Maratos

Maratos
The Maratos Brothers on the motorcycle type they built (1920s)

The Greek Maratos Brothers' first product was a motorcycle they built in Thessaloniki in the 1920s. It is not known whether there was any intent of producing the motorcycle, but the Brothers (who were expert motorcycle engineers), among other similar activities, were involved from 1945 in a more "industrial" process, transforming existing motorcycles into light trucks utilizing automobile parts (producing a type of vehicle then popular in Greece).

The Maratos family spread throughout Greece and some now live in Victoria in Australia.

References

  • Michalis Arvanitopoulos, 'History of Motorcycles in Greece', published in the Greek 'MOTO' magazine (1994 issues).

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