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Malaguti is an Italian brand of light motorcycles, scooters and folding motorcycles. The brand was founded in 1930 or 1932 as a bicycle factory by the Italian cyclist Antonio (“Tonino”) Malaguti. The company flourished and in the 1950s it was decided to also make mopeds and light motorcycles with Sachs and Franco Morini engines, although the first was a reinforced bike with Mosquito blocks. In the 1960s, Malaguti released a whole range of mopeds, covering all segments of the moped market, from vending machines to exotic belly sliders. Malaguti often had 8 models in the repertoire at the same time. Various options were also possible. For example, a so-called "Vulkano" engine was available for those who felt that the 3 cv Morini block did not have enough power. Malaguti became an importer of the German Express built-in motors. A second factory was soon built in Castel San Pietro. In the 1980s, Malaguti specialized in sheet metal pressing and the construction of frames, fenders, chain guards, tanks and forks in order to keep even more of the engine production in-house. In January 1999, the brand, which has since produced many scooters, presented a very nice prototype of a 125 and a 250 cc scooter with a Yamaha block. Models with 600 cc Yamaha single-cylinder engines followed in 2001 and 2002. Today Yamaha, Minarelli, Franco Morini and Kymco blocks are used. Malaguti also sold the Plico folding motorcycle. It was developed by the Algat company in San Carlo Canavese near Turin. It had a 22 cc American Fox single-cylinder engine that was started with a pull cord.
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