Before the flood

Tippie said:
That seems like a heavy suspension load onto that thin subframe support tube.
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That is Martin 750 Laverda frame n°1. He didn't make more than a handful. Martin surfed the wave of replacement frames. I don't think they are to be rated amongst the top quality frames.

Paul
 
Eric sent me some more photos.
The Coupes Moto Légende at Monthléry in 2000 this time.
A big Laverda gathering organised by Marnix and myself with help from some friends and my ex wife who cooked for everybody. I was busy doing public relations. :)
Around 100 Laverda present including 30 or so SFCs and a few specials.

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and the one of the one's that you did see is Andy Wagners, thank you for including my Clegbiverdason paul, much aopreciated, its the one with the black chassis and two calipers on same side at the front, I am shamefull to say that it is much the same today, but you know what, it is about third in the line! I have got to get Tom and Dave out on it (plus Murphy) before they get too old, they are all nearly 40!!!!!!!
CLEM
 
I like the little single - very "Giro ready" charming.

But I don't like the part built leading link forked one with the cranked top tube....
IMO, either bend the tube - easy now with powered mandrel benders common - or extend the alloy plates past the tube joint.

Just seen Clem's reply. What is a Clegbiverdason - who built it and why ?
 
GregT said:
I like the little single - very "Giro ready" charming.

But I don't like the part built leading link forked one with the cranked top tube....
IMO, either bend the tube - easy now with powered mandrel benders common - or extend the alloy plates past the tube joint.

Just seen Clem's reply. What is a Clegbiverdason - who built it and why ?
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The single belonged to Cor Dees I seem to remember, he did the Milano Taranto on it.
The Giro is for wealthy foreigners. ;)

Paul
 
The Clegbiverdason is mine, the chassis was built by Graham Binnion after he had recinded the license from Fritz Egli, who would never have condoned the cut and shut on the top tube, it is only CDS mild steel tube, (as were all Egli's, nowadays though? I dont know, so butt welding is fine, but Fritz criteria was (in the old days) only straight tubes and only fillet welds. When I bought it, it had no swing arm and 35mm ceriani Ducati 250 front forks (very valuable as it turned out) so was a "not realy started project", rather than a "stalled one", it was also set out for 30mm VHB carbs which missed the top tube, but I wanted to use an SF1 engine with 36mm carbs so mods were needed there as well, I proved the bike with a "quick build" and I rode it to the TT two consecutive years, with no serious problems, and many, many laps of the 36.75 mile course, in the days when early morning runs were "blind eyed" by the cops on point duty as long as you were sensible and all done before 0730, not so now! the project was then stripped to the bare bones and got caught up with me moving house to where I now am, I then set about the painting and chroming and reassembly, and what you see is where I stopped, when my first born arrived, and then the second, that coupled with a job that I thought was going to take me to the top, but didn't, I was working 70+ hour weeks, even though I had new cars every 18 months or less in many cases (a Maxi, two Cortina's, a Granada and a Merc 350SEL), plus a fancy title, I never got paid enough so went another route, (they went bust 18 months after I left, and they employed three people to cover my work, I would have stayed if they had paid me the three salaries!) got back on my feet, earned three times the previous money, bought new bikes and didnt get going again on the finishing of Clegbiverdason,, 2000 at Monthlery, was an uncover and clean and polish job, it will get done fairly soon.
CLEM
Clegbiverdason = Clemans/Binnion/Egli/Laverda/Wilson
Clemans = Me, Binnion started the chassis, Egli is an influence, Laverda is the power unit, Wilson is/was an employee who made the forks
 
Moto Martin made two Egli style triples as well, they were superb bikes, I gave one a prize for best "non standard" bike at the IOM one year, brilliant brilliant thing, completely made in house for the client, so no DIY or home finishing, his name may have been Michelle Muset, but that might be confusion coming through.
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
Moto Martin made two Egli style triples as well, they were superb bikes, I gave one a prize for best "non standard" bike at the IOM one year, brilliant brilliant thing, completely made in house for the client, so no DIY or home finishing, his name may have been Michelle Muset, but that might be confusion coming through.
CLEM
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One for sale currently in the South of France or just sold
 
Thanks for that Clem. Been there with 70 hour weeks. That's how my first heart attack happened.

Paul - that would be why I did 250 Macchi and 250 Benelli engines - with increased generating capacity - for pair of local millionaires to do the Giro....One had done it before and wound up carrying a car battery in a rucksack for several days hence the requirement for decent generating capacity. I grafted Honda scooter alternators onto both engines.
 
GregT said:
Thanks for that Clem. Been there with 70 hour weeks. That's how my first heart attack happened.

Paul - that would be why I did 250 Macchi and 250 Benelli engines - with increased generating capacity - for pair of local millionaires to do the Giro....One had done it before and wound up carrying a car battery in a rucksack for several days hence the requirement for decent generating capacity. I grafted Honda scooter alternators onto both engines.
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Didn't they have a mobile workshop following? Very adventurous.

Paul
 
Memorable weekend that was. Weather wasn’t always cooperating but it didn’t stop us from having a wonderful time.
wonder what my SF2’s license plate was doing on my Elettronica. 😉
 
There's a photo of that weekend that I haven't got.
The Italians pissed off to their hotel, leaving the V6 behind.
When the time came to pack up for the night, we put the V6 under the tent.
Andy Wagner and his then girlfriend Renate were sleeping rough as usual and there's a photo somewhere of them both cuddled up in their sleeping bag under the V6, which was very courageous of them since the home made paddock stand was very flimsy.
The next day, My friend Sergueï and I took the V6 out again to show to the unsuspecting masses.

A couple of months later, the Amicale 750 Laverda along with the Moto Club Breganze, organised a meeting in Breganze. Massimo Laverda took part in the organisation. He expressed his displeasure about the way the V6 was treated that weekend at Monthléry.

It was a memorable meeting in Breganze with Massimo.
He took us to visit the castle of the Trapp family. Whilst we were in the living room of the castle where Massimo was explaining details of history, the Contessa Trapp came out of the pool into her living room, topless, and found a large group of motorcyclists there.
We also visited a water driven sawmill where Massimo explained the sustainable approach the Venetians had to building their sailing ships. They'd cut wood having built the saw mill and immediately planted trees to replace the cut down ones.
He also took us to a WW1 fort up in the hills where he was displeased that some of us preferred the café to his explanations. I plead guilty.
We ended at his country chalet in Lavarone where he'd put on a massive BBQ.

Memorable times.

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