Vertemati
The title can be deceitful: Alvaro and Guido are Italians, they were born and grown up in Ponte di Triuggio, in Brianza, near Monza.
Their father and uncle owned a workshop and they were both excellent pilots during the post-war period; so the two brothers became very interested in motors and competitions. Guido took part in the Motorbike's Championship 500. At the same time, their cousins Frigerio, were producing regular and cross bikes with the brand Puch. In the last years of the Guido's agonistic career, he preferred to run with Husqvarna, so that the relation with the swedish brand became a trade relation.
Electrolux stopped the production of bikes and allocated the brand to Cagiva in 1986, the Vertemati came into the Husaberg, a new brand, where some ex technics Husqvarna had moved.
For ten years, they were partners of the Head Office, they were importers for Italy and the team ran in the Enduro and Cross class. Then Vertemati started to develop prototypes themselves, which were raced by Joel Smets in the Motorbike's Championship 500. The relation with Husaberg ended and the Vertemati name was put on the tank. This relation was already worn out by several technical and commercial mistakes, that forced the swedish to sell their brand to KTM. Many people were interested in the brave project of the two brothers (including a Japanese firm) and in the end, everything was sold to VOR. After this experience, the two brothers decided to use their own name, to create a bike full of all their experiences. So, after a year, the C 500 was born.
The bikes were produced and sold by the two Vertemati brothers. At the end of the year 2000, Vertemati Moto srl, which produces all the models of the two brothers, was established. All started by joke: Guido Vertemati took a Husaberg from stock, stripped down the lights and the number-plate, and called Walter Bartolini (brother of the famous Andrea). Source
VOR,Vertemati Offroad Racingis the name of a motorcycle company based in Ronco Briantino in the province of Milan.
VOR specializes in the construction of motorcycles for motocross, enduro and supermotard. Founded in 1998, and in the beginning, focused on the production of models for competition; only from 2002 did they started to produce models for road use.
The founders are brothers Alvaro and Guido that, relying on their experience in the field of motocross, to achieve motion practically craft. Their experience stems mainly from Husaberg, which were also shareholders and importers to Italy for ten years. Following the breakup of the company, it ended in the hands of KTM. The brothers built the Vertemati C500, which took over some technical solutions Husaberg (such as' airbox in the beam under the chassis to save space). The C500, properly evolved, it was intended to give life to the first model of the house VOR (precisely from Vertemati Offroad Racing), the 492, then renamed 503, with distribution a cascade of gears and, case of C500, swingarm entirely derived from solid.
Following a corporate crisis in 2002 was absorbed by MondialOff Road(group Mondial Moto) and the Company was renamed VOR Motorcycles. Following the economic vicissitudes that have marked the Group buyer the company for a long time was not even more active. In any case, the reviews of magazines for models of the house were rather flattering.
Today models are replicated by 'Vertemati Racing' and are both Cross, which Enduro that Supermoto, and the motion can be obtained either by electric starter (but excludes one foot), which foot (strictly forward, feature also VOR). The motion boast suspensions WP, plates fork derived from solid, Brembo brakes (cross/enduro) and Behringer (with track and cast iron basket avional) for supermotard.
The range 2008
- Enduro E450/501/570E (electric starter)
- Enduro E450/501/570 (start pedal)
- Motocross C450/500/570
- Supermotard S450/501/570E (electric starter)
- Supermotard S450/501/570 (start pedal)
- Supermotard Racing S450/600 (start pedal)
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