LAVERDA54
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Exhaust For Lightly Tuned 750
- Thread starter ksoholm
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It may be pretty, in a twisted sort of way imo, but it's nothing to get excited about.
The bike was never completely finished, nor properly developed, changing emission regulations mainly saw to that. Actually, it was quite a dog to ride, not exactly awe-inspiring.
Sorry to burst your bubble...
The "proper" version of the bike. Both bikes were constructed from the batch of five Harris frames commissioned by Moto Witt. THIS was a completely different beast and worked beautifully!
piet
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Be that as it may, I still remember seeing that bike for the first time and I still think it's one of the prettiest ever.
78jotadave
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From my experiences of following Rob when he is riding his SFC (2 into1), hooning about the South West of Australia, well you are definitely not going to see any wildlife but you will see fields of sheep and cattle stampeding running for their lives. A glorious sound!
breganzane
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Agree, that blue and silver bike (Willi Werndl's?) is just so right.
breganzane
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Correction...
Looks so right!
Looks so right!
What I was trying to convey is that Willi does not own the bike. He displayed it on loan for quite some time, but Mr.Witt ended up selling to somebody else.
To each his own regarding looks, Steve.
For me, the fairing is completely out of touch with the rest of the thoroughly modern (at the time) bike. As the frame was originally meant to take a Ducati Pantah-derived engine, Harris obviously opted to carry over the tank and seat unit from the Ducati sports bikes as well. Something along the lines of the Ducati fairing would suit it far better imho.
I think Tim Parker did a nice job of converting Georgs' ex-bike. I would have preferred something along these lines.
piet
To each his own regarding looks, Steve.
For me, the fairing is completely out of touch with the rest of the thoroughly modern (at the time) bike. As the frame was originally meant to take a Ducati Pantah-derived engine, Harris obviously opted to carry over the tank and seat unit from the Ducati sports bikes as well. Something along the lines of the Ducati fairing would suit it far better imho.
I think Tim Parker did a nice job of converting Georgs' ex-bike. I would have preferred something along these lines.
piet