No need to feel ashamed of your countrymen, it's the same over here.In the USA people don't know what a Laverda is, let alone a Jota, a Jarama, a 3C, or a 3CE, fughettabouttit!
Even the enlightened cannot spot a 78 Slater Jota.
Any motorcyclist under 50 has never heard of Laverda.
Paul