MBA
1975 - 1990
MBA (Morbidelli Benelli Armi, later Motori Benelli Armi, Benelli S.p.A, Urbino) was a Italian motorcycle company founded 1975 in Sant'Angelo in Vado.
The MBA (acronym for Morbidelli-Benelli Arms, then Moto Benelli Arms) was born at the end of 1975 in order to produce for the private Replicas of the victorious Morbidelli 125-250 by GP, and to continue the work of Morbidelli at official level.
History
The house Marche life will be full of statements on the track between the 1976 and 1987 the MBA win 8 world titles in 125 , 14 Italian championships, 7 European championships and 17 national championships all over the world, creating a rich gold albo particularly in Class 125, which at the beginning of 80s was almost a "single brand" MBA.
Among the drivers who ran (and won) with the two-stroke engine of Sant'Angelo in Vado remember Pier Paolo Bianchi (World Champion in the 1980 ), Eugenio Lazzarini (iridescent in 1978), Anton Mang, Bruno Kneubühler, Walter Villa, Paolo Pileri, Ricardo Tormo and Luca Cadalora.
In his fifteen years of work by modern plant MBA left about 700 motorcycles for private richiestissime worldwide. However, several technical and managerial problems brought to bankruptcy in 1990, despite several attempts to diversify the production and contacts to establish collaborations with Gilera and Sachs: But these actions were not productive.
Production
The 125
- 125 "carter Ferrari - 1976-1978 (the nickname stems from the fact that the housings were cast from the house of Maranello are recognized by the prancing horse on time them)
- 125 - 1976-1978
- 125 "Bassotto" - 1979 -1980
- 125 cantilever - 1980 -1984
- 125 Unitrack The series - 1985
- 125 Unitrack Series II - 1986-1987
- 125 Mono - 1986-87
The 250
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