Cagiva tested with other prototypes beferecomlnq up with this working model which resembles a Suzuki RG500.
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A 16 inch front wheel, steel discs on titanium
carriers and a Kayaba anti-dive fork is used.
Mikuni 36mm-magnesium carbs aid the inclined
four cylinder engine.
Cagiva's·aew
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By Alan Cathcart
After. wasting almost two years with the
abortive in-line disc-valve four that Virginio
Ferrari found so uncompetitive last season,
16 Cagiva - now Italy's largest pure motor-
Rear rising rate rocker arm suspension, with
remote reservoir Kayaba shock, works the rear.
GP road racer
cycle manufacturer with an
annual production of around
40,000 bikes - has finally produced the square four design
that seemed inevitable from the start.
Doubtless spurred on by the increasing success of their Sanvenero rivals,
Cagiva are pressing full speed ahead
to have the bike competitive with the
Japanese works bikes this season.
After a brief flirtation with Boer van
Dulmen, the rider now looks set to be
the GP scene's leading privateer Jon
Ekerold, who's undertaken an intensive series of tests with the bike and
reports himself. well pleased with
initial results.
