Cagiva Classic Bikes

Started in 1978 in Northern Italy on the site of the old Harley Davidson Factory by the Castiglioni brothers. The company also owned Ducati and later MV Agusta at one part of their history. Cagiva has had a very rocky financial history, however this did not stop Cagiva from excelling at the 500cc Grand Prix and daring to take on the huge Japanese racing teams. They won a few races in 1992 & 1993.

Cagiva started with the design of a small 125cc Mito which was a fast screamer model bike (looked a lot like a mini ducati 916). Later Cagiva developed two larger trail bikes 750cc and the 900cc Elefant. These bikes were actually powered by a ducati engine and had some rally success.

Bike Image Description 1985 Cagive Allazurra Cagiva 350 Alazzurra with the 350 Ducati V-Twin engine. 1985 Cagive Allazurra, 650cc 1986 Cagiva Elefant 125cc. 1986 Cagiva Allazzurra 650GT 1987 Cagiva 500 GP (C 587) (Raymond Roche) This magnificent Cagiva 500 cc (type: C 587) was run by the official Cagiva Bastos team in the 1987 world championship. The team manager at that time was the Belgian Francis Batta. Powered by two stroke, V4 liquid cooled engine which develops over 160 hp for a maximum straight line speed of more than 300 km/h. 1991 Cagiva 500 GP Works ex Lawson Ex Eddie Lawson works bike from the 91 season.

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