| Benelli was founded in Pesaro in 1911, on the intuition of a widow, Teresa Benelli, who was looking for a steady occupation for her six sons: Giuseppe, Giovanni, Francesco, Filippo, Domenico e Antonio, knows as �Tonino�. On their account, she pledged some of the family�s capital to open the �Benelli Mechanical Workshop�, dedicated to repairing the first automobiles and motorcycles and making the necessary spare parts.In 1920 the first engine was produced, a 75cc, single-cylinder two-stroke fixed to the frame of a bicycle. |
