
Local time: 14:57
single cylinder off-road bikes
Explanation:


single cylinder off-road bikes

tassellate è gomme tassellate
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefo...

You can say knobbly-tyred bikes but imo off-road bikes sounds better in this case.

knobbly tyres
http://images.google.com/images?q=knobbly tyres&ndsp=20&svnu...

Off-road tyres
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=off...
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Jo Macdonald
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Local time: 14:57
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4 +1single cylinder off-road bikes
Jo Macdonald
4thumpers
Antonio Volpe Pasini


  

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single cylinder off-road bikes


Explanation:


single cylinder off-road bikes

tassellate è gomme tassellate
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefo...

You can say knobbly-tyred bikes but imo off-road bikes sounds better in this case.

knobbly tyres
http://images.google.com/images?q=knobbly tyres&ndsp=20&svnu...

Off-road tyres
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&safe=off...


Jo Macdonald
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Local time: 14:57
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once again...Thanks!

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thumpers


Explanation:
Le monocilindriche o one-cylinder motorcycles vengono chiamate anche "singles," oppure "thumpers" a causa del rumore che fanno.
Perr quel che riguarda i battistrada penso che la traduzione migliore sia knobby tread


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