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- 1950
Giovanni Castiglioni founds CAGIVA, a company producing small metallic components. The name of the company partially holds both the founder's initials as well as the name of the city it's based in (Varese, Italy).
- 1978
CAGIVA enters the motorcycle business: the team is made of two motorbikes painted red/silver driven by Gianfranco Bonera e Marco Lucchinelli. |
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| The former hobby of a keen family quickly becomes the most dynamic motorcycle industry in Europe: on October the 17th CAGIVA buys the factory in Schiranna (Varese) from AMF-Harley Davidson, Italy. An area of 8000 sq metres, the site hosts skilled technicians and keen engineers, inheriting the skills from Aermacchi aereonautics and the nearby MV Agusta. With such a rich human potential, the Castiglioni brothers ignite the next evolution by renewing the production cycles with investments in technology as well as founding a new technical office. - 1979 The following data can sum up the importance of the investments held by CAGIVA: more than 150 employees, an annual production of 40000 motorbikes, a brochure of 8 models with two-strokes engines ranging from 125cc to 350cc sold under the HD CAGIVA brand. - 1980 The entire production is branded under the CAGIVA name. The industry is now clearly known on the market as a fully operational factory capable of designing and building its own engines, frames and accessories. |
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