motoddrob
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- S/W Australia
I rode my SFC through Switzerland a couple of times. Never saw another
Out and About on your Laverda.No bull,Just photos
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Nothing at all. Swiss nationals, just a few hours ride from Italy where one could pick up an SFC for peanuts in the 80s.Anything to do with Swiss bank accounts?I wonder how many there are in Bangladesh, for example?
Ordinary people with ordinary jobs and a passion for Laverda before Northern Europeans understood there was money to be made.
The Dutch and Germans would go down with 40 tonners that they'd fill with bikes to sell them 20 times what they'd paid for them.
Paul
A lot of ordinary working people in Switzerland who'd be pleased to learn that they have a lot of money. As for strict speeding laws, no more strict than in a lot of other places. The mentality is also very different according to you being in the German, French or Italian speaking parts.
Certainly a lot less surveillance cameras than in the UK for example.
As for mountain roads, that's what motorcycles are for.
Paul
motoddrob
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- S/W Australia
Doesn't get much more restricted than than we are Vince.
Legs
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- Adelaide Hills
Lived in Switzerland for sixteen years, never saw a Laverda. Well not that I know of anyway, too wrapped in skiing.
And a few Brits too, Paul.
All those old, abused and abandoned 'radiata d'ufficio' motor bikes that every Italian seemed to have stuck in an outhouse somewhere and was only to happy to see the crazy 'stranieri' take away in return for euro geld.
It's how I got my Ducrappi Scrambler ...
I got a couple without documents as well, radiata d'ufficio. I should have done the French documents then because now, it's un parcours du combattant.And a few Brits too, Paul.
All those old, abused and abandoned 'radiata d'ufficio' motor bikes that every Italian seemed to have stuck in an outhouse somewhere and was only to happy to see the crazy 'stranieri' take away in return for euro geld.
It's how I got my Ducrappi Scrambler ...
There were two consequences, one positive and the other very negative. The positive one is that the Italians realised what they had, it took them a while. The negative is that it pushed prices up which has had plenty of unfortunate consequences except for those interested in making money out of our passion.
Paul
Legs
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- Adelaide Hills
No Paul far too young.
Lovely pics from North Devon - Gods own country. Makes one quite homesick - used to go fishing off the wall as a kid and digging lugworms at low tide, and spinning around the hills on the 3C when older. Ah - those were the days - now stuck (literally) in WA, Oz with none of this.Bideford Quay.
Beucars
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- Central Europe
Yep, I use them all, several days a week in and around Geneva. Most enthusiasts can be found in the German part of CH. Lots are hidden like in NL
We're back to the Zurich area then.
We no doubt have some common acquaintances over there.
Paul
Exmoor beast
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- Minehead,Somerset, ENGLAND OF COURSE
Not a bad turnout to my first midweek Driftwood Cafe Laverda meet! Kieth, Pete and Dean on the Guzzi .
Dont panic Shaun, I was coming home when I spotted these old boys parked up outside my gaff.
When was the last time you saw a Laverda, Eh? I don’t know …
Dont panic Shaun, I was coming home when I spotted these old boys parked up outside my gaff.
When was the last time you saw a Laverda, Eh? I don’t know …
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BlackJota
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- Sunshine Coast Australia
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
Three SFs together! How cool is that! In top nick those bikes.
hooksey
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- Vic , Australia
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
Gettin' mighty close, Dave, mighty close. But that might be relative - oh no!! Still wasting hours on the clutch today. It's gotta be right - not gonna be done again!!
hooksey
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- Vic , Australia
Laverda SF
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I rode my Breganze 70 SF for 48 years in Northern Ontario and NEVER seen another Breganzie Twin, let alone a SFC.
I did see a few Breganzie Triples go through in transit from the Canadian West Coast, B.C. province to Montreal Quebec province.
I was lucky and bought one of 200 crates of Breganzie Parts shipped to Canada in a Big Wooden Crate and had to be ASSEMBLED ;o)
The Shop wanted $3,200 CDA for her back then but I got her $1,600 a year later when she didn't sell as Canadian European Bike Dealers went outta business !
MY Buddy bought a 71 750S BMW for $2.200 CDA - No matter how much I loved his shaft drive Boxer - Who; Got the better Deal ;o)
Man! We could buy a Honda CB 750 for $1.100 or a KZ 900 for $1000 or a Ducati 750S assembled for $3,200 for the same price as the Laverda SF0 dissembled in a crate - LOL
Neither that 71 BMW 750S or that Ducati 750S could beat my Breganzie 70 Laverda 750 SF anywhere needless to say a K900.
The rest is History - Have to say, if I didn't keep on top of her she would surly KILL me ;o)
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