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[rocketonarail]

Make your Laverda your own with these useful accessories ( 1982 ) .....

 

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The Comic attempts a comparison test ......... Arai Giga Doohan Rep versus AGV Quasar Biaggi Rep ...... ( I had a Biaggi Rep ..... beautifully finished , and smelt nice , ......... but not particularly comfortable .......... )........

 

[rocketonarail]

Someone who can`t get his head around the concept of the validity of electronically timed performance figures , when compared to manufacturers claimed performance figures ...... ( 1976 ) ........

 

[rocketonarail]

John Nutting takes time out of a busy day in order to explain the bleedin` obvious ........

 

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Meanwhile DJ Lewis can barely contain his subdued idolism .......

 

[rocketonarail]

1981 Formula 2 TT results .......

 

[rocketonarail]

1981 Kyalami speeds recorded and compared ......

 

[rocketonarail]

Still 1981 ....... Introducing the Laverda Jota S 120 ( obviously the S didn`t last long ) , and the promise of the long awaited turbocharged 500 twin ........
Interesting that five year importers contract between Piero and Slater Bros ended up not being a five years contract after all .......

 

[rocketonarail]

1980 ....... Remove the engine from your triple , throw the chassis in the back of the shed , and stick the engine in one of these ....... wonder how many he sold ... ? .....

 

[rocketonarail]

More from Avon Bike`s Dennis Kelly .......

Motoplast frame kits ; 350 twins ; Zundapp powered Laverdas ; and now Zundapp powered Zundapps ...... Is there no stopping this man ... ? ......

 

[rocketonarail]

Still 1980 , and still more Zundapps ....... Any one out there with a 125 cc Laverda Wild ... ? .....

 

[rocketonarail]

Can`t be certain who took it , but we`ll give the police a description of that bloke we don`t like very much ....... ( Sorry JIm , changed my mind and edited it ..... ) ....

 

[helicopterjim]

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I think he was banned from the forum quite some time ago!

Jim

 

[rocketonarail]

Still 1980 and Avon Bikes again , again , again ........ For those of you who have sleepless nights worrying about Laverda colour codes , looks like Dennis had all the answers 43 years ago .......

 

[rocketonarail]

1980 ......

 

[rocketonarail]

1980 Formula 2 TT ....... Slaters celebrate .......

 

[Andy J]

IOM residents John and Hilary Musson, 23rd & 25th respectively. Unfortunately, Hilary passed away earlier this month. After giving up racing she took up marshalling. She was unlucky to be in the wrong place, when marshalling the TT in 2007 at the 26th milestone, and got caught up in the Marc Ramsbotham fatal crash. She was hit by bits from his disintegrating bike and lost the lower part of a leg. I hadn’t seen her for awhile, she was concerned about catching covid so had kept away from a lot of events.
RIP Hilary.

 

[Andy J]

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Still 1980 , and still more Zundapps ....... Any one out there with a 125 cc Laverda Wild ... ? .....

Looks like my old racing mate Ron Roebury that you have cut off in his prime! A bloody good rider.
As for Zundapps, I had a LZ175 for a short time and still have my LZ50cc.

 

[rocketonarail]

Looks like my old racing mate Ron Roebury that you have cut off in his prime! A bloody good rider.
As for Zundapps, I had a LZ175 for a short time and still have my LZ50cc.

Sorry about that Andy , here`s Mr Roebury intact ........

 

[rocketonarail]

And talking about Zundapps ....... Here`s a few pics of my Rickman R125SD , Zundapp powered ....... Was actually after a Dalesman Scout , but Westbury Motorcycles in Bristol had these so ........ 18 bhp from these , there was a Moto-X version which made 23 bhp ...... They were used , alongside Triumph TR5T`s by the British Trophy team when the ISDT was held in the `States , in 1973 I think ........ Quite a few were sold over there on the back of that , via BSA / Triumph dealerships ......

Pics show catalogue shot ; mine on a track near Pucklechurch ; halfway up the old road from Tadwick to Langridge near Lansdown near Bath ; and on the Fosse Way near Grittleton Wiltshire , after riding over a fallen tree , victim of the 1974 gales .......