American Eagle Laverda Motorcycles

American eagle 750 gt badging an americanised version of the laverda badge essentially the first 750 parallel twins arrived in 1968 but only about 150 were imported before the venture failed in 1970 after which the bikes were exported under laverda s own name. 889 likes 3 talking about this. 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 and has publicly stated that they would be willing to sell the rights to the brand if an investor should appear.

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American eagle laverda motorcycles. 1970 laverda american eagle 750s 6 4 2008 1 37 59 pm. Laverda was introduced to the american market via three models called the s ss and the gt. Appreciating italian classic at an affordable price. Laverda american eagle gt.

The first big laverda twins were imported into the u s. Public page dedicated to pictures and riders of these rare italian motorcycles and their short history of being imported into the us in. Laverda s were intially sold as amerian eagles when they entered into the us market. An american named jack mccormack imported the laverda 750 under the brand name of american eagle albeit for only a short time in 1968 and 1969.

Dottore francesco laverda e fratelli was an italian manufacturer of high performance motorcycles the motorcycles in their day gained a reputation for being robust and innovative. Super dependable well built and fast. And features like disc brakes and alloy wheels. Laverda moto laverda s a s.

How does 2 800 miles sound. The 750 lead to the creation of the 750s and 750 gt which reflected the evolution of the company into a serious sporting bike with 60 b h p. 10 500please call terry at 352 598 7431 or evenings at 352 595 5079 for more information. The parent company mccormack international imported various italjet laverda kawasaki models and sold them under the american eagle name.

By jack mccormack and his mccormack international motors in santa ana calif. The compliance plate reveals the bike s origins. This is a rare bike the most beautiful laverda ever. The us importer jack mccormack didn t last long and was out of business by 1971.

The catch is that the bikes were not officially laverdas they were american eagles the brainchild of jack mccormack. While looking for specs for laverdas in our motorcycle classics motorcycle database we ran across this 1970 laverda 750s american eagle. In the same feature mccormack himself stated that the laverda 650 twin struck me as a very advanced motorcycle. In an article on the american eagle project classic bike in its october 1997 issue described mccormack as an ex marine and golden tongued salesman.

American eagle motorcycles a brief history of the marque john mccormack set up the american eagle brand in 1966 after previously working for the us divisions of honda and suzuki.