The one piece cast motorbike wheels reappeared at the end of the 60’s some years later compared to the car ones

They could not make a better debut, in fact the first motorbike to be produced “in series”, if we can say so, was the “Mammuth”, a particular object as it was conceived around the car engine of the NSU Prinz of 1200 cc.

Once again, it was Campagnolo that allowed sportsmen and industries to use light alloy wheels.

In 1968, Laverda wanted to equip the new powerful tricylindrical 1000 cc with one piece casted wheel to house their drum brake at the centre. Laverda focused on the strength of the braking, the 750 bicylindrical edition in fact had an ‘SF’ right next to the name, standing for “Super Freno” i.e. Super Brake.

I remember working really enthusiastically on that project; thanks to the help of the foundry, a few weeks later we had our prototypes.

Let us now make a digression on Campagnolo’s foundry department of magnesium alloys. With an incomparable technical know-how, on top of wheels, a large number of quality casting parts were produced; they were mainly destined to the motoring, aero space and the military. It was an immensely satisfying for me to assist and cooperate in the start up of what I had previously put down on paper.