Palmelli SFC

What a very odd ad! Not only built via Slaters but built by Palmelli??? So I'm assuming it's a replica? At 35,000 quid??!! No pics of the casing stamped SFC? Cast wheels on a '74? I'm sure others will be along soon to find many other loose or missing rivets.
 
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Thread 'Palmelli SFC value??'

Can anyone help me value what I am led to believe is a 1975 Palmelli SFC I am hoping to buy!

I have the difficult situation where I don't know what it's worth, and the owner doesn't know how much he wants for it as he doesn't know it's value either.
Owned by him since 1996 and looks in excellent condition.
Any help to what this machine is and it’s value would be appreciated. TIA.
Ciao, Gert
 
Who's is that one?
Palmelli: Steve Elliot and ....? I forget.
Is this one a big bore engine, with a rephased crank?

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Iconic Auctioneers - 1977 Laverda Palmelli 750 SFC Replica 750cc-Auction Lot

Built in c.1997 by Palmelli (Chris Palmer) as a replica 750SFC production racer Marketed and sold through Slaters in the late 1990s. Only seven ever produced Assembled on a replica new frame. Engine ...
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There's quite a few genuine SFCs on Car and Classic in that price range, including mine.

Dream on.

Paul
 
I had some email contact with Steve Elliott in the early 90s when we discussed rephasing cranks and balance factors. Once I joined this forum Phil and I talked about him, but neither of us had had any contact for years. I think Phil built a 180 big-bang crank for one of his 860 or 880s as an experiment. It was in one of his fab custom frames (a complete one of these bikes is now in Phil's stable), but the 180 or whatever it was, in Steve's words (could only be ridden for a few laps of a track before the vibes nearly killed you!

Phil might chime in with more info (and probably a better memory than me!)
 
piranha-bro2 said:
I had some email contact with Steve Elliott in the early 90s when we discussed rephasing cranks and balance factors. Once I joined this forum Phil and I talked about him, but neither of us had had any contact for years. I think Phil built a 180 big-bang crank for one of his 860 or 880s as an experiment. It was in one of his fab custom frames (a complete one of these bikes is now in Phil's stable), but the 180 or whatever it was, in Steve's words (could only be ridden for a few laps of a track before the vibes nearly killed you!

Phil might chime in with more info (and probably a better memory than me!)
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The 180 was Steve's burnt SFC.
Paul
 
Not familiar with his burnt SFC. How many replica frames would they have made? He told me the custom frame they made had geometry copied from a 916 (pivot points, weight distribution etc). I have no knowledge of the SFC reps.
 
motoddrob said:
I met Steve Elliot around 83, 84. IIRC he had a 750SFC motor in one of Phils Saxon frames. might have been based on the MK4.
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I'd just twisted my factory SFC crank and had gone with a 50% balance factor based on the work of the fella in rural NSW who'd twisted a BSA twin and somehow squeezed it into an 250 RG Suzuki frame. Didn't work with the wider SF crank. Now dynamically balanced to 63%. Definitely an improvement but from 6-8k you know you're on a big parallel twin producing a lot of HP. The Royal Enfield 650 270 crank bike I rode was incredible - but about half the HP makes the job a little easier. My original SF1 was probably the smoothest Lav twin I ever rode. Could comfortably ride at 160 (6500) and no nasty vibey phases in the rev range. Again, a lot less HP.

Steve and I were discussing ways to try and improve the vibes, which was one of my main reasons for twisting. Still have some ideas on improving it (to do with rocking couple) but it might have to wait until I reincarnate as a mechanical engineer!
 
The BSA bloke would be Mark P, brother of the ex-Radiators drummer Fes. I met him in Sydney years ago; he has a Triumph triple in a Honda Fireblade frame as well.
 
Vince said:
The BSA bloke would be Mark P, brother of the ex-Radiators drummer Fes. I met him in Sydney years ago; he has a Triumph triple in a Honda Fireblade frame as well.
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That's him. I had it on the tip of my tongue. He actually sent me a VCR of the conversion. Very tidy. Was living up Tathra way.
 
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The Mark Palmer and Steve Elliot SFC Parmelli replicas were not a commercial success. I think 9 were built. Some had a 270° crank, Todd? Richard Slater may have sold those that they made but didn't have buyers for.

Phil Todd will know the full story...
 
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