Laverda 200 Engine Number?

[Dunsley]

Hi All,
Looking for the engine number on a recently acquired 1963 Laverda 200 twin. Any ideas where it is?
hope someone can help.
Andrew Hunt

 

[sfcpiet]

On the engine?

piet (bolt)

 

[OneThinBloke]

On the engine?

piet (bolt)

My 1961 200cc does not have an engine number anywhere to be seen, and I looked very hard for it! Frame number, #0195 is hidden in the battery area under the seat...

James

 

[sfcpiet]

If memory serves me correctly, the number is under one of the side covers that incorporate the rubber mounts.  Been a long time since I had one apart.

piet

 

[OneThinBloke]

If memory serves me correctly, the number is under one of the side covers that incorporate the rubber mounts.  Been a long time since I had one apart.

piet

still hiding

 

[Dunsley]

Thanks Piet, love your 1st answer - I walked into that!
I think you could be right - off to shed to check behind covers and will return with results.
Andrew

 

[chrisk]

Thanks Piet, love your 1st answer - I walked into that!

You walked into Piets post?

 

[AndyW]

You walked into Piets post?

Back on your 'thrown'? :-*

 

[IAG]

Does the engine turn over smoothly and freely by hand?

 

[Dunsley]

The engine turns over, with good compression.
I got it running after tracking down a failed condesor and broken winding on the generator stator - both fixed.
She started 3rd kick and sounds great - a very Laverda'ish exhaust tone - wait for more silly comments!
Engine noise is only whining of straight gears and so I think I have a good 'un.
Tacho shows 15k

Back to the number - both covers came off (at separate times else engine falls out!) and no numbers on covers or engine cases
Any more ideas?
I don't want to remove clutch and I know they were not behind generator.............

Need them to get UK plate/MOT I think

Andrew

 

[CLEMTOG]

I haven't come across this with the 200's but I am able to conform that the Chott never did have an engine number,
what has happened in the past, is that the 42 officially UK  imported Chotts (Slater's) had the chassis number duplicated so as to "create" an engine number,
This is what I have done for dating certificates for imported at a later date Chotts and 2TR's, I am not even sure if this is legal, but it is what I have done, .The thing to remember here is that the chassis number is all important, because it is properly referred to as the "VIN" (vehicle identity number) and that is what the registration paperwork and registration plate identify, the engine can be changed multiple times willy nilly without affecting the VIN, it is also possible to get a registration paper with the numbers expressed as "illegible" (in the case of the engine, don't know about VIN) as might be the case with a 1902 Packard I  imagine that is where the flexibility is coming from.
CLEM

 

[Dunsley]

That's very helpful thanks.
Makes sense, as there are no numbers visible on obvious areas an engineer would put them and Laverda were good engineers.
Wish I hadn't taken clutch cover off - oil everywhere and gasket bust........mind you making gaskets is quite enjoyable really
Thanks all for comments.
Andrew

 

[Dellortoman]

Sounds like a job for a set of number stamps. You could personalise the bike by stamping your birth date on it 

 

[CLEMTOG]

start with *LAV200 *????*

the ???? being the same as the chassis number
CLEM