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discovered his fascination with engines and his passion for adventure. It’s said that during his time as a child in Argentina, at the age of eleven, he modified the postman’s scooter and after a while, it caught fire. At only twelve years old, he borrowed his father’s Triumph 650.
“If I close my eyes I can still see myself behind him, on board his motorbike, as he takes me back after school. I can still smell the wind that opens my nostrils,” claims Dino.
In the late 1960s a war raged in Argentina and Dino’s father decided it was best to move the family back to Italy, planning to open a car dealership. They uprooted their life in South America and made the journey across the Atlantic Ocean -- a much different voyage than the one that the father/son duo shared on their motorcycle through the foothills of the Andes and the vineyards of Mendoza. Nello opened a car dealership once the family got settled in Milan and it provided Dino with an opportunity to
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