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

[Andy J]

When I got up in the morning I said to my friends there’s no way they will be racing before the evening, which was sort of correct. I hadn’t particularly factored in the wind conditions at that time, and I will admit it was something I had overlooked, but as Hutchy said, it could have been manageable. However, a lot of other riders didn’t fancy it, although I still think they could have staged a two lapper, and if you didn’t like it, you could have pulled in at the end of the first lap. However, I also heard a rider mention how cold it was, so that was another factor to consider, as trying to hold onto a bucking bronco in gusty conditions, with no feeling in your fingers and hands, is not going to be a very pleasant experience.
I was out myself, not so long back, in pretty cool and gusty conditions on the RSV4 and had a couple of heart in mouth moments on the Mountain when I was almost caught out by sudden gusts; and I was traveling a good 40+mph slower than they would probably having been going.
Therefore, as disappointed as I am at the decision to cancel the race on Saturday, on balance, it was probably the right decision (although an hour or so later the wind had dropped not got worse.) However, the decision to bin the contingency option before the day had even started was not IMHO the right one. Yes, they may have struggled to get enough marshals, but as you say, they didn’t really make much effort to try.

 

[Andy]

I’m interested to hear that the weather turned out reasonable. I was a bit surprised by the Stewards comments, after explaining that Saturday was binned because the conditions turned out differently than expected, then next sentence binning Sunday based on predictions…
I don’t know about IoM but around here we don’t trust a weather prediction past morning smoko!

 

[growler]

On ‘a round about’ way to the Laverda club de France rally - keeping to the great French D roads or sometime lesser grades (might be grass up middle but no pot holes)
Now on Noirmoutier Island famous for its salt and potatoes!!!!

 

[Paul Marx]

That's the way.
Enjoy your trip.
Paul

 

[The Sock]

One Bimota, one Moto Guzzi, Two Laverdas and three Ducatis at The Huntsman, this evening.

 

[hooksey]

On ‘a round about’ way to the Laverda club de France rally - keeping to the great French D roads or sometime lesser grades (might be grass up middle but no pot holes)
Now on Noirmoutier Island famous for its salt and potatoes!!!!View attachment 97152View attachment 97153View attachment 97154

Do love a heavily salted baked potatoe

 

[chrisk]

Random cool bikes at morning coffee.

I crashed a K8 badly, two weeks from riding out the showroom doors

You can take the shroud off the mufflers, but adding another wooden front disc would have been nice.

 

[chrisk]

Ha ha, don't worry about the weather, pretty hard to launch when part of your nose cone falls off during pre checks!!
Rumours abounded that a possum got in and did some damage but pretty sure that's just idle chatter & gossip Wouldn't really know what's going on, just gotta wait for a new nose section from the Gold Coast, then start the process again........ (a lot of money has been sunk into this!)

At Barcie, went to walk into our bar, the whole pub is closed

 

[Gerald]

Went to the annual LCO (Laverda Connection Oberpfalz) meet over the weekend.
Had a great time and can only recommend to attend the 2026 event!

 

[Gerald]

While in Trabitz at the LCO meeting, I noticed this nice feature on an early AE.
I wonder why Laverda didn't stick to this easy seat removal???

 

[lavgert]

While in Trabitz at the LCO meeting, I noticed this nice feature on an early AE.
I wonder why Laverda didn't stick to this easy seat removal???

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Gerald you can find this for example on GUZZI V7 Sport, 750 S and 750 S3. And it is a "Normteil", you can get it today:

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Ciao, Gert

 

[jko_78]

Might protrude into the passengers legs perhaps?

 

[Gerald]

Might protrude into the passengers legs perhaps?

Actually it is slightly recessed. Nice metal old style knob, no plastic.

 

[Shajota]

While in Trabitz at the LCO meeting, I noticed this nice feature on an early AE.
I wonder why Laverda didn't stick to this easy seat removal???

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A nice alloy one would be very nice, but I just replaced the standard bolt on mine with a similar plastic knob from a wheely walker (rollator) - had plenty lying around, although the other side is slightly different style! Better to use the longer ones. So if you have an elderly neighbour, easy to find for free (Actually a lot of them have old ones lying around which you can grab bits off...............)

 

[piranha-bro2]

Guess once they went to a hinge and key, there was no need.

 

[ozijotati]

Won’t be long before we’ll be able to remove them from our walkers but by then we won’t need them
Tom

 

[Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond]

I crashed a K8 badly, two weeks from riding out the showroom doors

You can take the shroud off the mufflers, but adding another wooden front disc would have been nice.

K8 ? Hayabusa

 

[chrisk]

K8 ? Hayabusa View attachment 97302

K8 Honda 750 SOHC ….. not a rocket ship Busa

 

[The Sock]

Laverda Triple, but one of them's a Twin.

 

[TeddyG]

A nice alloy one would be very nice, but I just replaced the standard bolt on mine with a similar plastic knob from a wheely walker (rollator) - had plenty lying around, although the other side is slightly different style! Better to use the longer ones. So if you have an elderly neighbour, easy to find for free (Actually a lot of them have old ones lying around which you can grab bits off...............)
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I like that and have been wanting something like that. It makes sense if you ever need to lift the seat to access that tool kit inside.