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.... just in case you thought this was turning into the TZ750 / Norton appreciation page , and that I`d forgotten this is supposed to be about Laverdas .........

.... Here is a Laverda expert at work ...... comedy caption care of Motor Cycle Sport ............

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..... and finally , again from MCS ........ an amusing insight into just what low expectations owners of Ducati bevel drives held .........

....... 30,000 miles ? ......... that`s a engine re-build every 24 months for any half enthusiastic rider , at least ..........

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Racing together – die Geschichte des Motorradrennsports - Sportdokus - Play SRF

In dieser Sendung gibt es die Geschichte des Motorradrennsports durch seine Schlüsselpersönlichkeiten zu entdecken. Von früheren Legenden bis hin zu den heutigen, mehrfachen Titelgewinnern und Weltenbummlern wie Mick Doohan, Valentino Rossi und Marc Márquez.
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German Classic-motorrad.de posted this link, hope you can open it and like it.
Andre
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.... Brilliant stuff ........ I`ll have to put a couple of hours aside to watch it properly ..... nice to see Julian Ryder ..... and Dennis Noyes , first journalist to ride the prototype white seat 1200 Laverda triple .......
 
....... and finally , finally ( for now ) ...... These are not the Ray Knight pics I was thinking of , but still nice ..........

.... The fuel tank in both pictures appears to be the extended range hump back one , which resided on Richard Slaters shop counter for many years ...... wonder where it is now ... ? .........

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rocketonarail said:
....... and finally , finally ( for now ) ...... These are not the Ray Knight pics I was thinking of , but still nice ..........

.... The fuel tank in both pictures appears to be the extended range hump back one , which resided on Richard Slaters shop counter for many years ...... wonder where it is now ... ? .........

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Would that be a 3C, or did the earliest 3CE come with rear drum brake?
 
Tippie said:
Would that be a 3C, or did the earliest 3CE come with rear drum brake?
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Pictured would be a 3C ....... or as it`s a Slater bike , a 3C more than likely given the " E " treatment .... a 3CE .......

I believe all 3C`s , and 3CE`s , would be drum rear brakes ......... the triple `s disc rear brakes only arrived when attached to the FLAM alloy wheels , and the 3CL
..... L for Lega , or alloy ( wheels ... ) ......


When Slaters first went racing , ( as shown here with Ray Knight on board ) , with the triple in 1975/6 , it would have been with the 3C / 3CE ..... this was before the arrival of the 3CL during 1976 , which when given the ` E ` treatment , became known as the Jota .......
 
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....... and finally , finally ( for now ) ...... These are not the Ray Knight pics I was thinking of , but still nice ..........

.... The fuel tank in both pictures appears to be the extended range hump back one , which resided on Richard Slaters shop counter for many years ...... wonder where it is now ... ? .........

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Somebody said they thought they spotted it in the motor museum in Jurby, but not had a chance to check if that’s true.
 
Andy J said:
Somebody said they thought they spotted it in the motor museum in Jurby, but not had a chance to check if that’s true.
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...... That`s interesting ......... I wouldn`t have minded having something similar made for the Mirage , to extend it`s range beyond the 85 -95 miles I normally got from a tankfull , before switching to reserve .......

I remember an article in a bike mag about a bloke who collected petrol tanks ........ He had 30 or 40 I think , all from different makes of bike ...... there was a picture of them all in his front garden ....... Not sure if he even rode , or owned a complete bike ...... he just had a thing about tanks ........ 😕 .......
 
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..... Thought I`d stick this on here rather than Cool Videos seeing it features the V6 ..... looks like there was a factory 1200 entered as well ...... never knew that ......

We all know the V6 stopped after 8 hours .... did the 1200 ( or 1115 as described here ) keep going ? ......
 
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..... Thought I`d stick this on here rather than Cool Videos seeing it features the V6 ..... looks like there was a factory 1200 entered as well ...... never knew that ......

We all know the V6 stopped after 8 hours .... did the 1200 ( or 1115 as described here ) keep going ? ......
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None of the 4 Laverda’s finished the race. The 1200 broke 3 primary chains, always at the same spot on the track. They abandoned the race after 18 hours fearing this probably would happen a 4th time..

Marnix
 
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