Cico for sale in USA

78jotadave said:
In addition to my above comments is this, my opinion nothing more. I am very happy that the price of Laverdas has remained in the realm of sensibilities. In the world of classic, vintage, collector motorcycles Laverdas remain affordable, in most offerings, they are often less than the price of 750/1000/1200cc new bike offerings most of which fit the mold of consumer disposables.
Laverda's anonymity in the marketplace is a plus for riders who simply want to enjoy their bikes and not fall victim to the collector/investor mentality.
On the rare occasion when I have ridden $30-50k plus valued collector motorcycles, well let me just say anxiety was the overwhelming feeling on the ride, it was fun, and exciting but fuck those $ signs definitely were a selected ride control mode.
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Well said & Amen!
 
It goes back a long way too, Dave. I did a major service on a green frame in around 1977 when i worked at Hartleys. The owner came in when i was setting the idle mixture and when I blipped the throttle up to about 3,000rpm he became very anxious and told me I was being a bit brutal with it!! Unbelievable - when I test rode it I made a point of giving it loads of berries as I came back to the shop so he could hear what it sounded like above 7-8k. I just told him it wasn't designed to be pussied around, but I'm sure he rode it as if it was a fragile collector's item.
 
At least there was a guy racing a green frame at Wanneroo when I started racing the SF. He was not happy to be outbraked by a drum brake SF (not the factory drum, a TZ 4LS), but at least he was happy to have it out on the track and cane it.
 
OK, thanks Preben for confirming. So - still the red ones history would benefit from some kind of proofs regarding if it went through Cico's hands or if the parts were fitted later on.
 
CLEMTOG said:
I just knew that I had seen it somewhere, now it falls into place
how is the 308 Preben?
big hugs to H
CLEM
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Hi CLEM
The 308 is fine - still locked away for the Winter, and I'm working hard to rebuild/restore my 500 Formula. Will send you pm soon🙂
 
piranha-bro2 said:
Nah - must be a Kingswood or a Monaro :ROFLMAO: (should have placed that comment in The Aussie Depository)
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This was mine at uni, Im taking the photo, dessert road NZ, around 1998, Muzz was grabbing a beer from the kayak on the roof, we were heading to Hamilton for the university heads rowing eights regatta. We won the lightweights class, good times , great car!, photo of a photo, so its bad quality unfortunately
 

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sideshow said:
This was mine at uni, Im taking the photo, dessert road NZ, around 1998, Muzz was grabbing a beer from the kayak on the roof, we were heading to Hamilton for the university heads rowing eights regatta. We won the lightweights class, good times , great car!, photo of a photo, so its bad quality unfortunately
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How the hell did you win the “eights” with 9 bums in a kayak?
Plus beer!!!
 
Andy said:
How the hell did you win the “eights” with 9 bums in a kayak?
Plus beer!!!
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One regatta our Cox was getting married. We replaced her weight with a beer keg. They let us row ,We won as well but we’re disqualified for rowing with out her. Still bragging rights.
 
piranha-bro2 said:
It goes back a long way too, Dave. I did a major service on a green frame in around 1977 when i worked at Hartleys. The owner came in when i was setting the idle mixture and when I blipped the throttle up to about 3,000rpm he became very anxious and told me I was being a bit brutal with it!! Unbelievable - when I test rode it I made a point of giving it loads of berries as I came back to the shop so he could hear what it sounded like above 7-8k. I just told him it wasn't designed to be pussied around, but I'm sure he rode it as if it was a fragile collector's item.
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Would that have been Godfrey's green frame he rode it as slow as a moped then he sold it to Kojonup John Clarke's brother (who painted it blue and yellow his football team's colors). Godfrey replaced the green frame with a much more sensible ride, a street-legal TZ 750 :eek::eek:(y)fun times
 
78jotadave said:
Would that have been Godfrey's green frame he rode it as slow as a moped then he sold it to Kojonup John Clarke's brother (who painted it blue and yellow his football team's colors). Godfrey replaced the green frame with a much more sensible ride, a street-legal TZ 750 :eek::eek:(y)fun times
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No idea what his name was, Dave. But it just resonated with me the myths surrounding the green frame and the museum-piece reality of ownership. Didn't Bruce build a TZ700 into a registered road bike for a customer? Was before i worked for him - i recall reading an article in Two Wheels about it - wrapping the chambers in some cloth (way ahead of the hipsters!) to quieten it down enough!! When i was working there we tried doing the same with 350 twin road racer (pre-dated the TZ) - I fitted a street gearbox (the racer had a first gear that could barely get the bike moving in street use). I test rode it - it was horrendous - the ergonomics alone were enough to make it a non-starter - never made it to reg.
 
It was Bruce who painted that green frame blue and yellow before John's brother brought it. Sold it to finance that TZ 700 street bike.
It was Godfrey's bike.
 
I wrapped the single skin expansion chambered exhaust on my Husky Automatic with that wrap stuff and encased it in Fiberglass to try and quiet it. Waste of time, it did nothing but make a smell that was horrible to be near. I forgot, I also had it coated in some heated spray metal particles so it wouldn't rust under all that crap. It took a lot of work to do this and even more a year later when I finally gave it up as a lost cause, it was just a painfully loud bike
That rustproofing worked really well

Thermal Spray - Avweld Hardfacing

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sideshow said:
This was mine at uni, Im taking the photo, dessert road NZ, around 1998, Muzz was grabbing a beer from the kayak on the roof, we were heading to Hamilton for the university heads rowing eights regatta. We won the lightweights class, good times , great car!, photo of a photo, so its bad quality unfortunately
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Three on the tree or tri-matic? I knew a bloke that had a three on the tree, worst linkages ever. Got stuck between gears more often than not.
 
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