Out and About on your Laverda.No bull,Just photos

Andy J said:
Joined in the usual Saturday morning ride out, and as this week’s destination was only a couple of miles down the road from my place one of the little Laverdinos was the obvious choice. Took a slightly longer route home via a couple of country lanes, one of which passes Lonan ‘new’ church. The promised rain has now arrived, which might be a blessing for all the mad fools involved in today’s annual 85 mile parish ‘walk’.
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Hello Andy,
That's a 98 Turismo.
Laverdino refers exclusively to the 49.9 cc machines, the two varieties of 4 stroke, sport and turismo, and the two stroke with mechanical disc brakes.
Paul
 
Andy J said:
My Viking chum’s first series Formula 500 is booked in for its Manx vehicle inspection next week, but as the tyres are about 30 years old, and in the case of the front one, slightly cracked, i’m going to swap the wheels from my ‘Monty dressed’ F500. However, the bikes were stored in different locations, which gave me a perfect excuse to go out this evening and wake the dead on the embarrassingly loud machine. Rather than take the direct route through Douglas, which isn’t ideal at the best of times on a close ratio kitted 500, I took a bit of a detour to take in a few nice twisty country back roads that so suit the 500.
Obviously, once I reached my destination near Port Soderick, I then had the task of choosing a bike to ride home. It wasn’t too difficult to decide, as the 750 Formula was parked up right at the front of the queue. I wouldn’t normally describe the Zane 750 Formulas as the most civilized of bikes, but even with the ‘open’ exhaust cans and the racey set-up, by comparison to the 500 that I had just hopped off, it was almost like traveling in a limousine. The seat, for once, felt plush and I could even hear myself think. And although the sun was starting to sink behind the hills, it was still more than warm enough for yet another (longer) detour to get back home. 😁
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Where’d that Formula come from 😁I reckon you have owned pretty well all that batch at one time or another
 
Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond said:
Where’d that Formula come from 😁I reckon you have owned pretty well all that batch at one time or another
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You've seen it before Adam, it's the one I sold to Keith McKay 5 years ago and now bought back as he claims he hasn't enough space for 4 Laverdas. I thought it was a poor excuse - he could have built a bigger shed - but his loss is my gain. ;)
And although I can legally ride the Baines race bike on the road, it's not really set up for riding in traffic etc, so this is the better option.
 
My brother James, unflattering photo, Italian motorcycle fan, total Brick, and great tour guide.
Why are there no photos of the beauty of Dartmoor?
Because I was to busy enjoying the spectacular views, the roads, 'Belted' cows with calves, ponies with fouls and sheeps with lambs.
We had good food too, thanks to my beautiful sister in law and their combined generosity.
I just hope I don't have to wait another two years to see him and the family again.

Oh yea, I'm also a crap photographer.
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Emulating our big city cousins like the ferris wheel at Southbank Brisbane or perhaps even the London Eye our little tourist village of Airlie Beach has (temporarily at least) a ferris wheel on the foreshore so you can look out over the azure waters of the Whitsunday Passage :LOL: (pic for posterity.....)
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