Vertemati Racing, in contrast to its modest size, boasts a great and long history peppered with worldwide successes and awards. Guido and Alvaro took their first steps in the world of off-road motorbikes by taking up racing at an early age. Started almost as a game, theirs soon became a professional career with several participations and successes in international races and championships. It was precisely on these fields that, after years of attendance, their first activity in the motorcycling sector was born, gaining exclusive rights for Italy to import the Swedish Husqvarna at the beginning of the 1980s.
However, the world of competitions was never abandoned, on the contrary, the two brothers remained in their habitat as technical directors of the Husky Italia team, guiding it to important European and world titles: one of them being the Swedish company's first triumph at the '6 Days International'. Having left Husqvarna, Vertemati did not miss the opportunity with the newborn Husaberg, immediately becoming close collaborators in its development as well as importers for Italy.
As technical directors once again, the two brothers take the off-road Husaberg to the top of the European and World Enduro and Cross Championships. In an off-road world still entirely 2-stroke, they were the first to believe in the potential of the 4-stroke. So, with the Swedish parenthesis over, the Vertemati family decided, almost as a bet, to build their own bike, driven by the desire to continue their winning path but with their own product.
This is how the first 4-stroke Enduro was born in the mid-1990s, entirely designed and built in Brianza. The product exudes all the passion and skills acquired by the brothers during their years as riders and technical directors, with surprising results both in technical terms and in racing success, with the Belgian rider Joel Smets. Some unusual design choices and the decision to use 4-stroke engines pushed other motorbike manufacturers, including Honda and Yamaha, to abandon the 2-stroke route, triggering a real epochal change.
Given the excellent results achieved by the brothers, Bimota decided to entrust the project for a new Enduro/Cross and Supermotard motorbike to Vertemati. The project gave rise to the motorbike manufacturer Vor (acronym for Vertemati off-road), of which the brothers were not a part. But driven by the growing popularity of the Vor brand and with futuristic ideas, the Vertemati brothers created a new motorbike with a super fine and powerful engine.
Thus Vertemati Moto saw the light, entering the world market with Enduro, Cross and Supermotard motorbikes with an aggressive character and all the best superstructures available.
With these creations the brothers once again distinguished themselves for their ingenuity and courage, crowning their efforts with second place overall in the Supermotard World Championship in 2002 and third place in the following year: always managing to compete head-on with much more renowned manufacturers such as Honda, and beating some like KTM and Yamaha.