A Brief History of the Italian Marque
Founded in 1947, Mototecnica Mainini of Busto Arsizio (near Legnano) was a SIATA dealer which sold Cucciolo micromotors.
The passion of Vincenzo Mainini for engine technology proceeded through a long series of transformations.
Of interest are the Aquilotto engine with rotating disc exhaust, the Ducati single-shaft engines, and then the processing of cross engines and the building of special frames.
In 1960 the brothers Vincenzo and Fausto Mainini built a racing machine with a low-profile chassis and an Aermacchi four-stroke engine (based on the 175cc model) to participate in competition in the 125 class.
They then created a rotary valve for the engine of a dell'Aletta Oro 125 which is housed in a chassis designed by the specialist Othmar Drixl.
In 1971 a modified engine with water cooling was fitted to a KTM motocross bike.
In 1974 Mainini began developing engines for the 50cc Kreidler-powered MTK. From 1975 to 1985, MTK won 8 Italian championships in road-racing and hill-climb.
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Source: Moto di Lombardia
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