[1] In 2010, as well as selling a range of 50 cc (3.1 cu in) scooters, the brand provides sponsorship for the JiR motorcycle racing team in the Moto2 class.

Giuseppe and his sons Luigi and Marco continued to work on improving Motobi products, and envisioned a four-stroke, single-cylinder variant of the B200.

These improved singles became the focus of Motobi production, beating Moto Aermacchi's 175cc Chimera (which had a similar horizontal single-cylinder engine configuration) to market by a year.

Bright decals lauding Motobi's racing championships started appearing on the little bikes' gas tanks, each version more colorful than the last.

Motobi was acquired by the larger Benelli company in 1962, a move that would not only bring the family back together under the Gruppo Benelli-Motobi name, but also swell the workforce to around 550 employees, and increase production to a notable 300 machines per day.