72 SFC/SF on eBay in Chicago

Just your typical bastardised SF/SFC wannabe lash-up, ill-fitting/ed and incorrect bits all over the place.  "All original" is mentioned somewhere... ::)

Well, it is orange, and will probably rock somebodys' boat.

piet
 
The Sock said:
Or there is this "optimistically" priced thing:
https://mandsmotorcycles.co.uk/product/laverda-750-sfi-sfc-replica/
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Oo la laaa! 24 thousand quid ... tell 'em they're dreamin' (refer to The Castle - Australian film  :D )
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
Oo la laaa! 24 thousand quid ... tell 'em they're dreamin' (refer to The Castle - Australian film  :D )
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They're going to go into liquidation soon.
Might be a bargain to pick up.

Paul
 
People really put a shitload of work into these replicas. And they even modify the engine to full SFC spec (bullshit). If I had a genuine SFC it would be be modified with SF bits so that I could ride it, saving the nasty ergo stuff for sales time.
 
Tippie said:
People really put a shitload of work into these replicas. And they even modify the engine to full SFC spec (bullshit). If I had a genuine SFC it would be be modified with SF bits so that I could ride it, saving the nasty ergo stuff for sales time.
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Sorry , can't resist- but is this then more intelligent?

Cheers
Michael
 
I know of SFCs that are owned by people who can't even ride them because of the ergonomics. Why do you think all these street fighter/naked bikes sell so well today? Are sports bikes sacrosanct? My mate with a Ducati Sport 750 fitted normal type handlebar back in the day, none of the purists dared to say a thing because he was fastest on road or racing. It depends if you want to ride it or look at it.
 
I rode my TRX850 1100 km in one day, keeping to the speed limits too on the Pacific Highway. The worst part was the seat that was a board with a few mm of padding, but the clipon hadlebars were definitely next! Quite a few of the hot rodded TRXs in Brisbane have fitted a handlebar kit with a top triple clamp with handlebar mounts, and a set of reasonably wide superbike bend bars. TRXs are pretty easy to turn in and stable when you're leaned over, but the couple of modified ones I rode were a lot easier to do stupid things on than mine with stubby clipons.

Ken
 
mcnicol said:
I rode my TRX850 1100 km in one day, keeping to the speed limits too on the Pacific Highway. The worst part was the seat that was a board with a few mm of padding, but the clipon hadlebars were definitely next! Quite a few of the hot rodded TRXs in Brisbane have fitted a handlebar kit with a top triple clamp with handlebar mounts, and a set of reasonably wide superbike bend bars. TRXs are prett easy to turn in and stable when you're leaned over, but the couple I rode were a lot easier to do stupid things on.

Ken
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Hi Ken
Has anyone come up with a fix for the TRX motors blowing up yet? I?m not sure what the fix was, but recall them being atomic.
 
Chris, from what I've been able to find out, there isn't any one fix, aside from slowing down and using less throttle, and that just isn't something that they like. Frequent oil changes seem to help, but they don't have a cartridge filter so there's only so much you can do with the engine and gearbox running in the same oil. The original radiators are OK for Japan but the poor things overheat far too easily in Queensland. I have a double-row larger radiator that I'll fit next time I'm home.
I know I'm running on borrowed time and that there'll be a big bang one day. I may bring it back to Florida with me where it'll be quite a hit if I can get it running, or I may just throw it away when it explodes, just like everybody else did.
Wish I had a better answer.

Ken
 
In building my SFQ I could easily have taken the fit-SFC-tank-seat-fairing and clipon route, but to use the SFC fairing I bought (with plans to fit twin headlights to it) I'd have to run clipons. Not going to happen. And I don't want a bloody SFC replica! With the tank, SFCs have such a long reach I'd just hate it (and being 165cm is fine for rearsets, but not long tanks). So it's a std SF tank, an SFC seat (moved fwd) and a fairing that allows me to run clipons above the top triple clamp.

I totally agree with Tippie's assessment of the rideability of an SFC - prob is retaining the fairing if you want to raise the bars. And as Rob said . re all the miles he did on his SFC, you can tolerate just about anything when the bod's young!
 
And you have the physical proportions of the berry thief!
I recently read a review of TRX that goes through pros and cons and what to look for on used bikes for purchase. They said that normal oil consumption for a good one was one litre per thousand km, that would have had me me doing up the motor on my Laverda. 
 
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