February 26th, 2009 
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The Benelli story begins in Pesaro with the widow Teresa Benelli establishing a garage, using all of her family’s limited capital, in order to build a business to support her six sons. The garage repaired cars and motorcycles and soon went on to make spare parts.
The small business grew, and in 1920 the first Benelli engine was produced, a 75cc two-stroke. The following year they built a Benelli motorcycle, now powered by a 98cc powerplant. (more…)
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