“Young Luigi was keen, but cash was short, so he funded his racing by working on machines in return for the loan of them to go racing.”
Born into a motorcycling family of Italian-Swiss heritage on September 29, 1929 in Horgen, Zurich, Switzerland, Luigi Taveri didn’t suffer family disapproval when he announced he wanted to go motorcycle racing; on the contrary, he was encouraged by both his father and brother Hans, 16 years his senior. In fact, Luigi’s first taste of competitive action, in 1947, was as passenger to Hans on his 500cc Husqvarna V-twin sidecar outfit, used for both road racing and grasstracks.
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