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

Had a collegue wave-off party in the middle of pretty much nowhere so took the 750 to work & went to the party afterwards. 0.0 beer only was the price for a great mid-evening ride back to home where I used the newly installed Zumo to generate me a nice route. Was really great weather.

Here the poor thing is parked at my anonymous workplace on an anonymous site -some of the most horrific scenery and a far cry from where I normally take it & make a photo. ;) Had so much fun in the evening I didn't take photo's then. :)
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Quentin, is that an air cleaner between your legs of are you that excited to be on a stationary generator, you look uncomfortable either way, smile here.

Hands up whom here have actually ridden a HD or even better a real old world Indian, ( my brother restored Indian Chief's and one as an outfit ).
 
The WLA was challenging, especially with its Suicide clutch action. Good fun as well. The Evos, 2 or 3, were expected to be the best but were as boring and soulless as lots of Japanese bikes. I thought removing the vibs with their rubber-mounted engine would be a game-changer. What suprsed me was how good the mildly modifed Shovel was, so strong out of corners and preety good handling, it scrapped way to easy and its brakes were crap. But it had character by the bucketful. I was shocked me how much I liked it. But I still wouldn't own one.
 
Rode a Sportster back in the 70s - first application of the brakes and I overshot the corner and went straight across into someone's driveway!! should have done a sample application first!! Took it straight back to the owner.
 
In a moment of madness I bought a new to the market rubber mounted 1200 Sportster in 2003. Rode it hard for 9/10 years and enjoyed it. However, it had several issues mainly the gearbox which committed hari kari after 21500 miles. It eventually gave up the ghost big style on my first day on a trip to The Manx GP, resulting in being pillion the whole week. I had to do the walk of shame on the return to Blighty pushing the bike through the hordes to the naughty corner on the ferry. By the way, just a note to The Steam Racket, thanks for your total lack of help and assistance on the day. Wankers. Harley Davidson as a company.Wankers. The dealer I purchased said machine from, Chapel Ash, Wolverhampton. Wankers. I’ll end with a comment from a technical advisor at HD HQ UK, “you do realise that’s quite high mileage and should expect some where and tear”. Is it me or is 21500 miles high miles !
Ah I feel better this morning getting that off my chest.
Steve.
 
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The Sock said:
I rode an Electraglide a couple of times, back in ‘76.
Not really my cup of tea, but it’s effect on others was remarkable. A Fire Engine stopped, to let me pull out of a side road, on one occasion.
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About the time I was lent an Electra to go into town and buy a throttle cable for my Honda. Roads covered in snow and black ice. Luckily, not much brakes on the thing.
The only bike I ever did a wheelie on was an iron engined Sportster. Loads of torque compared to my 'orrible Honda 750/4.
Paul
 
Working on Evo H-Ds during my tenure at Moto Witt certainly widened my horizons! Old designs maybe, but quality materials and engineering brought them back into the picture. Although the Evo was still based on the Shovel, it was head-and-shoulders above it, in all aspects. All previous iron-engined models were truely archaic in comparison.

Rubber-mounts further enhanced the usability, certain Dyna models ended up being my favourites. Proper handlebars, footpegs in the right position and a torquey, stump-pulling engine. If only there wasn't this hilarious life-style surrounding these bikes...

I can well understand why the Electra-Glide and its variants are so popular amoung long-distance tourers, once they start rolling, the weight disappears and they even become sort-of "nimble" while offering enough straight-line stability to cover long distances in comfort.

Running three 883 Sportsters in the German Harley Cup was a fantastic experience, keeping ahead of the competition took up most of my working time for over 2 years, great fun! Championship runner-up in the first year, 1st and 3rd in the second. Coaxing a basically 45hp bike to close to 80 while "adhering" to the rule book was no easy feat! The 2 resulting trips to Daytona and running in the support races leading to the Daytona 200 showed just how far behind the US boys we were... at least we didn't completely disgrace ourselves coming home in mid-field.

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Working on Evo H-Ds during my tenure at Moto Witt certainly widened my horizons! Old designs maybe, but quality materials and engineering brought them back into the picture. Although the Evo was still based on the Shovel, it was head-and-shoulders above it, in all aspects. All previous iron-engined models were truely archaic in comparison.

Rubber-mounts further enhanced the usability, certain Dyna models ended up being my favourites. Proper handlebars, footpegs in the right position and a torquey, stump-pulling engine. If only there wasn't this hilarious life-style surrounding these bikes...

I can well understand why the Electra-Glide and its variants are so popular amoung long-distance tourers, once they start rolling, the weight disappears and they even become sort-of "nimble" while offering enough straight-line stability to cover long distances in comfort.

Running three 883 Sportsters in the German Harley Cup was a fantastic experience, keeping ahead of the competition took up most of my working time for over 2 years, great fun! Championship runner-up in the first year, 1st and 3rd in the second. Coaxing a basically 45hp bike to close to 80 while "adhering" to the rule book was no easy feat! The 2 resulting trips to Daytona and running in the support races leading to the Daytona 200 showed just how far behind the US boys we were... at least we didn't completely disgrace ourselves coming home in mid-field.

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Oh, Michael (60) looks a lot younger than today 😬
 
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