Cagiva 1986

The Castiglioni brothers entered the motorcycle business by buying The Aermacchi factory in 1978 which continued building small 2 stroke motorcycles. In 1983 they started sourcing engines from Ducati for a line of bigger motorcycles and in 1986 they bought Ducati. The company continued to sell Ducati-engined bikes under their own name, the Alazzurra above and an adventure bike, the Elefant.