No Gilera Supersports until mid-2003

Legal wrangles have set back the delivery of Gilera’s eagerly-awaited Supersport 600 to showrooms until mid-2003 at the earliest.

For the full story on the Supersport set back, don’t miss the latest issue of MCN, out July 3.

Production can’t start until Gilera’s parent company Piaggio overcomes minor legal procedures to complete its purchase of the Cagiva factory at Varese.

” We are close to finalising the deal, ” said a Piaggio spokesman, ” but until then we cannot start making the Supersport. ”