Redimport ~ CR&S

Roberto Pattoni becomes a partner in CR&S with the responsibility for the technical department. Domenico Lavorata is employed for the assembly and testing. The first prototype was completed in February and road and track tests immediately followed. The first results were extremely positive: the project satisfies the specifications laid out in full and needs only slight tweaking. Another two prototypes are designed and built with slightly different technical and aesthetic details. The first bike made for sale bearing the CR&S brand is given the name “VUN” to establish its unique nature and Milanese roots (“VUN” in Milanese dialect means “one”). The official debut of the CR&S “VUN” took place in September 2004 at the most important European motorbike fair, Intermot, held in Munich.

Roberto Crepaldi founded CR&S (the acronym stands for Café Racers & Superbikes) in 1992 to give vent to his “wildest” motorbike passions: the aim of the project was to sell classic bikes of the 1960s and 1970s, and to import, distribute, set up and tune special contemporary supersport models. The meeting with John Britten (www.britten.co.nz) further fuelled his passion for extreme motor bikes: the CR&S BRITTEN V1000 successfully competed in competitions throughout the world. CR&S had become a team. Following the death of John Britten, the CR&S stopped its racing activities. A period of reflection and study followed, leading to the planning and building of the first prototype bearing the CR&S brand: a basic single-cylinder road bike built by RACECO (www.raceco.com) in the UK.

Giovanni Cabassi and Giorgio Sarti joined CR&S in 2002 to share and support the “mono” project, which was to be made by PATON (www.paton.it).
In 2004, Roberto Pattoni, owner of Paton, became a partner in CR&S, taking up a post as technical director.

September 2004, Munich, Intermot: the CR&S “Vun” is officially presented

CR&S VUN first race in Eurosupermono - Click to view larger images


The new CR&S VUN "P.P.P." (P.P.P.=Pronta Per Pista, that means "ready for track") debutted on last week-end, racing against the fastest European Supermono CR&S VUN P.P.P. finishes 12th, ridden by expert and competitive pilot Max Temporali (see pictures). Our bike, derived from standard, "naked", with a 68Hp tuned engine and road adjusted suspensions had zero problems, showing a very good handling, loosing on top speed compared to the fastest prototypes.
CR&S VUN to TT100 -June '07: A six minutes movie trailer is available now on GOOGLE VIDEO: search "TT 2007 CR&S VUN to Isle of Man". You can have an "on the road" report from the oldest and most famous road race in the world by a group of bikers, riding their singles from Milano to the IOM and back.