1991 Saturno 500 model codes UK

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1991 Saturno 500 model codes UK

Post by Steve500 » Sat Sep 12, 2026 1:21 pm

Hi, hoping someone can help me with the model codes for a 1991 Saturno 500 Bialbero.
I am trying to register the bike with the DVLA in England and struggling to find this information.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks

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Re: 1991 Saturno 500 model codes UK

Post by Joachim » Sun Sep 13, 2026 9:19 am

Hello and welcome

Sorry, I'm not very used to british vehicle registration procedures :)
What kind of number did you need?
Gilera has a type number for every model they built
That are the first 3 digits of the FIN

Saturno 500 has 222
The engines number is 221, no matching numbers

I must somewhere have the italian homologation papers

ciao Joachim

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.... DGM means Direzione Generale Motorizzazione; IGM means Ispettorato Generale Motorizzazione. The number that follows is a progressive homologation number, and OM is for omologazione, homologation. IGM numbers were introduced in August 1959But it took about a year to fully implement the system. In 1967 the name was changed from Ispettorato to Direzione, hence the numbers change from IGM to DGM in that year....
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Re: 1991 Saturno 500 model codes UK

Post by Steve500 » Mon Sep 14, 2026 8:59 pm

Ciao Joachim

Thanks so much for your reply.
If honest I don’t know exactly what the code should look like. They keep telling me that when they enter the particular code into the database it will then tell them it’s a Gilera Saturno 500.

My frame number starts with 222 and the engine number starts with 221.

I will try the code you have sent me from the bottom of your message and let you how I get on, however I suspect this will take a number of weeks.

With sincere thanks again for taking the time to contact me.
Regards Steve

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Re: 1991 Saturno 500 model codes UK

Post by Joachim » Tue Sep 15, 2026 8:41 am

good luck *thumb*

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