Mondial was founded by brothers Giuseppe, Luigi, Carlo, Ettore and Ada Boselli (the FB stands for ‘Fratelli Boselli’, Boselli Brothers) a wealthy family from Piacenza, in the Emilia- Romagna region of northern Italy.
They started with a shop in Milan selling and servicing two-stroke machines built by GD and CM but quickly saw the potential in producing their own machines.
In the mid-1930s, the family moved into premises in Bologna owned by father and son Oreste and Alfonso Drusiani – close friends to the Boselli family and highly-skilled engineers. Together, they began producing three-wheel vans; the flagship ‘motocarri’ featured a 600cc, overhead cam, long-stroke, single-cylinder engine.
The robust and reliable three-wheelers proved popular, but the success was to be short-lived as the workshops took heavy hits during Allied bombing raids. The factory buildings were razed and what little machinery left was commandeered by the military.
After the hostilities ceased, the Boselli family’s significant financial resources meant the firm was quickly back up and running, and although the collaboration between the Drusiani family and the Boselli family continued, the Bosellis took full control of the company. FB effectively relaunched in 1948 as FB Mondial.
It also wasn’t long before the firm turned their attention to two wheels. Alfonso Drusiani set about designing an all-new 125cc four-stroke engine, with dual overhead camshafts, and using this, motorcycles were built under the new name.
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