| 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. |
