Olliés ODDJOOBS

Benelli have always been a bit odd. A gunmaker that decided to build motorbikes, they ran a class-winning racing team and endured a bitter family feud in which one of five Benelli brothers took exception to the company’s direction and went off to form his own motorcycle manufacturer, Motobi. Motobi was subsequently taken over by the Benelli family and then in the 1970s the whole lot was sold to an Argentinian playboy and sports car manufacturer who promptly and shamelessly ripped off a Honda design, built a ridiculous 750cc six and eventually