Francesco Laverda established Moto Laverda in Breganze after the Second World War. Small practical motorcycles gave way to larger twins and triples aimed at export markets and endurance competition. The 750 SFC became a homologation-style endurance icon and the Jota one of the defining large European performance bikes of the 1970s.
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Motor Museum · Motorcycles · Since 1949
Laverda
Laverda’s great road bikes were robust, long-distance Italian performance machines, culminating in the 750 SFC and three-cylinder Jota.
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Origins
Francesco Laverda
Read the manufacturer through the machines that changed its engineering, racing, design, market or cultural meaning.
Featured bikes
Three turning points.
The featured layer picks the motorcycles that most clearly changed this manufacturer’s technology, market or identity.
Laverda 75
1950 · classic
Laverda 75
The modest beginning of a company later associated with very large high-performance motorcycles.
750 SF
1970 · roadster
750 SF
The core production bike behind Laverda’s early-1970s endurance-racing reputation.
750 SFC
1971 · homologation
750 SFC
One of the definitive European homologation-style motorcycles before the modern superbike era.
Museum catalogue
Bikes through time.
Each bike is treated like a museum object: what it was, why it mattered and where it sits in the manufacturer’s wider story.
1950s
1970s
1970–1976 · roadster · FEATURED
750 SF
The 750 SF developed Laverda’s large twin into a strong, durable road motorcycle suited to fast long-distance use.
Why it matters: The core production bike behind Laverda’s early-1970s endurance-racing reputation.
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750 SF
1971–1976 · homologation · FEATURED
750 SFC
The orange 750 SFC was a limited-production competition-oriented development of Laverda’s twin, built around endurance racing.
Why it matters: One of the definitive European homologation-style motorcycles before the modern superbike era.
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750 SFC
1973–1977 · roadster
1000 3C
The 1000 3C moved Laverda into the large three-cylinder class, combining substantial construction with high-speed touring performance.
Why it matters: The platform from which the Jota legend developed.
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1000 3C
1976–1982 · sports
Jota
The Jota was a higher-performance British-market development of Laverda’s triple and gained a reputation as one of Europe’s fastest road bikes.
Why it matters: The motorcycle most closely associated with Laverda’s muscular 1970s performance identity.
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Jota