New, New, New

2012-05-13

Also this year we had a fantastic race-weekend at the "Grab the Flag" races at Pannoniaring/Hungary.

2012-02-02

Our calendar of events 2012 is online!

2011-12-05

Franz Schneider is making swift progress in restoring his Sulzbacher LAVERDA 1200S. Quite recently he put the engine into the frame.
The bike had spent last 25 years in banana-boxes but in spring 2012 she will finally roar again!

2011-12-04

A real fan needs at least three LAVERDAs and Martin Lorenz from Rum in Tyrol has got them. A 500 SFC, a 750 SF2 and a SFC-Replica are adorning his garage. Martin is a member of the local vintage motorcycle club, OCI - Oldtimer Club Innsbruck:
www.oldtimerclub.at

2011-10-08

Grab the Flag races at Rijeka/Croatia - see the pix!.

2011-08-31

See the pics from our 6th Austrian LAVERDA meeting.

2011-07-19

Bericht und Bilder vom "8. Internationalen Rupert Hollaus Gedächtnisrennen" am neuen RedBull-Ring in Spielberg.

2011-05-23

Walter Völsner at the Goldberg-Hill-Climb in Upper Austria.

2011-05-23

Siegi Schott at the ASI Motoshow in Italy.

2011-05-11

Also this year we had a fantastic race-weekend at the "Grab the Flag" races at Pannoniaring/Hungary.

2011-03-23

Spring 2011: We take a peek into the workshops of our LAVERDA-Friends.

2011-02-19

Tom und Monika proudly present:
Thomas Johann - a new LAVERDA driver is born!

Congratulations!

2011-01-28

A rare sight today: A comercial spot with Horst Scheuers red LAVERDA 1200.
Kinospot "Ärzte ohne Grenzen wirkt weltweit" (40sec)

2011-01-19

What a surprise: Piero Laverda in Vienna!
Piero Laverda visited the Austrian "Laverda Corse" racer Hermann Ansorge (www.laverdacorse.it).
We had a nice meeting with Piero at Horst Scheuers restaurant "Skopik&Lohn" (www.skopikundlohn.at) in Vienna.

From left to right: Gert Schnögl, Piero Laverda, Horst Scheuer, Hermann Ansorge

2011-01-12

Our calendar of events 2011 is online!

2010-09-09

Grab the Flag races at Rijeka/Croatia - see the pix!.

2010-11-10

New exciting projects from the world of LAVERDA:

The Italian company BETAC presented their "SFC Supertwin 801" at the IMOT. 95 hp at 123 kg sound pretty serious.

Three Italian enthusiasts presented the "750 SF Breganze Motociclette Italiane" at the EICMA in Milan:
http://www.breganzemotorcycles.it/gallery.htm

For quite a while there were rumours about Franz Laimböck building another special racing LAVERDA. Now for the first time photos and technical details are available.
http://www.laverdamania.net/Laila1.htm

It is always amazing to see what LAVERDA fans all over the globe are capable of doing.

2010-10-28

For those who didn’t know before: Heinz Kinigadner did his very first Moto Cross Worldchampionship race in1978 in Spain on a LAVERDA 125 LH. In the national championship in Austria he raced a LAVERDA 250 LH. He is loyal to the orange color until these days.
http://www.kini.at/index.php?view=sysKini.sHeinz

2010-09-17

In 1977 LAVERDA was assigned with a development task by BMW. In the course LAVERDA built two off-road prototypes which gave the essential thought-provoking impulses for the BMW R80 G/S: Special frame, Marzocchi forks, lenghtened swingarm, 800 cc engine and 5-speed gearbox.
http://motorclassic.gmxhome.de/bmw_2.htm

Read the whole story:
http://2-ventiler.de/vbboard/showthread.php?12963-Die-Laverda-BMW-GS&highlight=laverda

2010-09-09

See the pics from our 5th Austrian LAVERDA meeting.

2010-08-02

Bernhard Zojer and Hannes Micheler visited the 7. International LAVERDA-Meeting in Breganze.

2010-06-30

Read the report and see the pics from the 14th International Tauplitzalm Hill-Climb 2010 !

2010-06-20

Bernhard Zojer hat seine grüne LAVERDA 1000 3CL von Osttirol nach England getrieben und schickt uns Grüße aus dem Ace Cafe London. Gratulation an Bernhard - das hat noch nicht jeder mit seiner LAVERDA gemacht!

2010-06-20

9th. International Oldtimer Hill-Climb Göstling–Hochkar 2010. See the pix!

2010-06-10

ACHTUNG!
Unser jährliches LAVERDA-Treffen findet heuer an einem neuen Ort statt:
Wir treffen uns am 4. September 2010 beim Gasthaus "Zum Auerhahn"/Familie Rumpler in Maria Schutz am Semmering.
Infos bei Gert Schnögl 0676/7705885 oder Robert Hirschegger 0664/4340917

2010-06-10

"Zeitreise" Time travel - Motorcycle Classic in Laa an der Thaya/Niederösterreich – See the pix!

2010-05-21

"7. Internationales Rupert Hollaus Memorial Race" am Salzburgring 2010 – See the pix!

2010-05-09

Also this year we had a fantastic race-weekend with a lot of austrian LAVERDA racers at the "Grab the Flag" races at Pannoniaring/Hungary.

2010-04-13

Wolfgang Huber has turned an "Ugly Duckling" into a beautiful "Swan" - and Horstl Scheuer is pleased about it!

Gerhard Schütt's LAVERDA SFC Replica (Ex Andy Varga) is ready for take-off for the upcoming season.

High-class visit from down under: Red and his charming wife Maxene from Brisbane are visiting the LAVERDA Freunde.
Take here a look at Reds and Maxenes workshop.

2010-02-10


Hannes Micheler discovered a very rare LAVERDA 200 from 1963.


Franz Neuwirth from Upper Austria has restored a beautiful LAVERDA 1000 3C.

2010-01-19

Our calendar of events 2010 is online!

2009-12-05

Our monthly meeting took place at Andres comfortable workshop - see the pix!

2007-12-03

Because of the fact that real LAVERDA-Friends rarely are satisfied with just the one bike, Bernhard Zojer bought a beautiful LAVERDA 1000 3CL.

"Cycle Doctor" Tom Eatman is running a LAVERDA-workshop in Weiler-Simmerberg/Bavaria and now also a MySpace site.

2009-11-12

We are happy to welcome a new LAVERDA friend: Bernhard Zojer with his nice LAVERDA 750 SF.

2009-10-21

We've received LAVERDA-greetings from Serbia:

Slobodan "Boba" has got a nice collection of LAVERDA motorcycles and is presently building a race-triple. The 750 SFC-replica is his daily ride. Besides those he also owns a Chico LAVERDA 1200 and a 500 sports project bike.
In 2010 we want to hear your racer roar!

See you soon Boba!

2009-10-15

Our LAVERDApresident Gert reports from „Grab the Flag“ race in Rijeka.

2009-10-07

"LAVERDA 1949-2009 - Years of Legend"
Exhibition and meeting at the Boxenstop Museum in Tübingen - see the pix!

2009-09-29

New links:

International LAVERDA 600 Atlas Owners Registry
www.600atlas.laverda-club.com

A site dedicated to the LAVERDA Formula 500 and Montjuic 500
www.laverdaf500.co.uk

2009-09-17

Starke LAVERDA-Beteiligung beim 3. Großraming Revival am Ennstalring und beim Power Race in Trieben. Schau dir die Bilder an!

2009-09-07

See the pics from our 4th Austrian LAVERDA meeting.

2009-08-20

Sensational double-victory for LAVERDA at the Ducati Speedweek 2009.

60th anniversary of Moto LAVERDA in Breganze/Italy. See the pix!

2008-07-21

On his 50th birthday Gert Schnögl got a great birthday gift from his friends: a LAVERDA 100 Sport, year 1958.

2009-07-10

New LAVERDAs

Hannes Micheler has discovered a true gem in Bergamo/Italy which he brought home to Carinthia. A pristine LAVERDA 100 Sport in Milano-Taranto race-trim.

Albert Pacher (www.f-a-m.at) has discovered a rare Sulzbacher-LAVERDA 1200 SS in Treibach-Althofen which of course he could not resist buying..

Bernhard Zojer from Dölsach/Lienz had a childhood dream come true. He now owns a LAVERDA 750 SF which had been restored by Wolfgang Velikogne.

After 2 years and countless hours in his workshop, Gerhard Schütt from Amstetten managed to get his LAVERDA 750 S race-bike to run.

Roland "GAU" Posch (www.diegaense.com) has converted his Sulzbacher-LAVERDA 1000 3CL into an awesome Cafe-Racer. We congratulate him on this alteration and will give you a detailed report soon.

2009-06-23

Read the report and see the pics from the 13th International Tauplitzalm Hill-Climb 2009 !

2009-06-21

8th. International Oldtimer Hill-Climb Göstling–Hochkar 2009. See the pix!

2009-06-08

1. International Goldberg Classic in Upper Austria. See the pix!

2009-05-06

We had a fantastic race-weekend with a lot of austrian LAVERDA racers at the "Grab the Flag" races at Pannoniaring/Hungary.

2009-03-05

What to do if you're a real LAVERDA enthusiast, the winter has been going on for way too long and the Pound is at its lowest?
You buy a LAVERDA in England and ride her home! With temperatures around 5 degrees Celsius and pouring rain, Horstl Scheuer rode his newly acquired LAVERDA 1200 from London to Vienna. That's more than 1500 km - around 1000 miles for our imperial readers - in wintery weather conditions. Every 150 km Horst took a break to fuel up and get a bit of warmth into his bones.
When he arrived in Vienna he looked astonishingly fresh, his only concern being to get the road salt off his LAVERDA as quickly as possible.

2009-01-09

Our calendar of events 2009 is online!
New in our Links section: www.laverdapedia.com - the website of the international Laverda community.

2008-11-13

LAVERDA friend Robert Schlachter entered his Sulzbacher LAVERDA 1200 SC at the International Airport Race Days in Hohenems.

2008-11-06

Horstl Scheuer bought one of the rare Haider-LAVERDA 1200's and will enter it next year at the "Grab the Flag". Robert „Hirschi“ Hirschegger has offered to do the race prep.
At the Ducati Speedweek in 1998 Horstl has won his last race on a Haider-LAVERDA 1200, so we are very eager to see what he is going to do in the upcoming season.


While rummaging through his photo box, Peter Horvath (www.horvath-tuning.at) discovered a picture of the Dektereff LAVERDA Corsa: "I helped with building the Dektereff LAVERDA Corsa, it was a Motoplast-Frame. At the time I was employed by Dektereff and used to spanner in a tiny back room of his workshop."

2008-10-02

Our LAVERDAfriend Hans Mayer entered his LAVERDA 750 SF at the "Grab the Flag" races in Rijeka.
There are two newely purchased LAVERDAs in Siegi Schotts garage: a original 1200 and a very rare 200.

2008-09-08

See the pics from our 3nd Austrian LAVERDA meeting.

2008-07-23

We had a fantastic race-weekend with a lot of stars and and a lot of LAVERDAs at the "5. Internationalen Rupert Hollaus Memorial" at the Salzburgring.

2008-06-25

7th. International Oldtimer Hill-Climb Göstling–Hochkar 2008. See the pix and video!

2008-06-23

12th. International Tauplitzalm Hill-Climb 2008. See the pix and video!

2008-05-29

4. International Damberg Classic in Upper Austria. See the pix and video!

2008-05-28

The 2nd LAVERDA Rally was held between May 23 and 25 in Bovec/Slovenija, in the picturesque valley of the river Soca. See the pix!

2008-04-29

Season opening on the Pannoniaring in Hungary: at "Grab the Flag" LAVERDA was represented through five bikes.

2008-02-24

We got LAVERDA greetings from Spain:

Hello, sorry for my English is very very very bad. My name is Julio Sarasola, I live in Asturias, Spain (north of spain). I run in races of classic motorcycles. This bike is a 500 Montjuic, but with pistons of 1000 Jota (high compression), Has enlarged the barrel, crankcase up and the cylinder head To enter the 1000 shirts. The pic is in Jerez circuit (13-10-2007). Julio

We wish Julio all the best for the next racing season!

2008-02-10

There are some new bikes in the club:

Gerhard Schuetts LAVERDA 750S racer is no longer a basket full of parts. His first run will be at Int. Damberg Classic on 24. – 25. May 2008.

Hannes Micheler made himself a christmas present: a darkgreen LAVERDA 750 SF from 1973 in very nice condition.

To make Maria Ettinger a LAVERDA-owner Gert and Juergen made a 2.200 km weekend trip. From Pescara/ Italy they brought home a very neat bike: a first series LAVERDA 250 Chott.

2007-12-11

We are happy to welcome a new LAVERDA-Friend an our site: Hans Burger has been faithful to his darkgreen LAVERDA 750 SF2 already since 1980.

2007-11-09

We have dug out an Austrian LAVERDA-Special from the 70s: The Dektereff LAVERDA Corsa. This race bike was built up in 1977 by Edi Bauer and Rudl Wagner. Whoever has pictures of this bike or knows of her history, should contact Gert Schnögl (phone +43-676-770 58 85, e-mail: Gert.Schnoegl@netway.at).

2007-11-09

Peter Thallinger from Upper Austria has sent us pictures of his two LAVERDAs. He is looking forward to the next riding season and has promised to come to our LAVERDA rally at Gloggnitz.

2007-11-09

Frank Heilmann has built up a LAVERDA 1000 to suit his taste and was not afraid to invest money and effort. You can admire the bike from 31.01.2008 till 03.02.2008 at the "Fighters"-stand at the "bike 2008".

2007-11-09

Gerts restauration project, the white Sulzbacher LAVERDA 1200 SC, is ready to go. See the pix!

2007-10-08

Three LAVERDAs were starting at the "2. Int. Motorcycle-Revival at the Ennstalring/Großraming“.

2007-09-12

See the pics from our 2nd Austrian LAVERDA meeting.

2007-07-26

We had a fantastic race-weekend with Piero Laverda and his legendary V6 at the "4. Internationalen Rupert Hollaus Memorial" at Salzburgring.

2007-06-13

HAUER LAVERDA 1200 SC – the legend's alive! Many LAVERDA-Enthusiasts have heard rumours about her, but only very few have ever seen her: the Hauer-LAVERDA 1200 SC. We are presenting this legend! With pictures and a bit of story.

2007-05-10

We welcome a new Sulzbacher LAVERDA owner:
Jens from Hamburg with his newly accquired ultra rare Sulzbacher LAVERDA 1200SC.

2007-04-23

We had a fantastic race-weekend at "Grab the Flag" on Pannoniaring/Hungary.

2007-03-06

We are happy to welcome a new LAVERDA-Friend an our site: Siegi Schott with his collection of eleven LAVERDAS.

2007-02-08

Michael Stöcker (www.sport-connection.de) has sent us pictures from his last restauration - a beautifull LAVERDA 100.

2007-01-12

Gert is doing a very well job on the restauration of his LAVERDA 1200 SC, more and more dates of this years LAVERDA events are coming in and there are several new entries in our collection of LAVERDA links worth a visit.

2006-10-19

Hannes Micheler finished the restauration of his LAVERDA 750 SF1, Hirschi had the first testrun of his LAVERDA 1200 racer at the Pannoniaring and Gerts restauration of his LAVERDA 1200SC is ongoing.

2006-10-09

We are happy to welcome a new LAVERDA friend: Andreas Braito with his nice LAVERDA 1000 SH.

2006-10-03

Once again the LAVERDA Freunde Österreich visit the vintage market in Imola.

2006-09-12

See the pics from our 1st Austrian LAVERDA meeting.

2006-08-24

See the nice pics from Willi Werndls 3th International LAVERDA meeting and read the new story of our carinthian LAVERDA friend Hannes Micheler and his silvergrey 1000 3CL.

2006-07-24

For the first time, together with their friends of the Club Akustik Italiana, the LAVERDA Freunde Österreich are organising a neat little LAVERDA rally in Lower Austria. September 9th/10th is an absolute must for every Austrian LAVERDA rider.
More information from Gert Schnögl 0676/7705885 or Robert Hirschegger 0664/4340917.

2006-06-07

We found three more of the legendary Sulzbacher LAVERDA 1200 SC in Austria - still on the road - see the new pics! Hirschi mailed us photos from the "Grab the flag"-races at the Pannoniaring/Hungary - three LAVERDAS were at the start. And Gerhard Schuett found also three LAVERDAS at the "3. International Damberg Classic" races.

2006-05-02

New Pics from the big party at the LAVERDA-Museum, Lisse/NL and workshops news from Hirschi (1200SC Racer) and Gert (1200SC restoration).

2006-04-11

See and hear the first test run of Hirschis green LAVERDA 1200 SC - 109HP/108Nm - with a new set of 40mm flatslide carburettors - video download (3MB).

2006-03-16

New pics in the Sulzbacher-LAVERDA gallery: We got pics of Franz Rath fantastic, highly polished 1200 SC. His story will follow.

2006-03-06

Press review: The new special edition "Motorräder aus Italien" of the german magazine "MO-Motorradmagazin" shows Michael Stöcker with his LAVERDA 500 racer on four pages.

2006-02-09

We have two new stories about Austrian LAVERDA friends: Thomas Wintersteller and his beautiful 1000 3C and Robert "Härtling" Gruber with his spectacular triple Chopper.

2006-01-11

Hirschi has made nice progress with his race-project. Who wants to know what a SUIZI-LAVERDA is, should check out our gallery. And all those who don't know yet what to do between July 21st and 23rd, check out our event page!

2005-12-11

Gert has got a new flame! Follow the history of his ambitious project to rebuild a Sulzbacher LAVERDA 1200 SC. We will constantly present you the latest news right out of the workshop.

2005-11-28

Soon the wait will be over. On April 15 and 16 Cor Dees will open a museum in Lisse in the Netherlands and present his unique private collection of more than 60 LAVERDAS to the esteemed public. From Piero Laverda to Edoardo Dossena, from the first LAVERDA ever built to the V6-Replica - get a taste! Programme and background information.

2005-11-22

There are new pictures of a Sulzbacher Laverda 1200SC in our gallery. Siegmund Schott from Traun in Oberösterreich has owned this bike since 1986.

2005-10-28

Massimo Laverda 1938-2005
Massimo Laverda died yesterday, October 27th from a heart attack.
His spirit, his thoughts and ingenuity will live as long as there are people like us to remember him, to carry him in our hearts and to treat his creations and ideas with respect, fondness and passion.
Farewell Massimo.

2005-10-17

Willi Werndl is not only famous due to his fantastic LAVERDA meeting in Simbach in 2003, right now also the German "Motorrad Classic" is featuring him and the LAVERDA 750 SFC in the November/December issue. The volume is presently available from all good newsagents.

2005-10-12

The LAVERDA Freunde Österreich are welcoming a new member: Franz Kasser and his LAVERDA 500 Montjuic are finally granted their rightful place on the podium. Some "old-new" sensational home-made specials should not be overlooked. And the busy "Motorrad Magazin" is showing on page 10 of the actual October issue, where the Austrian wind is blowing.

2005-09-29

Only three weeks after the homepage of LAVERDA Freunde Österreich went on air, we proudly present the English version. Who is to blame?

2005-09-20

The LAVERDA Freunde Österreich visit the vintage market in Imola. Gert Schnögl (almost) live from the track.

2005-09-09

It is finished!

The web site of the LAVERDA Freunde Österreich goes online on 09-09-2005 at 11.00 a.m.

2005-08-30

Sleepless nights for Zonko!

Since editor-in-chief of „Der Reitwagen" first saw the LAVERDA of Robert „Hirschi" Hirschegger, he hasn't had a proper night's sleep. More about it in the September issue of this honourable magazine on page 18, right now available at every newsagent's for a mere EUR 3,30.