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It is not possible to speak about Laverda without looking to the 1000 V6, the only one ever built with a V6 engine. The specifications planned a V6 engine, fitted longitudinally in the frame, able to get more power and torque than any other racing bike, and a frame with modern geometry and suspension, able to contain the engine power. |
The Laverda brothers had already an idea about the engineer who could build such an engine: Il signore Alfieri, who worked for Lamborghini cars and above all for the Maserati V6s, was the ideal man. He was charged to conceive the Laverda 1000 cc V6 engine. The first problem was the longitudinally position of the engine, which gave a very strong torque reaction. Alfieri finally solved the problem allowing an opposite torque reaction, for instance by the opposite rotation of the alternator. To build a frame around this engine was not easy: A "spaceframe" type was not possible because it should be heavy and bulky, and it would prevent easy maintenance of the engine during races. A special frame has been made for the V6. Gradually, Alfieri solved the numerous problems and the V6 did its first road tests on the factory owned track in its almost definitive version, the objective being to race the 1978 Bol d'Or. The V6 ran the 1978 Bol d'Or, with the number 26. The riders were Cereghini and Perugini. The V6 adventure finished after seven hours and half due to a broken transmission shaft, one of the rare part which was not built by Laverda! Unfortunately, the story of the V6 finished here, the factory was not able to put up the money to keep the project alive. |
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