Sturgis 50th - South Dakota - USA - Aug '91 - From left: Max Brun, Roberto Crepaldi, Willie G. Davidson, Carlo Talamo.

   ROBERTO CREPALDI founded CR&S (the acronym of Cafe' Racers & Superbikes) in 1992 following ten years’ experience as partner and founder, with Carlo Talamo, of Numero Uno, the Milan-based company that successfully re-introduced the Harley-Davidson into Italy.

   The meeting with JOHN BRITTEN 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 team 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 in 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.

In 2004, ROBERTO PATTONI, owner of Paton, became a partner in CR&S, as technical director.

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