chubba
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On the look out for a Zane 750 but would entertain a 650 668 im in the north of the UK
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Looking for a Zane 750
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Give me a message. I have a 1 owner 750 with 1400 miles. I just MOT’d it and it’s a great start to Zane ownership. I’m looking for £3500. Thanks. Colin
Give me a message. I have a 1 owner 750 with 1400 miles. I just MOT’d it and it’s a great start to Zane ownership. I’m looking for £3500. Thanks. Colin
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chubba
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Thanks just a little more than I had to spend . Lovely looking thing though
piranha-bro2
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1400 miles? Bloody new bike!
arancia
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Begs the questions "why didn't you ride it?" and "does it have some problems?"
chubba
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Was this on eBay in August ? Needed the motor re painting .
Yes, I bought the bike off a collector with the intention of using it for Classic Bike Track days. The bike looks like new except for peripheral corrosion on brackets and fasteners. The left and right engine covers show flaking of the factory silver paint and done had started to sand off the silver on the left hand cover. The cover is clean with no scrapes or filler so I’m my opinion it hasn’t been dropped and is just a case of poor preparation by Laverda before painting. I have sprayed the LH cover in situ and it looks ok and would be fine to leave as is for now. Certainly ok for my intentions to use it on the track.
Reason for selling.
I ran one of my other Laverda 750’s at the Classic Bike Croft track day last week. (1972 750 SF2)
All was well until a rod let go and smashed through the crank cases in 3 places before finally jamming itself against the starter and liked the back wheel chucking all the oil on the track. Red flag and a big clean up followed, apologies to anyone who was there and had their day disrupted. So I have a big and expensive rebuild for the winter so decided to sell the Zane to pay for some of the repairs.
If I was keeping it, I would pull off the left and right engine covers get them soda blasted and painted. Then tidy up all the minor brackets. The starter has a bigger ‘red’ feed cable so I guess that should come off for whatever power upgrade is needed.
Then I think you have as near a new bike as is possible when it’s 34 years old.
Pics below of by poorly 750 SF
I ran one of my other Laverda 750’s at the Classic Bike Croft track day last week. (1972 750 SF2)
All was well until a rod let go and smashed through the crank cases in 3 places before finally jamming itself against the starter and liked the back wheel chucking all the oil on the track. Red flag and a big clean up followed, apologies to anyone who was there and had their day disrupted. So I have a big and expensive rebuild for the winter so decided to sell the Zane to pay for some of the repairs.
If I was keeping it, I would pull off the left and right engine covers get them soda blasted and painted. Then tidy up all the minor brackets. The starter has a bigger ‘red’ feed cable so I guess that should come off for whatever power upgrade is needed.
Then I think you have as near a new bike as is possible when it’s 34 years old.
Pics below of by poorly 750 SF
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Cosi
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Hey bud, if you can’t afford to pay 3.5k for the bike, which is a fair price, then you definitely can’t afford to own one if you want to use it it, sorry to burst your bubble but I don’t think zane ownership is for you…
chubba
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Had that in my head when I started reading the forum. I had put that on my hello page but was hoping it was all over hyped about the fragility of these but suppose a 2 stroke isnt like riding a Honda CX in the reliability stakes
chubba
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As in me coming from 2 strokes not thinking these Zane's are to be clear
piranha-bro2
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Shaeza! That's a very rare sight (only 750 SF-based bike I've seen do something like that was Piet's super-rare ex-works racer with very thin race rods). never known a street SF to throw a rod. No doubt they are out there, but that's shitty luck -and I'd love to know why it happened. You might like to invest in some Carillos.
Cases can be repaired with clever work and laser welding - see Piet's thread on his motor.
piranha-bro2
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Hmmm - no! That's a lot of revs on an SF unless it's got some fancy stuff in it - I run a factory SFC crank and wouldn't like to run that to 8 1/2 ... not that there's much to be gained up there anyway!
Cosi
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I have a few zanes and raced rs 250’s, if that was in oz I’d buy it off you Colin