The laverda v6 was the product of a unique set of circumstances and a bygone generation of racing when the rules were still open and innovation was still possible. 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. First of all i would like to apologise for this late update.
Laverda Club Victoria
Laverda had been making motorbikes since 1949, and their 750 twin was a great success, especially in endurance racing.
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.
The dutch laverda museum v6. In 2007 it was acquired by dutchman cor dees (a very dedicated laverda collector) and the long process to get it running. As new competition from japan was arriving, the company created a 980cc triple, with double overhead cams and 32mm dell’orto carburetors. Despite the concept for the bike stemming from the questionable idea that was to bring an automotive engineer onboard to design a v6 race engine, it’s still a genuinely awesome machine.
1979 laverda jota 1000 for sale on ebay.
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). The laverda v6 has already been running for a couple of months and you as a reader have not yet been notified of this. The v6 ran for the first time at the end of april. This is a collection nonpareil, and represents a rarely seen opportunity for the discerning curator or collector.
Now development could really start.
Famously timed at 176mph on the mistral straight, the v6 sent shock waves through honda and the other japanese factories. Laverda 1000 v6 moto laverda might not be making motorcycles anymore, but there is still a lot to admire about the breganze, italy, company. Piero laverda starts the laverda v6 at the 2015 international motor show in luxembourg. This was the second laverda v6 1000, built from spares laverda v6 1000.
Hopefully the smoke signals have reached you earlier though.
The laverda’s big parallel twin made about 75 horsepower, heady grunt for an era where 100 ponies was still the stratosphere. “the v6 was the laboratory where we would develop a new generation of laverda motorcycles. Quite apart from the power, the laverda was incredibly scarce, light suave. This is the fourth piece in a new series on silodrome written by the talented jason cormier.
In 1978 nico cereghini and carlo perugini rode the v6 at the bol d'or.
March we celebrate the 40th anniversary of the laverda 1000 v6 endurance race on the circuit paul ricard at le castellet/france. And in the early 1970s, laverda twins were virtually unbeatable on the long. The bore and stroke of 65mm x 50mm gave 996cc, and there were four valves per cylinder, each with a single 10mm spark plug. Initial testing of the 90 degree v6 produced a power figure of 160bhp but to make it more manageable in a.
The final model in the series was the sf3 in 1976.
The v6 was developed by laverda during the directorship of massimo laverda in 1977. Bmw k1600, honda cbx, laverda v6, benelli sei. With a scant two years of development behind it, the v6 made its sensational debut at the milan show in november 1977. This bike doesn’t appear to have…
