Like any proud papa, Jean-Pierre Legris, Lito Green Machine’s founder and president, enjoys talking about his kids. The name Lito is, in fact, a combination of the names of his children, Eli and Teo. In this case, however, we’re discussing the Sora (Japanese for “sky”), Lito’s first production motorcycle from the company’s industrial park address across the St. Lawrence River from Montreal in Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.
I use the term “production motorcycle” in the loosest sense, as the Lito Green Machine company is comprised of just five people. Five emotionally, financially, dedicated-to-the-cause people – the quintessential ingredients to any start-up. In sharp contrast to the BRP production complex I also visited while in Quebec, Lito’s facility is devoid of automated assembly lines pushing hundreds of models out the door every day. Each Sora is hand-assembled from a pallet of specially designed parts, and chances are Legris has been directly involved with the assembly of each Sora sold thus far.
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