He knew that Spain alone couldn’t keep the company afloat, so he decided to take the company global. Other models were soon released, but the highest production peak wouldn’t come until the 1960s, after Manuel Giro’s son Eduardo took over. About 14,000 of these red bikes were sold in just a few years. It had a 125cc engine and three-speed gearbox, and would ride at 47mph. The first of Ossa motorcycles was released in 1949. Ossa’s founder, Manuel Giro, and a few other engineers began designing and producing a motorcycle that would fit these high demands. After the Spanish Civil War destroyed much of the Spanish economy in the late 1930s, many Spaniards were in need of cheap transportation.
Ossa, short for Orpheo Sincronic Sociedad Anónima, was a Spanish motorcycle manufacturer best known for lightweight two-stroke motorcycles.
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