Archive stuff

[iis_iis]

All interesting, thank you contributors. Non Laverda motocycles ( pre "Motorcycle" ), Megola Rotary and Scott Flying Squirrel, fascinating to say the least. Also a chopper with 9 cylinder radial.... dedicated folk. j

 

[rocketonarail]

Zandvoort 6 hour Race...unfortunate news regarding Ron Wittich...( 1972 )

 

[rocketonarail]

Nice bike shame about the suit....the X-75 is still around , SORN`ed at the moment...

 

[rocketonarail]

Isle of Man...Ron Haslam and a ( Ballaugh ) Bridge too far ; no such drama for Chas Mortimer at Governors Bridge ; and a happy Travelling Marshall...

 

[rocketonarail]

Follow up to # 180....No need to call in Columbo...that series wasn`t a Whodunnit , more of a How can he prove it ....In this case we know the answer to both...

 

[rocketonarail]

No V6 for 1980 I`m afraid , never mind , how about this Moto Shifty instead ?

It says Laverda frame , well it may have started out as one...

BTW who actually manufactured Laverda frames , was it in-house or Verlicchi ?...

 

[rocketonarail]

Iwata production line 1980 .

 

[rocketonarail]

Advertising to accompany SF750 roadtest ( 1972 ) .

 

[rocketonarail]

Kyalami January 1981...depressing reading...

 

[rocketonarail]

Doug Domokos and a Z1300 ...

 

[rocketonarail]

If I really hated my sister I might...

 

[rocketonarail]

Pete Williams aimed to beat 200 mph on this in 1980...

 

[rocketonarail]

1972 roadtest SF750...

 

[rocketonarail]

1972.....and an SFC at Zolder...

 

[chrisk]

Pete Williams aimed to beat 200 mph on this in 1980...


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That’s not Pete Williams, that’s Danny Devitto.

 

[Andy J]

A bit of the old and the new...

 

[Andy J]

Laverda's best ever?

 

[Andy J]

Fitted spot on, first time, every time.....

 

[Andy J]

A spot of endurance racing again

 

[Andy J]

And a bit of history