American Eagle (motorcycle brand)
American Eagle was an American motorcycle brand that existed from 1967 to 1969. The motorcycle dealer Jack McCormack from Santa Ana (California) imported Italian motorcycles from the manufacturer Laverda , which he offered in the USA under the American Eagle brand. Off-road motorcycles from British production as well as 350 cc motorcycles from Kawasaki are also said to have been sold under the name. The motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel used the Laverda 750 ("American Eagle") for his stunts in 1969/1970 .
American Eagle was advertised as follows:
“How do you construct a classic? You take an all-American team of excellent experts who understand the needs and wants of American motorcyclists. This takes 18 months of development and construction [...] trips from the sea to Pikes Peak , from the desert heat to freezing temperatures in the mountains ... "
model series
| model | Model years | Quantities | technology | power |
| American Eagle Renegade (Laverda 150) | 1967-1969 | unknown | Single-cylinder four-stroke engine with 147.9 cm³ displacement | 10.5 hp at 8000 rpm |
| American Eagle Marauder (Kawasaki A7 Avenger) | unknown | unknown | Two-cylinder two-stroke engine (twin) with 338 cc displacement | 42 hp at 8000 rpm |
| American Eagle ( Laverda 750 ) | 1968 | 200 | Two-cylinder four-stroke engine (twin) with 744 cc displacement | 60 hp at 6800 rpm |
literature
- Jean-Louis Olive: Laverda: the complete history from 1949 to 1989 . Translated by Wolf Töns. Heel, Königswinter 2007, ISBN 978-3-89880-834-7 .
- Schrader engine chronicle: Italo classics . Motorbuch Verlag Stuttgart, 1st edition 1997, ISBN 978-3-613-02828-9 .
- Hugo Wilson: The Lexicon of the Motorcycle . Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-613-01719-9 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Hugo Wilson: p. 268.
- ↑ jumping over 13 cars
- ^ Evel Knievel American Eagle
- ^ Schrader-Motor-Chronik: Italo Klassiker ., P. 106.
- ↑ The model year at Laverda begins on September 1st and ends on August 31st of the following year.
- ^ The inestimable motorcycle: Yearbook No. 1, 1996. ISBN 3-9804436-2-0 , p. 203.
- ↑ Jean-Louis Olive: p. 35.
