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KRM .......... Taken from David Dixon`s book Watts My Line ........ Also have a full newspaper article somewhere , although there is info and images online ......

Kingstons Ron Phillips was involved in the design , alongside AMC`s Jack Williams ................ Peter Williams may have been able to shed some further light on it , but he sadly passed away not so long ago ........

May have been a better bet as a roadster engine than Edward Turner`s Triumph Bandit .........
 
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Just been looking at this Aprilia RS Cube 990 Moto GP motor ...... ( now 21 years old ) ...... Seeing as Aprilia could be considered the spiritual successor to Laverda ( owning the name , and didn`t some of the ex - Zane staff transfer to Aprilia ? ... ) ...... , then if Piaggio / Aprillia ever did wish to revive the Laverda brand ( which they won`t ) ...... then maybe this motor , in a suitable modern chassis , would have been a better bet than the revived " SFC " that Aprilia showcased , but did nothing with , some years back .....

Given that Laverdas reputation , in many peoples eyes , was based on balls out triples with a razor sharp powerband ( by the standard of the times ..... early spec Jota , anyone ? ...... ) ...... then a triple which starts making real power at 9000 rpm , fades away , and then comes back again with a savage kick of 220 bhp at 12,500 rpm .... wouldn`t that be just the thing to power a revived Laverda Jota ? ........

OK ..... So Moto GP rider Jeremy Mc Williams reckoned it would try to kill you everywhere , and that it managed to break most of his ribs twice during the season he rode it , but isn`t that what Laverdas are really supposed to be all about ? ........... They could always de-tune it slightly .........

I`d buy one ..........
 
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A certain 3C(E) owner , I believe ..... with a Mr Hutton ? .......
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Guilty, as charged, and I can confirm Dick Hutton.
The guy behind me looks familiar, but I can't put a name to him.
Attached picture, from Tim Parker's 'Japanese Motorcycles' book taken at an ILOC Mallory Park Track Day, has me and Phil Todd, in the background.Japanese Motorcycles 3.jpg
 
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All that stuff about Phil Read in This Weeks Joke ( ! ) ....... meant I came across these regarding UK`s second most successful motorcycle racer / public enemy No 1 .....

Here`s the Prince of Speed / Darkness .......... Chasing race winner Bill Ivy at Monza 1968 on his 125cc V4 after crashing and damaging control levers and seat unit ( hence the unusual riding position ) ......

Finishing second to Mike Hailwood in the 250 cc race on his V4 at the Sachsenring in 1966 .....

And chatting with fellow Yamaha teamster Mike ( later Michelle ) Duff , after Bill Ivy`s 3rd place qualifying at the same meeting ................ Ivy ( in the foreground ) did not race , just using qualifying to get used to the V4 ..........
 
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helicopterjim said:
Yes indeed. It is because of that shirt I first met Mick Hart. I was at a local race event and I spotted a fellow working on a Laverda SF racer. I started reading the back and then I said "Hey! My name is on the back of your shirt!"

A great friendship was begun that day!

Jim
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Mine was a present from Tim Parker, at one of the many Mallory Park Track Days.
A track I first rode, on mine, in 1978, last time was 2022.
Here's a shot of Tim, on his SFC.

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The thing missed with the KRM superstreak is almost (but not quite) revealed, the air cooling was (sort of) forced by the fairing, but when stationary, eg pit lane, warm up area etc, the flow of air was reversed by thermo syphon and the ducts took the hot air away by the "chimney effect" suposedly preventing the ever present worry of overheating as happenned recently to the Manx mog on his formula at Jurby because he does not have the electric radiator fan.

That "serial numbers" tee shirt did a huge amount of damage (as I feel sure Marnix would agree) by letting all the fakers, prolific at the time, undestand which of the SFC serial numbers did not equate to a known bike, listed as "unknown" so if you fake up an SF2 or 3 use one of those numbers!
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
The thing missed with the KRM superstreak is almost (but not quite) revealed, the air cooling was (sort of) forced by the fairing, but when stationary, eg pit lane, warm up area etc, the flow of air was reversed by thermo syphon and the ducts took the hot air away by the "chimney effect" suposedly preventing the ever present worry of overheating as happenned recently to the Manx mog on his formula at Jurby because he does not have the electric radiator fan.

That "serial numbers" tee shirt did a huge amount of damage (as I feel sure Marnix would agree) by letting all the fakers, prolific at the time, undestand which of the SFC serial numbers did not equate to a known bike, listed as "unknown" so if you fake up an SF2 or 3 use one of those numbers!
CLEM
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You don't need that Clem, there's 3 SFCs for every number!
Paul
 
CLEMTOG said:
.That "serial numbers" tee shirt did a huge amount of damage (as I feel sure Marnix would agree) by letting all the fakers, prolific at the time, undestand which of the SFC serial numbers did not equate to a known bike, listed as "unknown" so if you fake up an SF2 or 3 use one of those numbers!
CLEM
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True, but also some owners/collectors weren’t pleased to see their name on the shirt.

Marnix
 
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