Interesting, indeed I wonder where it is, anyone? I remember that bike and also the similarly-framed twin turbo CBX built by (or at least for) the same character. In the end both bikes seemed more promotional tools for the business rather than finished and working vehicles. In the case of the CBX I believe it never even ran with the turbos etc, all the magazine articles of the time were of a spectacular looking bike but one with empty crankcases.
I have a tangential link to the Egli Lav, as I bought my 81 Jota from the chap who raced it for Dynotec on occasion. My recollection of his story was that both the underslung fuel tank and "highly tuned" engine that Dynotec had built for it were endlessly problematic and the only time the bike ever ran properly on a racetrack was when Andy used his own stock 81 Jota engine in it.
He told me that engine threw a rod while racing at Bathurst, I was under the impression it was in the Jota at the time, not in the Egli. When Dynotec did the overnight disappearing act Andy ended up losing that engine, but with thanks to Red the crankcases showed up again recently and I was able to buy them back, reuniting the bike. I have since got hold of most of the engine internals I need as well, so the bike will finally run again although considerably too late for Andy to see it running, having passed away too young in 2003.
Even if the Egli style frame is a bit silly for a triple, it's a pretty cool and interesting bike, all the more so for the contentious history of the shop that built it.
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