LAVERDA 650/750 Prototype photos 2

[lavgert]

Stunning photos Gert !

Have they been enhanced, like AI ?, or are they reproductions/copies of the original prints ?
The quality of the details is really impressive.

Is it a reflection, or are there scratches on the bottom of the crash bars ?

Thanks
Stéphane

… no Steph, they are original press photos from the 70s! I only scanned them. Ciao, Gert

 

[Jo]

The "750 la Diva" book states that the prototype for the 1966 Earls Court exhibition in London featured a 180° engine configuration.

The display model was equipped with a double-simplex front brake - a feature that was evidently not cont’d. So obviously there was a lot of R&D wrt the brakes. Those used in the 1968 Giro were 2LS units, which, in turn, were not retained for the initial 2LS production models.

 

[chrisk]

The "750 la Diva" book states that the prototype for the 1966 Earls Court exhibition in London featured a 180° engine configuration.

The display model was equipped with a double-simplex front brake - a feature that was evidently not cont’d. So obviously there was a lot of R&D wrt the brakes.

And they went away from the cool mudguards with the angled edges to smooth rounder jobbies.

Production cost restraints be damned.

Where do I post my complaints letter to?
It’s probably 58 years too late anyway.

 

[sfcpiet]

Speedo drive taken from the rear wheel. Smiths instruments were fitted, most probably the Smiths speedo gear drive as well.

piet

 

[MotoJouni]

Speedo drive taken from the rear wheel. Smiths instruments were fitted, most probably the Smiths speedo gear drive as well.

piet

Works better on wheelies.

Of course, was a typical solution on the era.

-Jouni

 

[sfc28]

combien d'années pour en arriver la? .j'avais fait cette photo au Castellet en 78.

 

[chrisk]

Works better on wheelies.

At 60mph downhill in 2nd?

 

[MotoJouni]

At 60mph downhill in 2nd?

I have this one still to try, but have noticed that speedo drive at the front wheel works better when burning rubber with triple.
At first I thought that it was the clutch that was slipping, but no, it was the rear wheel.
-Jouni

 

[general_piffle]

And they went away from the cool mudguards with the angled edges to smooth rounder jobbies.

Production cost restraints be damned.

Where do I post my complaints letter to?
It’s probably 58 years too late anyway.

Although, from the prototype those angled edge mudguards really remind me of the guards on my GT, which is a '69 bike.