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  1. Antonio Tonino, Francesco, Giovanni, Guiseppe, Filippo, Domenico & Teresa Benelli. Antonio 'Tonino' wasn't old enough to work with his brothers', but obsessed with motorcycles which ultimately led him to be a championship rider for the family business. Hence, by 1918, he convinced his brothers' to start making plans to create their own motorcycle.

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  2. By 1927 Tonino was racing a 172cc Benelli equipped with single-overhead-cam engine, winning almost as he pleased to take that year's Italian Championship. The SOHC 175 was superseded by a short-stroke twin-cam version from which was developed the first racing 250 of 1935.

    • Humble Beginnings
    • Origin of The Benelli Sei
    • A Low-Mileage Survivor

    Founded in 1911, Benelli spent most of its first decade repairing bicycles and motorcycles for the World War I effort in Italy. By 1919, it had produced an original motorcycle using an adapted bicycle frame and a modest 75cc, single-cylinder motor. Two years later, the company came out with its first machine built entirely in-house. Inspired by Bri...

    The massive influx of Japanese motorcycles in the 1960s set new levels of performance and economy for the motorcycle industry. Benelli struggled during this era until famed Italian-Argentinian industrialist Alejandro de Tomasopurchased the Pesaro outfit in 1971. Wasting no time, de Tomaso challenged his engineers to copy the superb four-cylinder en...

    Reviewers of the time warmly welcomed the Sei, which was styled by the famous Ghia design house. The bike featured a huge twin-disc Brembobrake setup at the front, six chromed exhaust pipes at the rear, and tanks and panels with crisp styling. But the star of the show was the engine, with its six cylinders laying transversely across the frame. The ...

  3. Tonino the Terror! . Of the six Benelli brothers, it was youngest brother Antonio (Tonino) with a gift for racing the family product. He was Italian...

  4. Details. Photos. The ex-Dario Ambrosini, World Championship and Isle of Man TT-winning. 1950 Benelli 250cc Grand Prix Racing Motorcycle. Frame no. S.S5001. • Works machine. • Purchased in the late 1980s from Norman Webb. • Restored in the Morbidelli Museum's workshop. • Comprehensive history file.

  5. Explore the rich history of Benelli motorcycles | Key milestones, early successes, and Antonio 'Tonino' Benelli's racing victories

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