Laverda - Odds and sods from the WWW

[Jotahowl]

      Love that tank,    but bet he"s got sore thumbs on full lock

 

[drikko]

Happened across this photo:-

http://www.carpictures.com/photo/max_viewer.php?mfid=00HF7422014547A#

Nice avatar!! :-

http://illuminatiguzzisti.forumcircle.com/viewtopic.php?t=15541&view=previous&

 

[Scrumpy]

Happened across this photo:-

http://www.carpictures.com/photo/max_viewer.php?mfid=00HF7422014547A#

Nice avatar!! :-

http://illuminatiguzzisti.forumcircle.com/viewtopic.php?t=15541&view=previous&

Does anybody have any info on this bike or the owner? Pic was posted 2000 by a guy called Phil from Sheffield, England.

Scrumpy

 

[a14rgs]

I'm digging deep into the murky areas of my memory bank here, but I do recall that Phil Oakey (of 'Human League' etc.) was a Laverda owner and rider in the '80's. Phil was from Sheffield - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Oakey

I can't remember which model he had, but I do know that it was non-standard and had Astralites - so a Motodd / Spondon / Harris or similar.

Anyone else able to add to this?

Alan

 

[Grant]

I think Phil Oakey had a Spondon with a Corsa engine.

 

[lemonjelly]

Blimey thought it would be a 120

Lemon

 

[paul-haggis]

2TR

http://www.classicbikeshed.com/index.php?a=2&b=2699

 

[paul-haggis]

Homo-eroticism 

http://motopuntolinea.blogspot.com/2011/02/laverda-rgs-1000.html

 

[paul-haggis]

750 sale

http://www.britcycle.com/bikes/forsale/RBurtnik_75_Laverda_SF2.htm

 

[Davo]

Hot custom seat 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Laverda-Jota-Mirage-Custom-Nasa-Leather-Single-Seat-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem483f0655c3QQitemZ310295025091QQptZAutomotiveQ5fServices#ht_6291wt_972

 

[Grant]

Looks far more like an RGS seat, and not because it's a bit, errr, gay!

 

[Scrumpy]

Looks far more like an RGS seat, and not because it's a bit, errr, gay!

A few years back would't they have called that a King & Queen seat

Scrumpy

 

[poffer]

Don't normally go for this kind of thing, but tripped over this when I was looking for something else.....

I rather like it 

Pete

 

[FNQ1000]

Beautiful, can you post the link please. Anyone got info on it?

Cheers
Jason

 

[mcnicol]

Found the same bike on http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarkphoto/4120968014/, which at least has a date of November 2009. Looks like another attempt at artificial respiration that failed. Pity, looks really nice, but probably too expensive to manufacture in any quantity.

Ken

 

[Scrumpy]

The bike was at Mallory Park for the FOTB in 2009.

Scrumpy

 

[Dellortoman]

Looks like an Egli frame

 

[Gerald]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/columnists/jamesmay/8322915/The-trouble-with-old-bikes.html#

 

[drikko]

My new favourite website, not sure why....

http://caferacerculture.blogspot.com/

Some Laverda shots if you can get past the beer barrel babe....and the V6 even further on:-

http://caferacerculture.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html

 

[Davo]

My new favourite website, not sure why....

http://caferacerculture.blogspot.com/

Some Laverda shots if you can get past the beer barrel babe....and the V6 even further on:-

http://caferacerculture.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html

Are you watching "Cafe Racer" Tuesdays on Fox? America is now apparently the world centre for cafe racers. Apparently they love the whole mod v rocker scene (the clothes, the bikes, the haircuts but not the fights) and have huge rallys.

It is worth watching for the original footage from the UK as well as the bikes, though I don't quite get the electric Norton. It ain't a bike without the sound.