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[Beucars]

Thanks Jeroen.
What great episodes of racing history.
What a pleasure to see all those French riders many of whom aren't with us any more.

Paul

I was just parking a Laverda in Taninges to take a break from driving through the French Alpes a couple of years ago, when a woman hurried out a nearby restaurant full of excitement stating a Laverda, a Laverda, wait for my husband..
Then a man came out and introduced himself as the pilot of the V6 during the '78 Bol d'Or
I didn't understand his name so well and thought to myself yeah right..
Today, I think it was Fougeray I meet back then
They told me they live in Paris

 

[MarnixSFC]

The man chatting with Piero Laverda in the Bol d’Or 1969 film is Dutch importer Jan Raymakers, who was involved in Laverda’s racing activities from day one.

Marnix

 

[Paul Marx]

I was just parking a Laverda in Taninges to take a break from driving through the French Alpes a couple of years ago, when a woman hurried out a nearby restaurant full of excitement stating a Laverda, a Laverda, wait for my husband..
Then a man came out and introduced himself as the pilot of the V6 during the '78 Bol d'Or
I didn't understand his name so well and thought to myself yeah right..
Today, I think it was Fougeray I meet back then
They told me they live in Paris

I had heard that Fougeray lived on a boat in one of the French Mediterranean ports.

 

[Jo]

Thanks Jeroen.
What great episodes of racing history.
What a pleasure to see all those French riders many of whom aren't with us any more.

Paul

+1

I started watching endurance racing from 1980 onwards, a lot of the racers from the 70s were still active and successful in the 80s.

 

[MarnixSFC]

I was just parking a Laverda in Taninges to take a break from driving through the French Alpes a couple of years ago, when a woman hurried out a nearby restaurant full of excitement stating a Laverda, a Laverda, wait for my husband..
Then a man came out and introduced himself as the pilot of the V6 during the '78 Bol d'Or
I didn't understand his name so well and thought to myself yeah right..
Today, I think it was Fougeray I meet back then
They told me they live in Paris

Italians Cereghini and Perugini were the only ones to ride the V6 at the Bol d’Or.

 

[Beucars]

Italians Cereghini and Perugini were the only ones to ride the V6 at the Bol d’Or.

The man I meet was quit tall and slim, I think around 1.80+

 

[Beucars]

Thanks Jeroen.
What great episodes of racing history.
What a pleasure to see all those French riders many of whom aren't with us any more.

Paul

Here you go Paul -French riders from the '60 - '80:

 

[Paul Marx]

Here you go Paul -French riders from the '60 - '80:

Thanks Jeroen.
Refreshing to see some serious motorcycling without all these bloody foreigners.
A few pics from endurance racing dominated by the French for quite a while would have been nice.

Paul

 

[helicopterjim]

Refreshing to see some serious motorcycling without all these bloody foreigners.
A few pics from endurance racing dominated by the French for quite a while would have been nice.

Sounds like something from a Trevanian novel.

Jim

 

[Beucars]

1978 Bol d'Or @ Le Castellet (Circuit Paul Ricard)

And 5 minutes of Laverda incl the V6:

A member of the Laverdamania website posted some very nice V6 images from the 1978 Bol d'Or after me posting the vid:

LAVERDAMANIA Forum de l'association : Log in

Forum de l'association Laverdamania, consacré aux motos classiques Laverda

laverdamania.vraiforum.com

 

[chrisk]

Sounds like something from a Trivial novel.

Jim

Fixed that for you Jim.

 

[Beucars]

1969 - 1000 Km of le Mans

 

[Vince]

 

[Beucars]

Maybe he accept to do a Laverda:

 

[julian]

stunning absolutely stunning
J

 

[chrisk]

Pfft, at least my paper planes fly ...............
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[Andy]

Pfft, at least my paper planes fly ...............
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Yeah, but you still can’t ride it!

That paper bike is pretty amazing, although it reminds me of golf.
I wish I had enough time to play golf, although if I did, I wouldn’t spend the time playing golf

 

[Love..rda]

Restoration needed

 

[chrisk]

The Vicar of Dibleys naughty sister?

 

[sideshow]

You may need to speed watch this, I have to say something I would never do, but the result is pretty cool.