Super Rare 1970 American Eagle 750 GT

Super Rare 1970 American Eagle 750 GT #vintagemotorcycles #laverda
We have a good one today. The 1970 American Eagle 750 GT is an interesting piece of motorcycle history. It was essentially a Laverda 750 rebadged for the US market. This one has come to us in pieces and parts. Join us as we begin the journey of getting the rare beast back on the road.
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[@markhinde6187]

This is a piece of American motorcycling history, what a great bike and post......

[@motorcyclerewind]

Such a cool bike. It is going to be like playing Where’s Waldo finding parts for it.

[@klassikfahrer]

This beauty wants to be brought back to life! Evel Knievel used an American Eagle 750 for his stunts in the early 70s.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Maybe we should jump a few busses on this one when we get it running. 😂

[@klassikfahrer]

@@motorcyclerewind A great idea! I'm really looking forward to the video 😂

[@motorcyclerewind]

LOL

[@PFay]

🤷‍♂️who knew?

[@AceCafeBikes]

Love your helper - that was classic!

[@motorcyclerewind]

The best ever! It was so much fun!

[@randyroy4074]

Italians. I'm a Moto Guzzi man so I love their machines. I have an Ercole so that should tell how passionate I am.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Ciao!!!🇮🇹🍝🍕The Ercole’s are awesome. Thanks for watching.

[@Titan500J]

What a great find! I remember reading M/C magazines in the late 60's concerning the European model. To me it looked like a cross between an enlarged Honda 305 engine in a BMW frame. You have a great deal of patience to work on these old bikes. Appreciate your channel. Best

[@motorcyclerewind]

I read the engine was inspired by the cb77 engine. Who knows. Definitely a cool bike. Thanks for watching.

[@TheRattyBiker]

As a Brit, I find so so so many possible innuendo jokes in you telling your Mrs to jack it and just use half strokes I'm almost bursting at the seams here! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@motorcyclerewind]

What about her asking, if she needs to know anything before she starts jacking!😂 So much fun. Thanks for watching.

[@Keith-rk4td]

It's a Laverda. Very cool variant. Very rare in Europe(American Eagle badged). My friend Psycho Todd had a Leverda. Very cool bike! He had it painted orange. Great exhaust note!!!

[@motorcyclerewind]

Bet there are some great stories about Psycho Todd!!! Can’t wait to hear this one run. Thanks for watching.

[@gregshamieh6339]

As Psycho as Todd may be, I suspect he didn't paint his Laverda orange -- almost all Laverdas were Orange from the factory.

[@motorcyclerewind]

He was Psyco not a painter LOL

[@rickmancr]

Orange was the Laverda racing colour - see the SFC750 endurance racer.

[@AceCafeBikes]

Cool find Eric - looking forward to seeing where this one goes :)

[@motorcyclerewind]

You and me both! Very cool motorcycle!

[@davekeehn8388]

$10 Harbor Freight furniture dolly and an Amazon motorcycle lift. Does any engine. Cool bike.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Thanks for the tip. I buy a Harbor Freight furniture dolly anytime I need casters. $10 for 4 wheels! Thanks for watching

[@seanlukedado2772]

Can't wait to see it start! Jay leno says the package tray on the gas tank is also called 'the castrator ' heh hehe...

[@motorcyclerewind]

Me too!!! Hope I don’t get to experience the “castrator”. Thanks for watching.

[@spacecat7247]

Yes, I love a good puzzle. Reminds me of my first car. 1980 accord hatchback. No engine or trans. I put that car together including purchase price for a thousand dollars. The idea of taking boxes of parts and turning them into something is intriguing. Good stuff.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Thankfully there is fewer and fewer parts in the bin. Thanks for watching.

[@DarrellBright-vx5ke]

I recall seeing one of these as a kid at Al's Cycle Shop in Memphis TN. At the time, Honda's biggest bike was the CB450. Al's was a Honda dealer but I think that they had more than one of these in the showroom.

[@motorcyclerewind]

These are pretty cool bikes. One of there challenges was they were more expensive than the CB750. Not to mention nobody knew what an American Eagle/Laverda was!

[@mikejacobs9657]

Her reaction when she let the floor jack down was priceless 😂

[@TheRattyBiker]

Jack it... Half strokes... Sounds like we are on the wrong website 😂😂

[@motorcyclerewind]

It was really funny. I am fortunate that she enjoys lending a hand. Pun intended.

[@Turleyswheels]

Very rare and interesting but already in you’re hands looks great ❤

[@motorcyclerewind]

This one is going to be fun. Digging through the bins, playing where does this go. 😂

[@MrDesmonick]

That's going to look lovely when it's done 👍

[@motorcyclerewind]

I agree. Really clean design. Can’t wait to ride it.

[@kickingitwithkeri]

Cool bike! I’ve never seen one. Looking forward to following this build

[@motorcyclerewind]

This is the best comment ever! 😍🥰😘

[@donnieallums4847]

That engine looks like a 305 Honda dream ! The shape of the engine is very similar. I had a 305 Honda dream 63 model CA 77 E! ☮️❤️

[@motorcyclerewind]

It was modeled after the 305 engine. Specifically the CB77. Thanks for watching

[@jandevos2028]

Great find ,even more that u have the privilege to assemble ,even more great that u video it..,see here the real win win situation.Thank Eric for sharing all this true classic bikes ,they will live on

[@motorcyclerewind]

Thanks so much. It really is a lot of fun. So happy I get to help put this guy back on the road.

[@realnutteruk1]

In about 1990, I bought a Moto Guzzi 850 in almost exactly the same condition. It had been stripped right down, and the chassis powder coated, and then abandoned. I came to me in crates, and was amazing fun to piece it back together.... Good luck with the Laverda... at least those carbs should be easy to source!

[@motorcyclerewind]

I seem to be a magnet for "bin bikes". At least this one was rolling! Thanks for watching

[@motorcyclerewind]

Sure you can reach out on Facebook or Instagram. Would love to connect!

[@billyparrott1995]

My man, i am a Fan Eric , you are so dedicated to these older bikes. Salute to you Sir. Love this channel of yours.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Billy, thanks so much. So fortunate I get to help out them back on the road. We have some really cool motorcycles coming. Can’t wait to share them with you guys. Thanks for watching I really appreciate it.

[@jimmarshall807]

Wow, really hope you can get that great old bike back on the road

[@motorcyclerewind]

We have made great progress so far. Thanks for watching.

[@fred463]

It has a beauty all it's own.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Yes it is. Can’t wait to get it going. Thanks for watching.

[@Mr_Lemon_Law]

The headlight bucket DID have a speedometer originally because that part is absolutely from a BMW /5 ! I own one and am staring at it right now. Either the American Eagle brand or Laverda used it OR it was swapped in at some point, but there is no mistaking it! The giveaway is the "key", straight from BMW. Keep up the great content. I really enjoy watching it in my garage/man cave with all my bikes, It inspires me.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Thanks so much for the info. I need all the help I can get. Thanks for watching.

[@thth2850]

Pre 69 headlight bucket like the R69S or /2 models.

[@carloleinardi5695]

Of course, all electrc parts were Bosch and if i remember well the contact points are the same of VW beetle 1960-65 ,the only onees we can find in Italy for this bike,

[@johnl5974]

I remember reading ride tests about this bike. The jugs remind me of my buddies 305 dream. Your channel is like looking through a scrapbook of my youth - Thanks!

[@motorcyclerewind]

Wow!!! What a great thought. “Like looking through a scrapbook of my youth”. Thanks so much for watching.

[@inialoane]

Nice basket case. The headlight is BMW like and the gaugeholders are not original but BSA/Triumph. And indeed the front fender is mounted the wrong way round. The wheels are Grimeca, to find the sprocket holder and cushions. Before you try to start the engine it is a good idea to take the starter clutch apart and check if they small plungers are all free and if the springs still are springs because they usually hold only a few years.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Thanks so much for the advice. The starter clutch is in a ziplock bag right now!😂 I have a feeling the parts list is going to grow. Thanks for watching.

[@grahamwright9897]

Good to see the Alfa in the back ground . Great choice I have had lots of alfas my favourite was my 2003 147 GTA.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Graham, that’s Keri’s Stelvio. It has been such a great car. When she was looking for a new car she wanted a “curvy suv”. So we settled on the Alfa.

[@grahamwright9897]

@@motorcyclerewind great too see perfect choice.

[@motorcyclerewind]

I will let Keri know!

[@curthenry9398]

The American Eagle dealership, Spring Lake Park Minnesota had two new 750 on the show room floor. 15 years old I sat on both of them until the salesperson told me to get off the bikes. The dealership also sold McCullock go-carts, everything a 15-year-old boy loved.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Wow!! That’s incredible. Thanks for sharing.

[@stephencox4224]

Wow Laveda 750 gt great bikes and yes quite rare even as a Laverda model as per normal the 750SF just like the Ducati Sports and SS models the GT variants never were perceived as worth the effort that alone makes any GT variant quite rare. Laverda Gauges back then were Honda CB 750 based ,Switchgear was basically on the Handlebar end Suzuki GT 380, Electrics were Bosch based so yjay hepls in knowing where Laverda sourced back then

[@motorcyclerewind]

Stephen that’s good to know because the Laverda parts are expensive. Thanks for watching.

[@inialoane]

Gauges were Bsa and switchgear was Italian. You rever to the from '71 SF and GTV, but they were equipped with Japanese Gauges and first Lucas and later Japanese switchgear.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Thanks

[@rickmancr]

The SF must be the only motorcycle named for its brakes. When the bought-in Grimeca brakes were replaced with Laverda's own drum brakes, the model designation changed to SF. SF = Super Freni, which is "super brakes" in English.

[@heretohear8662]

Sharp! Looks like an old "Beemer."

[@motorcyclerewind]

You definitely know it's European! Thanks for watching

[@PFay]

Wow! Thought all I needed to know regarding Laverda circa 1968 was that Laverda brothers were “borrowing” from CB250 design to create their 750 twin. Never knew about this American Eagle derivative. Good luck with it and can’t wait to see the result of your efforts. ✊

[@motorcyclerewind]

Sounds like we are in the same boat. This one has been fun so far. Thanks for watching

[@jeffferguson899]

cool bike

[@motorcyclerewind]

Very cool bike. It is going to be a fun project.

[@grahamwright9897]

Special machine look after it.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Really cool. 😎

[@davidmacgregor5193]

In the early 1980's I owned a 1980 Laverda 1200 triple, Laverda's were never cheap to buy as they were hand built in low volume numbers, they were well engineered in general although they did have their quirks. My 1200 had poorly hardened valve shim buckets, the tops of them showed early signs of wear which resulted in a very noizy top end. The shim bucket problem only affected the 1979 / 1980 triples, mine were replaced under the warranty. The alternator on the early triples wasn't up to the job, it was a Bosch 120 Watt item, it just wasn't powerful enough to keep the 32 AH battery fully charged. A more powerfull Nippon Denso alternator was fitted to the 1000 / 1200 triples in 1981.

[@motorcyclerewind]

This is my first experience with a Laverda/American Eagle. It has been fun putting this puzzle together.

[@kurtb5512]

That’s my cousins bike wonder if he would let me ride it when it’s done😂. I know he’s excited to ride it. Great looking bike cuz

[@motorcyclerewind]

WOW! I didn’t ask if I could ride it. Figured I would beg forgiveness rather than ask permission. 😂 Definitely a fun project.

[@KneelMore_CacheTales]

Very cool old bike. Curious to hear it run. And did I hear a "that's what she said"? 😊

[@motorcyclerewind]

😂😂😂😂that’s so funny. Can’t pass up a good “that’s what she said” comment! Thanks for watching.

[@mikeplummer8904]

Nice bike.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Definitely a looker thanks for watching.

[@jefftuckercfii]

My first wild guess just from seeing the name and from the time period it was manufactured was that this had something to do with Dan Gurney. But I see I was wrong. Still a very cool looking bike. Seems you've got yourself a motorcycle jigsaw puzzle. By the end of the video I can see why people say it looks like a Dream; the engine certainly has that look and feel to it, at least toward the top end. The automotive style generator/alternator is unusual, too. And the engine itself is a part of the frame, much like the CB400 Hawk. Can't wait to see how this ends up.

[@motorcyclerewind]

This one is going to be fun. Engine does look like a big 305. Just wished parts were as easy to find. Thanks for watching.

[@jimamizzi1]

Carburettors will be a challenge

[@motorcyclerewind]

The challenge will be spending the money. Plenty of Dellorto carbs but they are expensive.

[@ulrich.hoffmann]

The headlamp is the same as on 1960ties BMW‘s, like R69S, I think it is a Hella unit

[@motorcyclerewind]

I am pretty sure all the European manufactures pulled from the same parts bin. 😂 thanks for watching.

[@daveco1270]

Very cool. I've never seen one of those before. The seat looks a bit deflated. I'd offer to put it back together for him too...just as long as I got to ride it afterward. You gotta do a shake-down ride after getting it assembled.

[@motorcyclerewind]

It is very cool. Can’t wait to take it for a ride. Thanks for watching

[@jfu5222]

I nearly bought one in the mid nineties for a café racer project,(it was incomplete and rough). The right side shifter turned me off, I was still pretty new to riding and didn't want to change back and forth between my bikes as I thought it would effect my reaction time.

[@motorcyclerewind]

The shifter takes a few minutes to get used to. After that it's fine. My 1967 Kawasaki W1 650 is right shift. Thanks for watching.

[@donaldcameron8909]

Holy smokes I didn't know like totally

[@motorcyclerewind]

I didn’t know they existed either. Thanks for watching.

[@alaingobbo7644]

Très belle moto italienne 😉🏍️🇮🇹

[@motorcyclerewind]

❤️🇮🇹🏍️

[@kalaharimine]

Nice classic, great lines. check the front mudguard isn't back to front. 👍🏼

[@motorcyclerewind]

It definitely could be backwards. They weren’t instructions in the box! 😂

[@kalaharimine]

@motorcyclerewind it's not following the wheel circumstance well, looking at photos online the longer "half" seems to be at the back. GL this will be very interesting.

[@motorcyclerewind]

I got it flipped around!

[@nigelcox7477]

You were not kidding when you said you had something exciting coming up… nice machine! I realise many pieces are just hung on temporarily, but I suspect the front mudguard is on backwards at the moment 🧐 I guess you might have fun sourcing everything you need, but if anyone can… Good Luck!

[@motorcyclerewind]

Just wait, we are just two days into the new year. Big things coming our way. You are correct the front mud guard is on backwards. I had a 50/50 shot at getting it right. 😂 thanks for watching.

[@budlistar5312]

I had a 175 that was a rebadged Kawasaki Bushwacker.

[@motorcyclerewind]

American Eagle rebadged some Kawasaki, Italajet and Laverda. That’s cool that you had one. Thanks for watching.

[@TheRattyBiker]

Congrats on making the New Year and almost 8k subs 😊😊 makes my heart warm for you my stateside brother! I love the all in one multifunction switch (you get them on the DDR MZ's 🥰) I love that little tank rack - so functional and utilitarian it's unreal 👍👍 however... Not so sure I'd want a tank slapper or ball slapper on that bike! 😂 Looks like a vasectomy and circumcision all in one short sharp speed bump! 🤣🤣 Love the principle of it though! I'm sure you'll do it the due justice in time! 😊

[@motorcyclerewind]

Michael thanks so much! Hopefully I don’t have to visit a urologist after the first ride. Once the other bin is emptied we should have a better handle on what we need to get to the first ride. Thanks for watching.

[@the_cafe_racer_project]

Nice work. Let me know if you need anyone UK/EU based to look for a specific part.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Andrew, be careful what you ask for! I will definitely be in touch if needed. Thanks so much.

[@kdsowen2882]

The early ones had English Smiths Instruments and the later ones were Nippon Denso , yours has the BMW headlight so should have Smiths guages and controls Dave nz

[@motorcyclerewind]

Awesome thanks for sharing and thanks for watching! This is a cool motorcycle. Look forward to hearing it run.

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

I undertand American Eagle was a Dan Gurney company. 3 of us bought 3 new AE 350's in 1970. Kawasaki A7SS. AE had gone bankrupt as quick as it started. . We paid $300 each. But we had to buy gas tanks which we got from a Redwood City Calif Kawasaki MC dealer. $5 each tank. Pretty sure Gurney was AE.

[@motorcyclerewind]

I thought it was Jack McCormack who started AE. There is not a lot of info out there. I now have another name to add to my google searches about American Eagle. The quest continues. Thanks for the info.

[@rustyrims05]

The headlight is BMW or Dnypr.. love Laverdas. Based (copied) on the the CB77

[@motorcyclerewind]

This is a cool bike. Lots of bits and pieces from all over.

[@GiancarloBenzina]

@@motorcyclerewind headlights were Bosch, if not CIBIE or so, later Nippon Denso. People didn’t buy electric quality parts at BMW, they did and still do even today buy them with Bosch, now, too, Continental (new bikes). And so did BMW.

[@richardbalmaine8048]

Hey mate Whether it helps or not but most of the Italian manufacturers used a lot of the same parts especially electrical and carbs and of course it's all metric

[@motorcyclerewind]

That is definitely going to help us when sourcing some parts. Should be able to get ignition coils from the auto parts store. Thankfully it looks as though we have all of the Laverda parts we need. Thanks for watching.

[@timparker9235]

well what an interesting find, Eric - looking forward to seeing how this progresses - I wish you luck in getting parts, do you think it might be an issue with so little in the US? I don't have a clue

[@motorcyclerewind]

The only problem with be the price of the parts. Thankfully this is not my bike. So it doesn’t bother me as much. 😂

[@GiancarloBenzina]

Columbia car and cycle is a personal laverda-gold digging Master with a japan-junkyard exclusively full of Laverda parts and what’s not there is “sniff-sniff” coming soon. Wolfgang Härter, Parts-Master for Global distribution, out of Canada, Vancouver and Germany. No worries, what he doesn’t have, is hardly available anywhere else without him digging it out of other people’s stock archive’s piles.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Thanks so much for the parts lead. I have already sent them an email.

[@EclecticGearhead]

Front fender is on backwards.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Hopefully I got the engine facing the right direction! Thanks for watching

[@karlvanboxel561]

Is that what they call an SFC 750 laverda shame laverda went shit side up there jota and Mirage were cool as well jota was the fastest production bike in its day

[@motorcyclerewind]

Not sure of the exact Laverda model this is. I think you are correct with SFC750. Thanks for watching!

[@rickmancr]

The SFC was the endurance racer. Very rare and still very expensive.

[@andersaxelsson2196]

Do you know Who L. A. Nik is? He would probably know where to find parts?

[@motorcyclerewind]

I do not, but I want to now. Thanks for sharing I will do some research.

[@jimamizzi1]

As soon as I saw the engine I knew what it was, good project, you don’t do this for free do you?

[@motorcyclerewind]

Thankfully I don’t do it for FREE! Thanks for watching.

[@jimamizzi1]

@@motorcyclerewind that’s great, doing something you love and getting paid to do it 👍🇦🇺

[@motorcyclerewind]

I am pretty fortunate!

[@firestorm755]

If you can get it running it'll be a very cool bike. Over here the 750 was sold by laverda as the montjuic, maybe that's spelt wrong! I knew a guy had one years back. It certainly went well but it vibrated like hell. It's gonna be an interesting project for 24👍oh, happy new year to you and your good lady too!

[@motorcyclerewind]

Can’t wait to ride this one. Thanks for watching.

[@rickmancr]

The Montjuic (named after a Spanish race circuit) was a 500. Laverda built a track version of the Alpina/Zeta road bike, called the Formula 500, and ran a one-make race series in Italy. The UK Laverda importer, Slater Bros, who were also responsible for the Jota triple, created the Montjuic as a highly-tuned (and very loud) road legal(ish) version of the racer.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Wow!!! Thanks for sharing. I really appreciate it love motorcycle history.

[@GiancarloBenzina]

@@rickmancr the Formula cup was raced in switzerland, germany, italy and I believe 2-3 other countries, too. I assume BE, and NL. In UK and some other countries they were raced as >500cc in the TT2 classes (up to 600cc twin) as 2nd class to the F1/TT1 with the Ducati pantah, … The Montjuic was an upped Alpina to give a road-legal sport hommage to the Formula500 racer. It wasn’t the same. But equal fun. You see a Formula 500 MKII (not unibody cover, but tank and rear-body split, different shorter exhaust) on my picture (that was 2003/4 in Hockenheim). Mine came from the swiss-formula-cup and is now in Australia, where people don’t restore them bikes to death, but actually ride them - hurray! - as race bikes and improve them further and further.

[@waynesutton2472]

When hunting parts sears n reoubuk part they're name on them also

[@motorcyclerewind]

Sears marketed the Allstate. I had a 250 Twingle that was manufactured by Puch. Thanks for watching.

[@zsoltadam9487]

Questo modello particolare per via del telaio,la differenza del modelli dopo che ha il numero scritto orizzontale e le fiancatine hanno i fori e sagome diverse e anche il serbatoio e sella non compatibile con il modelli dopo ,anche se lostesse modelli .Con questo telaio hanno fatto qualche centinaio.Peccato che ti manca la cassa del filtro d'aria.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Thanks so much for sharing this information

[@daveallen8824]

top end looks suspiciously like a Honda 305...

[@motorcyclerewind]

World was a different place back then. You could copy stuff. Thanks for watching.

[@markdoolan7282]

Are you serious ? Out on the driveway. You do this and don’t put something down on the concrete or do it in your workshop. You surely have a workshop seeing how you do a lot of this type of thing . If that was my unfinished pride and joy dream bike and saw you doing that i would be concerned.

[@motorcyclerewind]

Thanks for watching.