3C or not 3C

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They look fantastic Grant......I'm taking it that the speedo will still record in miles?
 
Yes, the internal mechanism is still geared for miles, but the Corsa is geared for km, and also shows mph too, so the karma balances out  :D
I see it gained a mile on it's round trip too.

New faces, new shroud on the revcounter, repainted shrouds, internals oiled or whatever they do to them. and new glass I think.
Hopefully I will get round to fitting them today.

They did let the side down previously so I wanted them to sort of be up to par with the new paintwork.

Same clocks as in the first picture. Used Max Mahlmeister in Germany.
He was not cheap but not the most expensive, and did a pretty good job (so far, haven't tried them yet).
English is not his strong point, but then again German isn't mine. We got by though!
 
bob said:
jotajoe said:
So , Is the Jota essentially a 3C Bitza upgraded and built by Slaters initially and then adopted by the factory.
What I'm saying is, is the 3C in fact THE original and untainted Laverda Triple  ;)

joe
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Joe ,
Obviously the 3C is the original triple , after all it pre dated the Jota by  5 or 6 years, but the Jota isn't a bitza by any means, it's simply a 3C equipped with some factory endurance race parts and an exhaust developed by the UK importer.  Roger's develoment on the original 3C had been done using factory parts, the factory had already been modifying bikes with these parts for their own racing progamme. What Roger did was to experiment with some exhaust configurations in conjunction with these parts. The parts became available because the factory had been using them with some success for their own activities.
Bob
Here's a nice pic of one of Slaters early wire wheeled 3C racers. The pilot is PK Davies*.
PS All this information has been printed in numerous books over the years, there's no ambiguity about the Jota and its origins...except perhaps on this forum! :D :D :D
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Hi Bob..Was only jesting...The whole story of the development of the Jota is fantastic...and the bikes are true classics...The winter is long and tedious and the natives are getting bored and restless..hence the mischief !
 
Grant said:
Yes, the internal mechanism is still geared for miles, but the Corsa is geared for km, and also shows mph too, so the karma balances out  :D
I see it gained a mile on it's round trip too.

New faces, new shroud on the revcounter, repainted shrouds, internals oiled or whatever they do to them. and new glass I think.
Hopefully I will get round to fitting them today.

They did let the side down previously so I wanted them to sort of be up to par with the new paintwork.

Same clocks as in the first picture. Used Max Mahlmeister in Germany.
He was not cheap but not the most expensive, and did a pretty good job (so far, haven't tried them yet).
English is not his strong point, but then again German isn't mine. We got by though!
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Nice job Grant
 
jotajoe said:
3C in fact THE original and untainted Laverda Triple  ;)
Hi Bob..Was only jesting...The whole story of the development of the Jota is fantastic...and the bikes are true classics...The winter is long and tedious and the natives are getting bored and restless..hence the mischief !
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Joe,
A pedant like me will always nibble when you lay down bait like that... :D :D :D
 
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I dont like that bike scrumpy, cos I'm a pedant and it looks fake to me  :D
 
Well - could be a fake indeed...: Not sure, but wasn't the stripe-design introduced later (1976/1977?!?)?? This is a pre-oil-cooler bike, so built before spring 1974.

Oh - and it has these awful British exhaust copies on it...  >:(  :P  >:(
:D

Not sure the tires and the air in it are original btw. Only buy it, if it has Luigi's oily fingerprints on it!
:D
 
Yeah, and it should have fork gaiters, and a 200 mm headlight, and the stripe is wrong. Should also have square petrol taps and a round taillight. Colour could be right, there were some green ones. But the centre stand is right, it's twisted and has slumped so both wheels stay on the ground when the bike's on the centrestand, and the instrument bracket looks good too.
I'd give the owner $500 for it :D, it's just an old motorbike when all's said and done. Don't get sucked in by the looks, just because it looks fantastic :o :P :P

Ken  
 
Bob,
      Pedants ? On this forum ? Surely not ?  :o :o :o  Mind you where are the rear footpegs on the green machine ...oh b**gger where is my anorak?

Ally

 
If I remember correctly it sold for ?8000 from made in italy motorcycles.
 
I wouldn't pay that for it Lothar. It just doesn't cut it for me. Why would you throw a cheap exhaust on it for instance? It looks to me like someone fancied building a drum brake bike, knocked one up out of what they could get their hands on and punted it out when it was finished. I know everyone else seems to like it and maybe I'm wrong but there is something not quite right about that bike. I wouldn't give ?4000 for it myself.
Having said that there is a post on another forum from the guy that bought it saying how happy he is with it so all's well that ends well ha ha!
 
Well - if you compare what it would cost you to bring the bike into that condition (assumed EVERYTHING has been touched and renewed when necessary, just like I did on my 750 SF), the 8.000 is high but within cost-range.

Assuming NOT everything was overhauled to a zero km condition, it is an extreme price for a shiny bike, I agree.
 
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