Best bike for everyday road riding 1969-1984 ;o)

Best bike for everyday riding is a 750 Laverda. Rugged and reliable.
I rode my SF2 to work until a year before retiring.
Is this a Laverda forum?
Paul
 
Favourite Laverda 1000 3cE and I might as well tell it, now:
Back in ’83, having spent the day hooning round Goodwood, I was on my way to spend the following day hooning round Cadwell Park. As I journeyed up the A1 at a respectable, post Track Day clip, I spotted a bike coming up from behind. SOP, I trimmed back to 70 mph, and clocked that it was a Kawasaki GPZ900, the recent “fastest production bike” taking that “honour” from the Jota. Usual come on, roll on the throttle in fifth, he bites, drop a gear and get after him, he definitely had an edge in acceleration but, to my surprise and even more to his, I began to reel him in on top speed. Not by much, 3-5 mph, so I wasn’t going to roll off until I had pulled past him. Afterwards, we pulled into a petrol station. He reckoned he was indicating 155 when I went past him.
 
I’m not sure why there is so much dummy spitting, when the thread is now clearly an opportunity to argue which Laverda model between 1969 and 1984 is better than any other, as we all know during that period there was nothing else to come close to competing with our venerated machines. 😜
 
Chrisk: LOL

I can name few 4 stroke contenders for that period other then Laverda ; for instance, Ducati's 750S and 900SS Darmah, MV Agusta 750S, Benelli Sei 900, Guzi 850/1000 LeMans, Honda CB900F and V65 Sabre VF1100S, Kawasaki KZ1100L LTD and Yamaha XS Eleven... I could go on !

I really liked the AMF Harley Sporster for confortable sport cruising but she was not Cafe.

What was it in 85? that insane Yamaha VMAX appeared - A friend bought one and nearly killed himself on that monster.
 
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The Sock said:
Favourite Laverda 1000 3cE and I might as well tell it, now:
Back in ’83, having spent the day hooning round Goodwood, I was on my way to spend the following day hooning round Cadwell Park. As I journeyed up the A1 at a respectable, post Track Day clip, I spotted a bike coming up from behind. SOP, I trimmed back to 70 mph, and clocked that it was a Kawasaki GPZ900, the recent “fastest production bike” taking that “honour” from the Jota. Usual come on, roll on the throttle in fifth, he bites, drop a gear and get after him, he definitely had an edge in acceleration but, to my surprise and even more to his, I began to reel him in on top speed. Not by much, 3-5 mph, so I wasn’t going to roll off until I had pulled past him. Afterwards, we pulled into a petrol station. He reckoned he was indicating 155 when I went past him.
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So it was a race spec 3CE you were riding??
 
Laverda SF said:
Chrisk: LOL

I can name few 4 stroke contenders for that period other then Laverda ; for instance, Ducati's 750S and 900SS Darmah, MV Agusta 750S, Benelli Sei 900, Guzi 850/1000 LeMans, Honda CB900F and V65 Sabre VF1100S, Kawasaki KZ1100L LTD and Yamaha XS Eleven... I could go on !

I really liked the AMF Harley Sporster for confortable sport cruising but she was not Cafe.

What was it in 85? that insane Yamaha VMAX appeared - A friend bought one and nearly killed himself on that monster.
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Contenders as your favourite? Now that the thread direction has been sent off in a different direction. BTW, I’m not mentioning my ‘favourite’ . There are so many reasons, so many different opinions. Favourite? Nobody cares. It’s like favourite food.
 
Bit like your favourite Movie, my head spins trying to do that one. Way easier is my favourite bike, it's the one I have owned for 34 years.3c I like my Atlas as well.
 
The Sock said:
Favourite Laverda 1000 3cE and I might as well tell it, now:
Back in ’83, having spent the day hooning round Goodwood, I was on my way to spend the following day hooning round Cadwell Park. As I journeyed up the A1 at a respectable, post Track Day clip, I spotted a bike coming up from behind. SOP, I trimmed back to 70 mph, and clocked that it was a Kawasaki GPZ900, the recent “fastest production bike” taking that “honour” from the Jota. Usual come on, roll on the throttle in fifth, he bites, drop a gear and get after him, he definitely had an edge in acceleration but, to my surprise and even more to his, I began to reel him in on top speed. Not by much, 3-5 mph, so I wasn’t going to roll off until I had pulled past him. Afterwards, we pulled into a petrol station. He reckoned he was indicating 155 when I went past him.
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He was on a GPz305 with a km speedo..that explains it! 😂
 
Steve G. said:
In that case, I’m seriously questioning this 155+ pass by a 900 ninja.
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Question all you like. It happened. The 155 mph was his claim, not mine.
I wasn't looking at the speedo, innacurate anyway, I was focussed on the rev counter, also almost certainly inaccurate, but a 3c, 3 numbers older than mine had thrown a rod, that day at Goodwood, and I feared mine might, too. But, once I started to reel the Kawasaki in, I definitely wasn't backing off until I'd passed him.
 
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