5 Laverdas for sale

The 1000 SFC was mine once... It is the pre-production bike with the Frame #0001! Will be interesting, for what it goes... Note some special parts on it:

-top triple yoke with machined-away handle bar holders (holes still visible
-top nuts of the fork different
-passenger seat cover rubber cushin different shape
 
Klassieke Laverda te koop
Een fraaie zilveren Laverda 1000 3cl, Jota uit 1982 met een kilometerstand van 75.822 km. Het framenummer is OOLADM-00057928 en het kenteken is MD-49-SH. Vraagprijs is € 7.000. In onderhoud geweest bij G. van Dijk.
 

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Laverdalothar said:
The 1000 SFC was mine once... It is the pre-production bike with the Frame #0001! Will be interesting, for what it goes... Note some special parts on it:

-top triple yoke with machined-away handle bar holders (holes still visible
-top nuts of the fork different
-passenger seat cover rubber cushin different shape
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No mention of its exclusiveness from Mecum... somebody's in for a nice surprise!

piet
 
sfcpiet said:
No mention of its exclusiveness from Mecum... somebody's in for a nice surprise!

piet
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maybe they assume that 0001 on the frame number will cause enough interest in the bike... 💁‍♂️

Tippie said:
It looks like they kept it in perfect nick Lothar.
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Scott Schuler to be praised for that. He took it completely apart (including engine AFAIK), fixed the issues (they bored the top yoke out from a 38mm, the clamping bolts were at the wrong place and he got the wholes welded up, re-bored and some decent screws installed; just to name one...) and mounted all the original parts that I sold him with the bike (when I had it, it had chromed mufflers, which looked totally out of place...)

I think Scott also serviced the M1R and installed, maybe even overhauled the gold Marzocchi AG Strada Oro that I sent with the bike iirc. Koni were on it, which I never liked because they are to short (the golden ones are 375mm, the Konis were 362mm - made a difference...)

someone has mounted the handlebars below the yoke, not sure that was a good Idea. Also the fork looks way more pushed through than I seem to remember. Turns better in though this way with the longer shocks. Might be hard to get on the center stand though...
 
Laverdalothar said:
maybe they assume that 0001 on the frame number will cause enough interest in the bike... 💁‍♂️
someone has mounted the handlebars below the yoke, not sure that was a good Idea. Also the fork looks way more pushed through than I seem to remember. Turns better in though this way with the longer shocks. Might be hard to get on the center stand though...
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I'd say it was a bad idea - style often wins over ergonomic practicalities. And playing with rake and trail by dropping forks through triple clamps has its limits. 'It'll turn quicker! Gotta be good, right?' ... and become unstable
 
The frame #0001 pre-production SFC 1000 was sold on Bring a Trailer a couple of years ago, and is now being resold at Mecum. With no reserve it’ll sell, no seller taking it home and that’s interesting. It’s only done 463 km since the last sale. As a prospective US buyer I’d be looking at the title status to make sure I could get it registered in my home state.

The RGS is also selling at no reserve, same seller I guess. Seems that the ‘Dan Ray Collection’ is being liquidated without too much delay. I chased a different RGS to the 2026 Mecum auction (same annual event in Las Vegas) but the seller of that one set an unrealistic reserve $5K or so above the highest bid and I think will probably have it forever. It was a nice event regardless but I wish it was like the 2027 event is shaping up to be for the Laverda buyer.

Maybe the new owners will ride the bikes a bit more, that’s the only way to really dial them in and keep them running right.
 
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piranha-bro2 said:
I'd say it was a bad idea - style often wins over ergonomic practicalities. And playing with rake and trail by dropping forks through triple clamps has its limits. 'It'll turn quicker! Gotta be good, right?' ... and become unstable
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If I am not mistaken, the difference is less than 2° if you push it through 5cm more than original (which is about 4cm/40mm). That would mean you would have to push it 9cm through instead of 4. This looks more like 6cm maybe, the difference would be maybe less than 1°. Not sure that has an impact on stability tbh.
 
Laverdalothar said:
If I am not mistaken, the difference is less than 2° if you push it through 5cm more than original (which is about 4cm/40mm). That would mean you would have to push it 9cm through instead of 4. This looks more like 6cm maybe, the difference would be maybe less than 1°. Not sure that has an impact on stability tbh.
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I hadn't even looked at the photos - you're probably right, Lothar. My comment was as much about low bars. Certainly looks weird with that much fork poking through!
 
There have been a few cases of sepsis in the news. The hospital waits too long to test for it with jorrable results, it goes bad very quicly.
 
The reviews were either totally favorable or totally negative, and the site lists a 10-12 % / $500 minimum commission for bikes, plus a $200 registration fee. My impression is that it’s good for those with deep pockets who are willing to gamble since the cars and bikes are not started or have any sort of warranty. But those Laverdas appear to be in very nice condition, so best of luck to bidders.
 
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