This 1939 photo shows Piero Taruffi sitting on his experimental, highly aerodynamic, faired in Gilera motorcycle. Piero Taruffi was the manufacturer of the Tarf derailleur.

I am pleased that Piero Taruffi blinked at the very instant that this photo was taken - real life is like that.

(Source gallica.bnf.fr/ Bibliothèque nationale de France)

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• Publisher: La Nuova Italia/L'Italie Nouvelle
• Country: France
• Date: April 1939
• Derailleur brands: Tarf
• Derailleurs: none