dont take too much into account of the "must change oil" and "must change chains" details, it is likley that the oil and chain makers gave massive discounts to Moto Laverda in order to have have that printed in the handbooks and everywhere else, I do maintenance in a serious form on an anual basis, there is usually one big trip for me every year on TOG these days, so about a month before (never the last few days) I go into servicing mode and check most things, usually very little needs doing, last year I did have to change one valve shim, the first for about six or seven years, the chains are of unknown mileage simply because I dont do such recording, I am not fussy with the oil as long as its diesel suitable and 20/50, I (might) change it once more in the year during a mini service, I once very critically compared a new triplex primary chain with the used one which was decades old and something like 40 to 50,000 miles of use, there was almost no discernable change in length and this was done to laboratory standards.The last big trip I did was August 2022, and rode from Knockholt Kent to almost the furthest tip of Denmark for their clubs 40th anniversarry, she did three 500 mile days, and one 700 mile day and a couple of lacal trip type days, over the weekend and never missed a beat, getting close to 40MPG with top (cruising) speed limited to 90MPH but usually around 80MPH. She was at one time known for blowing up and was repaired by a well known dealer about three times as I simply had no time due to work commitments, she blew again and this time I wanted to be sure I knew what the problem was,. It was a very hard to find ignition fault on each of the two boxes, one was not advancing enough, only to about 16 degrees and the other not advancing at all, just duff electrics, people from all over the word were donating ignition boxes to me and I eventually found two that were good, they are still on the bike, but to get going and provide a test bed I built an engine/gearbox entirely from used spares, the only new things in the motor were piston rings, valve springs and a seal/gasket kit, she is still running the same motor 12 years later, but getting a bit tired now, the long and the short of it is, if this bike rides and runs well, then buy it, cosmetics are cheap bearings are not.TOG has more than 250,000 kilometres showing on the three speedos she has worn (crash damage dictating replacement) I did not buy her new but it was very close (and a grand cheaper) my pride and joy for 43 years. (I have three others and at one thime owned 16)
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