- Location
- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
for a few photos, look here, post #91 https://www.laverdaforum.com/xf/threads/100674/page-5
elsewhere on the forum will be full rebuild threads, from bare frame and bare engine cases on a lightly crashed 10,000 original km bike.
Wolfgang Haerter supplied all parts, from new stock sized piston rings (with a fresh light hone of cylinders), new German made valve springs, all carb internals, all rubber bits, etc. RedAx supplied the Sasche/ignitech programable ignition and the Kevlar lined clutch plates, Andy Chain supplied the cam chain. Still A11 cams. I did the bodywork and the paint, to a very high standard in coarse metallic silver close to stock, maybe just a bit brighter. Pinstriping is red pinstripe tape, is starting to peel, needs to be redone in pinstripe paint, but still presentable.
Bike comes presently fitted with authentic "Jota" mufflers and collector which are not perfect as they are 40 years old. Also comes with original seamed mufflers in great shape. Presently fitted with full TS Mirage bodywork, if you don't like it, take it off after you buy the bike. The blue windscreen is an original new old stock part from Wolfgang. The adjustable JOTA bars are original to the bike. Left side shift, right side rear brake, from the factory.
variations from stock - programable digital ignition, some stainless steel fasteners, relocated side stand mounting, Ikon rear shocks, black braided steel brake lines and EBC brake pads. Odyssey PC 680 AGM battery. Kevlar lined clutch plates. CRG bar end mirrors. This is the closest to stock build I have ever done.
The total rebuild took me the better part of two years. The bike is completely "dialed in", has less than 11,000 original kms, and due to my medical issues (resolving nicely, thankfully!!!) discussed elsewhere on this forum, I have only ridden it about 700 kms since rebuild. Jetted for the Jota pipes. Runs really well. Wolfgang has seen it in the flesh and tells me it is one of the nicest TS Mirages in the world, mechanically and cosmetically. I will post some more photos shortly.
reason for offering for sale? I still have 9 motorcycles, three of which are Laverda triples. The 82 1200 TS Mirage and my 79 1200 Mirage (with full carbon fiber bodywork) are very similar motorcycles, and I am more attached to the 79 for a number of reasons. I have been offered a very low mileage Laverda SFC 1000 that I would really like to buy but simply do not have room for unless I sell something.
So, 1982 Laverda 1200 TS Mirage Series 2, the last of the 180's, in my personal opinion the very best and most developed of the 180's, is offered for sale from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I will assist in delivering the bike to a crating and freight forwarder of the buyers choice, crating and shipping at buyers expense. I do not need to sell this 1200 Mirage to buy the SFC 1000, and I am offering others of my bikes for sale local to me, including my turbo charged 1979 Honda CBX. If one of my other bikes sells locally before this 1200 Laverda does and makes room for the addition of a SFC 1000 to my very small garage, I will withdraw the 1200 TS Mirage from sale if it has not sold as yet.
asking price? A nice 38,000 km TS Mirage just sold through this forum recently https://www.laverdaforum.com/xf/threads/101159/ for a reported 7,800 GBP. Tidy looking bike, much higher kms than mine, lacking the TS Mirage fairing/screen and lowers, and not a fresh comprehensive rebuild. 7,800 GBP is roughly $10,800 USD, or $13,700 Canadian
for one of the best examples in the world, I am thinking an asking price of 10,000 GBP, which is roughly $13,900 USD or $17,600 Canadian. Feel free to contact me direct pleclair at hotmail.com, or through this forum.
Best Regards
Paul LeClair
elsewhere on the forum will be full rebuild threads, from bare frame and bare engine cases on a lightly crashed 10,000 original km bike.
Wolfgang Haerter supplied all parts, from new stock sized piston rings (with a fresh light hone of cylinders), new German made valve springs, all carb internals, all rubber bits, etc. RedAx supplied the Sasche/ignitech programable ignition and the Kevlar lined clutch plates, Andy Chain supplied the cam chain. Still A11 cams. I did the bodywork and the paint, to a very high standard in coarse metallic silver close to stock, maybe just a bit brighter. Pinstriping is red pinstripe tape, is starting to peel, needs to be redone in pinstripe paint, but still presentable.
Bike comes presently fitted with authentic "Jota" mufflers and collector which are not perfect as they are 40 years old. Also comes with original seamed mufflers in great shape. Presently fitted with full TS Mirage bodywork, if you don't like it, take it off after you buy the bike. The blue windscreen is an original new old stock part from Wolfgang. The adjustable JOTA bars are original to the bike. Left side shift, right side rear brake, from the factory.
variations from stock - programable digital ignition, some stainless steel fasteners, relocated side stand mounting, Ikon rear shocks, black braided steel brake lines and EBC brake pads. Odyssey PC 680 AGM battery. Kevlar lined clutch plates. CRG bar end mirrors. This is the closest to stock build I have ever done.
The total rebuild took me the better part of two years. The bike is completely "dialed in", has less than 11,000 original kms, and due to my medical issues (resolving nicely, thankfully!!!) discussed elsewhere on this forum, I have only ridden it about 700 kms since rebuild. Jetted for the Jota pipes. Runs really well. Wolfgang has seen it in the flesh and tells me it is one of the nicest TS Mirages in the world, mechanically and cosmetically. I will post some more photos shortly.
reason for offering for sale? I still have 9 motorcycles, three of which are Laverda triples. The 82 1200 TS Mirage and my 79 1200 Mirage (with full carbon fiber bodywork) are very similar motorcycles, and I am more attached to the 79 for a number of reasons. I have been offered a very low mileage Laverda SFC 1000 that I would really like to buy but simply do not have room for unless I sell something.
So, 1982 Laverda 1200 TS Mirage Series 2, the last of the 180's, in my personal opinion the very best and most developed of the 180's, is offered for sale from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I will assist in delivering the bike to a crating and freight forwarder of the buyers choice, crating and shipping at buyers expense. I do not need to sell this 1200 Mirage to buy the SFC 1000, and I am offering others of my bikes for sale local to me, including my turbo charged 1979 Honda CBX. If one of my other bikes sells locally before this 1200 Laverda does and makes room for the addition of a SFC 1000 to my very small garage, I will withdraw the 1200 TS Mirage from sale if it has not sold as yet.
asking price? A nice 38,000 km TS Mirage just sold through this forum recently https://www.laverdaforum.com/xf/threads/101159/ for a reported 7,800 GBP. Tidy looking bike, much higher kms than mine, lacking the TS Mirage fairing/screen and lowers, and not a fresh comprehensive rebuild. 7,800 GBP is roughly $10,800 USD, or $13,700 Canadian
for one of the best examples in the world, I am thinking an asking price of 10,000 GBP, which is roughly $13,900 USD or $17,600 Canadian. Feel free to contact me direct pleclair at hotmail.com, or through this forum.
Best Regards
Paul LeClair
Last edited:
