Breganze · Italia · since 1949
Moto LAVERDA
A truly legendary marque. A small family firm that fought the biggest industrial groups with exceptional products — and carved its name into the great endurance races.
The Laverda spirit
Character
above all
Laverda was one of the only credible European alternatives, in quality and performance, to the flood of Far-Eastern production in the 1970s — with bikes of unique character and resolutely forward-looking engineering.
It was also the market's very first big-capacity machine, from 1969, with the 1000 triple, later a Production-racing champion. The fastest production motorcycle in the world in 1976 with the 1000 Jota. The only V6-engined endurance racer in 1978. And the most modern 500 on the market from 1976, with four valves per cylinder and a six-speed gearbox.
A singular industrial venture that never sacrificed the character of its machines, nor the quality of its human relationships, on the altar of absolute productivity.
Milestones
- 1949 First Laverda lightweight motorcycles in Breganze.
- 1968 The 650, then the 750: the twins that launch the marque into big-bore.
- 1969 The 1000 triple, one of the very first big-capacity bikes on the market.
- 1976 The 1000 Jota, the fastest production motorcycle in the world.
- 1978 The 1000 V6 endurance racer: the only race bike with a V6 engine.
- 2001 Laverdamania is founded to gather data on the marque.
- 2018 Laverdamania becomes a registered mutual-aid association.
The range
The models
From the founding twins to the legendary triples, from off-road to the unique endurance V6 — eight families that tell the Laverda story.
650 / 750
Parallel twins
1000 / 1200 · 180°
Triples
1000 / 1200 · 180°
Jota · Mirage
1000 / 1200 · 120°
RGS · SFC 1000
350 / 500
Alpino · Montjuïc
Tout-Terrain
Chott · off-road
1000 V6
The endurance legend
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