Can anyone identify this frame??

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chris78jota

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Hi, Can anyone on the forum please help identify this mystery frame for me?  I've been told it was originally built as a race frame to house a Laverda triple, so immediate thoughts were Motodd or Harris, but googling pics of them don't seem to match.  Not sure the tank matches the frame either!

Any ideas folks?
Chris

 

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Looks like it has elements of a Rob North frame, but maybe it's a home made effort?

 
Could be this one resurfaced

http://www.laverdaforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,40970.msg58133.html#msg58133
 
so this is the same frame then
been around in that state for sometime now, found these photos back in 2005






 
Bloody 'ell that was fast!!  :LOL:  suitably impressed

So was the verdict that it was a modified Peckett and McNab frame - probably a Z1 thing?

Chris

ps sorry couldn't access the old ebay ad to see what it sold for
 
I would agree. Slightly modified perhaps.

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chris78jota said:
So was the verdict that it was a modified Peckett and McNab frame - probably a Z1 thing?

Chris
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Not in my opinion. Just maybe P&M - but look at the swingarm pivot mounts on this one.
A problem for me is the very narrow front mounts - which don't look to have been moved. i don't know of a jap four with narrow front mount bosses - everything I can think of is full width...Including big Z's.
Can i suggest it may well be a home build for a triple - which has had the rear mounts moved to try and fit something else...
 

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The mystery continues...I think you're right Greg, now you've posted a pic of a bare P&M frame, its more obvious that this one is a lot different - the frame loops back to the headset on the P&M, whereas it is a simple underloop on the mystery frame.  Apart from that, the bracketry is of a more refined design.

The mystery frame looks like it has been modded - the seat rail looks like it has been cut and welded lower for some reason.  I suspect all the bracketry is a later home made addition too.

It would be interesting to see it repaired and properly set up for a triple engine - it is certainly substantial enough to handle the power well.
 
I understand the current owner is considering selling it, but I don't have any idea of a price.

Basically, my 3C project is at my mate's workshop to have the 3 into 1 mated to the SFC silencer I got from Phil.

A bloke wandered into his workshop (as in all the best stories) and said "I've got a Laverda frame and tank that I bought as a racer project years ago".

I posted the pics in an effort to see if anyone could tell me what the frame was, as I didn't really have a clue despite hours of internet searches.  I'm not looking for (yet another) Laverda project myself  ::)
 
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