A few days ago the news broke in Italy of the confiscation of Moto Guzzi V35 Imola which at the time were part of the Carabinieri fleet. Apparently a citizen of about 30 years old, resident in the town of Alatri, in the province of Frosinone, placed an advertisement for the sale of the motorcycles on a well-known online portal in the Alpine country.
The three Moto Guzzi V35 Imola were still labeled with the official insignia
The problem, according to some local media that had access to the information in the report, is not the fact that the three Moto Guzzi V35 Imola were once official state vehicles. Nor that their current owner had them for sale. Apparently the crime lies in wanting to sell them without having removed the aforementioned identifying labels (adhesives).
This is where the issue has become the subject of debate wherever the news has been published. Basically because everyone agrees on one thing: How is it possible that the State was not responsible for eliminating all the official elements that equipped and identified these Moto Guzzi V35 Imola before their official sale?
In Italy, as in our country, it is possible to obtain vehicles from the State security forces that were fully operational at the time. What is not legal (at least in Italy) is to trade with them without first eliminating the aforementioned identifying elements. We can understand that this is mandatory when we talk, for example, about the emergency siren systems they mount.
Also any type of lighting exclusive for this use. On the contrary, it is hardly understandable that three antiques would be confiscated from someone, clearly out of service in all aspects and most likely with the sole purpose of becoming a static element within any motorcycle collection.
However, as we all know, no one is exempt from compliance with the law even if they do not know it, so everything suggests that the person involved in the three confiscated Moto Guzzi V35 Imolas will be “put to death.” Something very much ours, but which also seems to be deeply internalized by the Italian state machinery. If you don’t believe me, take a look at the news and read the comments published in it. Seeing is believing.
