Out and About on your Laverda.No bull,Just photos

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Near Much - east of Cologne

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Solscheid - above Bad Hönningen / Rhine valley
 
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Paul Marx said:
No.
A Z1000 is just an old bike.
It was crap when it came out.
Now, it's old crap.
:)

Paul
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Have to disagree with you on Z1000 Kawasaki's, I love my Lav, but have many years of riding and racing Kawasaki's and they can take a lot of abuse, we got 240 HP out of our 1325cc Pro stock Kawasaki back in the early 90's, very stout engine
 

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Me too I loved my Kwackers , Paul they are great bikes ! Sorry for the Kawasaki intrusion but I couldn’t split them - loved them all except the GPX which tank slapped like a bastard
 

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Lee87H said:
Have to disagree with you on Z1000 Kawasaki's, I love my Lav, but have many years of riding and racing Kawasaki's and they can take a lot of abuse, we got 240 HP out of our 1325cc Pro stock Kawasaki back in the early 90's, very stout engine
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Wouldn't that be a Z1325?

Not that picking on Paul is not a good thing ...... just don't give him a chance to get back at you.

Very cool drag bike!

Jim
 
IMHO

It was a Honda made me buy a Laverda. That Honda 4 was a mass produced boring universal consumer product.
It could have been a Kawasaki.
I am incapable of differentiating or waxing lyrical about toasters.
Today, the term iconic or awesome has been linked to those Hondas, magazine articles are written on them and money changes hands.

I think of that Honda every time I drink out of a tin can thinking it could be my recycled Honda. It gives me a warm feeling inside even if it's a cold drink.

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
IMHO

It was a Honda made me buy a Laverda. That Honda 4 was a mass produced boring universal consumer product.
It could have been a Kawasaki.
I am incapable of differentiating or waxing lyrical about toasters.
Today, the term iconic or awesome has been linked to those Hondas, magazine articles are written on them and money changes hands.

I think of that Honda every time I drink out of a tin can thinking it could be my recycled Honda. It gives me a warm feeling inside even if it's a cold drink.

Paul
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The ”toaster”
 
It was a Honda that made me buy a Laverda too, a CB77 actually and a big version of that is what you usually wax lyrical about Paul.
I must admit that jap fours leave me cold though.
 
pf1 said:
It was a Honda that made me buy a Laverda too, a CB77 actually and a big version of that is what you usually wax lyrical about Paul.
I must admit that jap fours leave me cold though.
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Just wait until you get your big version going and use it.

Paul
 
Suzuki Bandit is a case in point, loved by many, loathed by me...I bought a 1200s as a cheap runabout about 10 years ago..couldn't bear the bloody thing, sold in less than a month and I carried on commuting on my RSV.
 
Paul Marx said:
No.
A Z1000 is just an old bike.
It was crap when it came out.
Now, it's old crap.
:)

Paul
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Paul Marx said:
Just wait until you get your big version going and use it.

Paul
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Don't hold back Paul tell us what you really think. ;)
But I agree with you.
Paul Marx said:
IMHO

It was a Honda made me buy a Laverda. That Honda 4 was a mass produced boring universal consumer product.
It could have been a Kawasaki.
I am incapable of differentiating or waxing lyrical about toasters.
Today, the term iconic or awesome has been linked to those Hondas, magazine articles are written on them and money changes hands.

I think of that Honda every time I drink out of a tin can thinking it could be my recycled Honda. It gives me a warm feeling inside even if it's a cold drink.

Paul
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I first started working on Hondas. I got my choice of demos to ride home every day. But the first bike I bought after working on the Hondas was a Benelli Sei 750. (similar I admit, but not a Honda) The Hondas were too Homogenized for me. Bland.
 
It was a Ducati that made me buy my first Laverda. My friend bought a 900SS bevel and I decided I had to have an Italian bike as well. I looked at a Benelli 6 and Ducati 750 Sport but they didn't interest me. Then I saw an SFC and being a farmboy I just knew I had to have such an agricultural beast.

Jim
 
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