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OMC Motorcycles

A Brief History of the Italian Marque

Mopeds built at Via Menghini, 8, Budrio, near Bologna.

Manufactured by Odino Macchi Ciclomotor

An example pictured at mondo50cc.forumfree.it showed a lightweight two-stroke of probably 50cc sans pedale with small mag wheels. Another at subito.it is described as "...tubone prototype college Cambridge oemmeci o. M. C. Omc minarelli 4-speed from 1978" has conventional wire wheels, no pedals, vertical two-stroke engine, telescopic forks and swing-arm rear.

Oemmeci mopeds were built using Minarelli engines.

Sources: mondo50cc.forumfree.it; subito.it; et al.

N.B. The OMC brand was also used by SOS of Hallow, UK, in the early 1930s.

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