On October 12th, thanks to the hospitality of our partner Claudio Giannone, our solar pump was exhibited at the race boxes of Vacca Races Racing Team at the Misano Classic Weekend, a weekend of vintage motorcycles. Hundreds of people stopped by to request information, photograph the prototype, take leaflets and comment both about the NS1 Solar Pump and the overall Nova Somor Project in a positive manner. The box next door to Vacca Races was occupied by a large team financed by an Angolan bank and the mechanics and pilots, people who live or who have spent many years in Africa, picked up a lot of information concerning the solar pump operation whilst also giving us many tips to make it more “tropical”. They said for example that the beautiful bicycle wheels must be replaced with something more rustic, because otherwise they will be stolen at once! Then that the entire structure should be strengthened and many other things.

We made a lot of contacts and distributed dozens of business cards and we are happy with the time invested in Misano. We also gained a series of “interesting suggestions” from the mechanics of the teams close to our location, with a list of jokes and colourful comments such as: “What is it? An oven to pre-heat pilots?” “Do you cook pork in that oven there? “,” Hey, look at that nice cart! Is it for chestnuts? Flatbread? Vegetable gratin?? “” Wow, that’s a long thing! What is it? A coffin for Watusi? “. Once again our thanks to Claudio Giannone who gave us this opportunity and allowed us to take a peek into the world of vintage motorcycle fans.