2007年7月11日 · Only Italy could produce a motorcycle so brutish (yet beautiful) as the Laverda 1000 3C Triple. Learn more about this charming contradiction of a bike.

The Laverda 1000 is a series of 981 cc (59.9 cu in) air cooled DOHC triple motorcycles produced by the Italian manufacturer Laverda between 1973 and 1988. [5] The high-performance variant, the Jota, was the fastest production motorcycle from 1976 to 1981. [6] Approximately 7,100 triples of the various models were produced. [7]

2015年8月31日 · At between 2500 and 4000 revs in the higher gears, 180-degree Breganze triples make wonderful noises — a sort of basso profundo gargle, not unlike a narrow angle V-twin. Just as it begins to fade, the accompanying parallel twin underlay swells from an inconspicuous moan to a howl of released power. Article continues below…

2025年3月21日 · “The three-cylinder was clearly Laverda’s parallel twin plus one.” Whatever the case, the Laverda 1000 was produced in some form or another from 1973 to 1988. The 3C was introduced in 1974, featuring better brakes than the year before. Two years later, Laverda introduced the legendary Jota, built around the same platform.

2022年3月17日 · At this point it is timely to swat up on just how the 1000cc three-cylinder Laverda, and the 3C itself, came into being. While the world was going gaga at the announcement of the new four-cylinder Honda CB750 in 1969, across in Italy Massimo Laverda was hard at work on a mega machine of his own.

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Four stroke, transverse three cylinder, DOHC, 2 valve per cylinder. Dave Minton has been riding Laverda triples for over 30 years. Meet his favourite and be surprised: it's no Jota (but it does make all the right sounds)...