Cagiva
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Cagiva is an Italian company that manufactures motorcycles. It was founded in 1950 by Giovanni Castiglioni in Varese, originally producing small metallic components. It went into motorcycle business in 1978. The Cagiva brand is now part of the MV Agusta company.
In the early 80's they began to manufacture dirt bikes and started a massive public relations program with the opening of their North American branch. They hired "Radical" Ron Turner to test and develop their bikes. They also had Duane Summers, a legend in the cross country pro circuit. This was when Johnny O'Mara was the 'fast' one on the 125's that year and Ron beat Johnny numerous times at local Southern California tracks. The company eventually dissolved the motocross section of their team but not without first building a great series of bikes that had phenomenally fast powerful engines and innovative features, such as the MX line that had only one spring in the front forks with one fork controlling dampening and the other spring.
Cagiva also built the BMC Mini Moke until 1992.
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