Laverda - Odds and sods from the WWW

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Those brakes have been in use on other things for donkeys years.

Only this week, saw one in a photo on the front of a Trifield.
The most stupid thing I saw of that type was on the front of a racing Ducati single. Half as heavy again as the bike itself.

Paul
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
Wow, that is incredible! I wonder how much he sells the for - US$35 mill for a genuine one ...!
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One of his sold a few years back for 470K not sure if thats NZ pesos or US roubles
 
Paul Marx said:
Only this week, saw one in a photo on the front of a Trifield.
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I had to look up Trifield ....... I can't imagine why you would put a Laverda front drum brake on one .....

Jim

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he had to put the brake in otherwise he would not have a speedo.
and haggis, that was the colour I chose for my Brand new 750 SF1, a present to myself for reaching 21 (understatement when you realise that two years earlier at 19 I was on a proper RGS (a BSA)
CLEM
 
Mmmm metric forks and yolks in imperial chassis, must have been some clever workings for that and maybe he used the Lav  clocks, anyone out there got a 750 where the front end "disappeared" wouldn't use the Enfield engine though, rattly old pile of shit with a centre bearing that CAUSES crank fractures and 40 ponies if you can keep the lube inside for long enough to measure..
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
Mmmm metric forks and yolks in imperial chassis, must have been some clever workings for that and maybe he used the Lav  clocks, anyone out there got a 750 where the front end "disappeared" wouldn't use the Enfield engine though, rattly old pile of shit with a centre bearing that CAUSES crank fractures and 40 ponies if you can keep the lube inside for long enough to measure..
CLEM
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Not THAT clever Clem.

By that time, I think all AMC-built frames used metric bearings in the headstock.  My late Matchless with Roadholder forks has the same head bearings as my Laverdas!

Oily Enfield twin with a centre bearing?  Nah, don't think so...  https://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/partsbook-pages/2506
Reckon you were referring to the pre-nodular iron AJS/Matchless CSR cranks.

Mudguard lugs are just a hacksaw away...

piet :D
 
martymoose said:
I was in oamaru in feb on Venas mighty cx500, missed out on seeing the chicken shed full of Ferrari?s, next time!
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Would have been a good visit . Glad places like this still exist. Rod won a court case where Ferrari tried to block his replicas, or replicas in general. The court found they had no grounds to block as they were not and had not built those cars for over 50 years. 
 
https://www.visordown.com/features/general/whatever-happened-motorcycle-brands-we-want-revive-part-2
 
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