Piero laverda on the one and only laverda v6 endurance racer. The laverda 750 sfc started out as an argument between a son and his father. Stainless steel braided brake line hoses.
Laverda V6 1000cc 1991 A Masterpiece
March we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the laverda 1000 v6 endurance race on the circuit paul ricard at le castellet/france.
This second bike was built up from spare parts in 1991.
Actual clip with piero laverda and his amazing bike. The final model in the series was the sf3 in 1976. The laverda brand was absorbed by piaggio when, in 2004, piaggio absorbed aprilia.piaggio has elected to quietly close all activities related to the laverda brand. On a broader technical level laverda had astonished the biking world with the debut of its v6 endurance racer ‘the world’s fastest laboratory’ at the 1978 bol d’or.
In 1950 francesco laverda developed the first laverda motorcycle, a four stroke 75cc single.
The only remaining running example of laverda's amazing v6 endurance bikes left the crowds salivating at last weekend's festival of 1000 bikes.love this vide. This is a ’79 bike and is original condition. It was ridden by the original laverda works tester, at the festival of a thousand bikes, back in july this year. This is the fourth piece in a new series on silodrome written by the talented jason cormier.
Famously timed at 176mph on the mistral straight, the v6 sent shock waves through honda and the other japanese factories.
Front and rear brembo brakes from a ducati 996. We ride laverda’s sensational bol d’or racer: The team have entered two bikes in a four hour endurance race, the opening round of the european endurance cup. It is a copy of an endurance racer that raced in the 1972 bol'dor 24 hour race.
Bol d'or 1972 laverda 1000 endurance racer.
We're at adria international raceway in northern italy, and i'm about to make my track debut for laverda corse, piero laverda's classic race equipe. Front fork marzocchi 38 mm. The laverda v6 1000 is still demonstrated by piero laverda in fact the bike was run at the international festival of speed earlier this year. Wheels through time musuem owner and curator dale walksler says he's moving his museum from maggie valley, nc after six years.
I don't know it from first hand but the sound must have been incredible beautiful while the guy really was pushing it a little bit in the first two gears flying.
The seller claims this example is wildly close to the original milan show bike of ’77. 50% bike, 50% car, 100% brave. In 1978 nico cereghini and carlo perugini rode the v6 at the bol d'or. Probably the only one in the world.
This unique bike is for sale.
This is a collection nonpareil, and represents a rarely seen opportunity for the discerning curator or collector. 1972 laverda 1000 cl 180⁰ triple. Laverda’s v6 endurance bike only raced once, yet is still recognised today as a technological masterpiece. Laverdas line up at the north american laverda owners club rally in 2005.
Look for it at vmd!
~ the laverda v6 ~ steve, the impressing v6 was rolled out during the visit and demonstrated by a factory test driver (he probably fell of a couple of test bike seeing his scar face). Faced with dwindling sales the laverda. It was with this small capacity design that the laverda brand gained its popularity in the motorcycle world. I'd flown to italy the day before from my home in manchester clutching a holdall containing leathers,.
