French Jota

Paul Marx

Paul Marx

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This one's a lark.
My son who is accumulating old Italian metal spends a lot of time on the net. He found nearly all the parts he needs for his 175 Gilera in a few days.

He came across this ad.

1982 Laverda 1000 Jota – Iconic Motorbike Auctions

🇫🇷 Paris, France - the 1982 Laverda Jota 1000 is the final version of the classic triple cylinder bike that was for a time the fastest production bike you could buy, and this one has been fully restored!
iconicmotorbikeauctions.com iconicmotorbikeauctions.com

For those of you who don't know, Jotas were never homologated in France in so what we had is a Jota badged 3CL, with A 12 cams at that. The son in question asked if the bike had been modified to Jota specs with the domed pistons and 4 C cams.
The bike was advertised as delivering 90 hp. The seller admitted that it was to French specs and the ad then quoted power as 80 hp. The seller also answered that it didn't matter, it was a Jota. (A lot of French believe that the Jota was a styling exercise.) My son then asked the seller if he really thought that the American public knew about the specs of the French market Jotas and if he considered it honest not to mention it in the ad. The exchange of comments was cut off and all my son's comments erased.

I saw this very machine for sale in 2019 at the very bling-bling Salon Moto Légende in Paris where you can smell banknotes more than hot castor oil.

Caveat Emptor
Tally ho old chap, bandit at 3 O'clock.

Paul
 
Well it is actually visually very pretty. If you want something that looks brand new it's great. The performance doesn't really matter any more anyway because they lost their ultimate fastest etc, etc speed bragging rights a long, long time ago.
 
pf1 said:
Well it is actually visually very pretty. If you want something that looks brand new it's great. The performance doesn't really matter any more anyway because they lost their ultimate fastest etc, etc speed bragging rights a long, long time ago.
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Recon if you jumped on it after riding a Speed Triple, you’d be asking WTF.
 
chrisk said:
Recon if you jumped on it after riding a Speed Triple, you’d be asking WTF.
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I jumped on my 3C last week after riding my Speed Triple and funnily enough Chris it wasn't a lack of speed I noticed, the 3C is quite quick actually but it did feel very antiquated in some ways. The 3C knocks hell out of you and you come home knackered but funnily enough that is its charm. Having said that the Mk1 Speed Triple is a proper bike too, the biggest plus is the light clutch.
 
pf1 said:
Well it is actually visually very pretty. If you want something that looks brand new it's great. The performance doesn't really matter any more anyway because they lost their ultimate fastest etc, etc speed bragging rights a long, long time ago.
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You must have money to throw away.

Look at the price of a Brough Superior SS100. Not the fastest any more but would that legitimize trying trying to sell a Bantam disguised as a Brough?

It as if your newly wed bride, on wedding night and having taken her clothes off turns out to be a man.
There are luckily laws to protect people against dishonest sellers. For $ 24 000, you could get 2 new wives.

If you look at the additional photos, there's the sellers name and address. In a totally dishonest world, you could even go to his place, put a gun against the head of one of his kids and leave with the bike for free. Whilst we're at it.

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
You must have money to throw away.

Look at the price of a Brough Superior SS100. Not the fastest any more but would that legitimize trying trying to sell a Bantam disguised as a Brough?

It as if your newly wed bride, on wedding night and having taken her clothes off turns out to be a man.
There are luckily laws to protect people against dishonest sellers. For $ 24 000, you could get 2 new wives.

Paul
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I don't have any money Paul, lots of other people do though.
By the way your comparison is silly.
 
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