Laverda - Odds and sods from the WWW

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I think this has done the rounds before, but anyway...

https://ultimatemotorcycling.com/2020/04/04/neale-bayly-returns-home-after-thirty-years/
 
Paul H said:
http://motoringworld.in/bike-features/laverda-sf2-750/
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Never knew the twins had only four gears, not to talk about only a few SF2 having a rear drum and most of them came with disc at rear. :-X You learn something new every day, eh? :D

 
Wow, how can what could have been an informative and entertaining article go so wrong?! Not one mention of the SFC in the heritage, 6500 redline (really? must we? always? come on!), FOUR gears ... WTF!!!, pumping the carbs 5 times to start it??? Not ONCE in 47 years have I ever started an SF using the pumpers ... choke and go, never ever fails. Brakes? What moto reviewer could ever accuse twin Brembos of being crap? A 'tall' bike? Really? The forks are about 4 inches shorter than a triple and just about any other large Japanese moto of the era. Sure, the clutch is heavy is left std, but not that bad if it's set up half decently.

At least he didn't say it lacked absolute stability because it doesn't have a full cradle frame ... >:( >:( >:(
 
If the brakes worked as they should you'd end up with a dent in the front guard from the number plate mounted under the head light.
What a load of wank half these journos write about. You'd think they would do some research about the bike before writing about them.
And as far as being a Man's bike, I could name a few girls that owned and ridden them.
 
Series 1 and 2 had twin choke Dellortos. I have owned and worked on them both.
The bike in the article is mentioned as a prototype and is wearing normal Dellortos.
I understood they used the twin choke for emissions reasons, so I would be surprised if the series 3 (red frame) had reverted to normal Dellortos.
 
I remember you mentioned that they (DCOEs) weren't very well set up Grant? I worked with a car mechanic who reckoned they were just incredible, had compensation jets for everywhere in the ranges, but you might have needed a  few years experience to understand them. People put kits on 750 Hondas back in the day and they always seemed to have flat spots here and there. I worked on a SFC copy Lav twin with one, also had flat spots and was really lean down low. The PHF is easy as it gets to set up.
 
Yes. I replaced all the relevant jets but in the end I put it down to the non-standard silencer messing things up.
It was incredibly lean on start up and up to around 2500 to 3000rpm, after which it took off like a scalded cat.
Not very nice if the riding was in the middle of that range. On/off, abrupt, tiring.
I would like to have tried it with PHFs instead of the DHLAs (not DCOEs).
 
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