The Fantic 50 GT was the road model of the company’s moped catalogue in the 1970s. Where the Caballero was styled for regularità and the Chopper copied the American choppers, the GT was a plain street moped with a four-speed gearbox.
Fantic GT at a glance
| Maker | Fantic Motor, Barzago, Italy |
|---|---|
| Model | 50 GT |
| Type | road moped |
| Gearbox | four speeds |
| Registered version | sold with an unrestricted engine |
| Catalogue neighbour | Super Rocket, with small wheels, also four-speed |
| Period | 1970s |
| Other models of the range | Caballero, Chopper |
The GT has no article of its own; it is described in one paragraph of the Italian Wikipedia article on Fantic Motor, so this page is short.
History of the Fantic GT
A street model in a scrambler catalogue
Fantic’s moped production of the early 1970s was built around the Caballero, a machine with a regularità set-up, and the Chopper, which copied the stance of American motorcycles. The same catalogue also contained a road model, the 50 GT, offered in a normal version and in a registered version with an unrestricted engine. It had a four-speed gearbox, like the original Super Rocket with small wheels, the other unusual model of the range.
The short life of the moped boom
These small machines were sold at the time of the “sixteener laws” in Britain, which pushed makers to export light mopeds of under 50 cc to that market; Fantic’s mopeds, with their Minarelli engines, were among the fastest of the kind. The market for such mopeds lasted only a handful of years, and the company moved on to the enduro-oriented TX series and, in 1982, to the Strada 125.
Design and features
- Road version: the plain street moped of a catalogue built around the regularità-styled Caballero.
- Four-speed gearbox: the same arrangement as the Super Rocket.
- Registered option: a version with an unrestricted engine was also sold.
- Small wheels: the GT shared its period with the small-wheeled Super Rocket.
Fantic GT versions
- Fantic 50 GT: the standard road moped.
- Fantic 50 GT registered: the version with an unrestricted engine and a licence plate.
The GT shared the catalogue with the Caballero and the Chopper. More machines are in the Fantic collection.
Video: Fantic GT Super six (tx220) 1977
Video on YouTube.
Sources
- Fantic Motor, Italian Wikipedia: 50 GT, registered version, four-speed gearbox, Super Rocket
- Fantic Motor, English Wikipedia: context of the 50 cc mopeds, Minarelli engines, sixteener laws
