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Quite honestly Lothar, there are no problems with a Laverda that is ridden regularly. Because its owner knows his bike and maintains it to be used, regularly.

In over 30 years of organising Amicale 750 Laverda meetings, yearly or twice yearly, the only serious problem that ever occured was with a Ducati.

When you saw the number of campers or cars with trailers at the 70th in Breganze, you understand why a lot of bikes have problems.

Paul
 
In Finland the whole Laverda scene is about almost nothing else than Massimo era bikes and this even excludes some models.
In 70's and 80's the Laverda brand was often known of outstanding reliability and performance.

-Jouni
 
Paul Marx said:
When you saw the number of campers or cars with trailers.... ...why a lot of bikes have problems.
Paul
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Corect Paul.
When you look at a Laverda-meeting here in D/A/I at the production date of the tires, you will see many tires 5, 6 or 8 years old, often looking like new. Many of the Bikes are more standing- or show-bikes.
Here at Laverda Connection Oberpfalz, with a total of around 50 Laverdas, about 20% drives a lot their motorcycles, 50% seldom and the rest as good as not. That´s the way it is.
"Who rests rusts." For this reason, I have given all of my Zane Laverdas to people, who use the beautiful bikes sensibly.
I concentrate exclusively on my old 750s and move them regularly.

By the way - the two largest motorcycle trailer meetings:
No. 1: Harley meeting in Austria
No. 2 Ducati meetings in Thal (D)

Thomas aus LAU
 
how to ruin relationships and go bankrupt, bUy/sell/ride/collect/work on, your
LAVERDA

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actually the complete reverse is the truth, it never interfered with my marriage or family, it enhanced it, and it never made me skint, far from it, my mates were all buying new bikes every two or so years, I kept the same ones 750SF1 bought new 1973, converted Egli in 1979
#and 1200TS bought nearly new in 1980, still got both, didn't buy another until about 2012 and it was a cheap, crap, old pan which is brill. Cancer took the old lady though which changed this a tad (understatement)
 
Paul Marx said:
Quite honestly Lothar, there are no problems with a Laverda that is ridden regularly. Because its owner knows his bike and maintains it to be used, regularly.

In over 30 years of organising Amicale 750 Laverda meetings, yearly or twice yearly, the only serious problem that ever occured was with a Ducati.

When you saw the number of campers or cars with trailers at the 70th in Breganze, you understand why a lot of bikes have problems.

Paul
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Paul, some years ago I regularely attended the Pompone Laverda meeting. these weekends, we did roughly 2.000km in 4 days. I put roughly 50.000km on my Jota and roughly 35.000 on the SFC (while having and riding other bikes, too...). I can tell you that I got stranded at roadside several times. And not only me. Mostly for short time and mostly it was really nothing, but it also taught me how to repair a bike with minimal tools and even on a greenfield.

I saw all kinds of damages to these bangers, including broken appart cranks (brought him home though) and the likes. Yes, in general it really helps to maintain your bike properly and ride it regularely. however, using it causes wear, too, and we all know that these bikes do have their known problems, too. Frame cracks don't happen from standing in the garage f.e.

This whole threat was started with a twinkel and some humor intended. If anyone feels offended by reality paird with a bit of humor - sorry, please ignore this threat! ;)
 
Laverdalothar said:
Exactly, that's why I think the subtitle "making mechanics out of riders" is somewhat true, at least for me ;)
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That's true of any bike if you think motorcycling is more than just a consumer activity.
Doing your own maintenance is the most basic of activities and doesn't reflect the reliability of the machine..

Paul
 
My take ... I have very rarely had to do roadside repairs on my SF, 100s of thousands of km around Australia. Only time it was unrideable was a camchain throwing a few theeth over the crank sprocket due to a previous dodge job by a fellow mechanic at the shop I was spannering in - he convinced me I needed to replace the inner mains on the crank (wrong!) but pressed down on the centre bolt before I realised something was very wrong with this process and put a stop to the whole thing - too late, he'd unknowingly fractured the 'semi-teeth' on the crank centre piece, a few of which which dislodged about 18 months later in the middle of the Nullarbor.

Broke the gearbox mainshaft in the usual place at about 200,000km but that was in the city and bike was still rideable home.

Broke a wire in the genny in outback Northern Territory which meant no charging system, but a battery recharge was good for a day's riding if you didn't run the headlight.

A lot of issues people have seem to be wires breaking. Building the bike and foolproofing it makes for happy motoring. So securing wires and ensuring good quality connectors are used and properly crimped is a must. Which is why I NEVER use those shitty car-specific Narva type connectors with plastic shrouds but no support to the insulated part of the wire. Not good on a vibratory SF.

As far as I'm concerned a well sorted SF is a VERY reliable long-term motorcycle. No comparison with many fragile sports tourers out there.
 
piranha-bro2 said:
My take ... I have very rarely had to do roadside repairs on my SF, 100s of thousands of km around Australia. Only time it was unrideable was a camchain throwing a few theeth over the crank sprocket due to a previous dodge job by a fellow mechanic at the shop I was spannering in - he convinced me I needed to replace the inner mains on the crank (wrong!) but pressed down on the centre bolt before I realised something was very wrong with this process and put a stop to the whole thing - too late, he'd unknowingly fractured the 'semi-teeth' on the crank centre piece, a few of which which dislodged about 18 months later in the middle of the Nullarbor.

Broke the gearbox mainshaft in the usual place at about 200,000km but that was in the city and bike was still rideable home.

Broke a wire in the genny in outback Northern Territory which meant no charging system, but a battery recharge was good for a day's riding if you didn't run the headlight.

A lot of issues people have seem to be wires breaking. Building the bike and foolproofing it makes for happy motoring. So securing wires and ensuring good quality connectors are used and properly crimped is a must. Which is why I NEVER use those shitty car-specific Narva type connectors with plastic shrouds but no support to the insulated part of the wire. Not good on a vibratory SF.

As far as I'm concerned a well sorted SF is a VERY reliable long-term motorcycle. No comparison with many fragile sports tourers out there.
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In short, lack of reliability is very much an owner thing.

Laverda, a damn reliable motorcycle for the discerning rider.

Paul
 
Tippie said:
From the dim past: FIAT = Fix It Again Tomorrow
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In Germany it's Fiat= Fehler in allen Teilen ( fault in all parts ).
Apart from rust and the occasional electrical gremlin, I preferred a Fiat over air cooled VW's or anything Opel.

Laverda is not for fun, it's for physical exercise ;)
 
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