1984 RGA on BAT

[TeddyG]

The fairings may be fugly, but overall this looks like an honest running bike :

1984 Laverda RGA 1000 Jota

Bid for the chance to own a 1984 Laverda RGA 1000 Jota at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #239,944.

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[Alan]

Makes a great wee Leman style nose cone fairing.

 

[TeddyG]

Not quite the LeMans bikini fairing and that black plastic piece along the tank is odd, but the rest of the bike looks nice

 

[pf1]

That's a nice bike. It's a shame they aren't valued more.

 

[arancia]

The fairings may be fugly, but overall this looks like an honest running bike :

1984 Laverda RGA 1000 Jota

Bid for the chance to own a 1984 Laverda RGA 1000 Jota at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #239,944.

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As they say, "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" and "different strokes for different folks".

Think of it as an RGS without the silly fuel cap arrangement and flakey instruments.

I have an RGS and a modified RGA Jota with the Sprint twin-headlamp full enclosure fairing - the RGA goes just as well as the RGS, same everything except bodywork and instruments.

 

[Ian D]

Always liked the look of the RGA.
Triples are a motor that should be on display.

 

[piranha-bro2]

Had a spin on Maurizio's RGA during the High Country ride. Loved it. Would take half a day to change the fairing and cosmetics if you were so inclined.

 

[Vince]

Battos Blue fuel-injected, much-modified Marval started life as an RGA. Add a sprint fairing, there a stunning bike.

 

[sfc vintage]

Had a spin on Maurizio's RGA during the High Country ride. Loved it. Would take half a day to change the fairing and cosmetics if you were so inclined.

Hi.
Perfect for a: TT1 replica

 

[TeddyG]

Sold for $6500

 

[Paul Marx]

Sold for $6500

The USA is really a market apart.
Paul

 

[aclearspot]

I hate these auctions that end at weired times. The quote that got me was that Bekeleys TTmotors and John Gallivan did work on this machine says alot.

 

[Gerald]

A well known Laverda parts individual calls them the CX500 Laverda

 

[Paul Marx]

A well known Laverda parts individual calls them the CX500 Laverda

He's wrong. CX 500s are very collectible.
Paul

 

[Gerald]

Paul, tell us more! a CX 500 Custom on the bucket list of your collection portfolio? or similar nausea handsome Ducati Indiana and Morini Excalibur?

 

[OneThinBloke]

Paul, tell us more! a CX 500 Custom on the bucket list of your collection portfolio? or similar nausea handsome Ducati Indiana and Morini Excalibur?

I have owned a number of CX500's and a CX650. They are all ugly, especially the Custom! However they were in reality very high performance for their day, comfortable, robust and reliable, beloved by London dispatch riders. I did many miles on my '78 CX500, some of which were as a dispatch rider, '87/8. I had the Custom version in '92/3, arguably it actually handled better!

 

[Charley]

Did a circumnavigation of Australia in 1988/89 60,000 kilometres. Really enjoyed it, the trip, the bike the whole thing.
Would I go out and get another? No.

 

[piranha-bro2]

Did a circumnavigation of Australia in 1988/89 60,000 kilometres. Really enjoyed it, the trip, the bike the whole thing.
Would I go out and get another? No.

The Labrador of motorcycles?

 

[Alzero]

The Labrador of motorcycles?

I never met a Labrador owner who wouldn’t have another one.

 

[EncinoBoy]

CX500= Plastic Maggot...only in Britain you say...