Re: What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?

So did any bikes stick to Maurizzio's fingers in Oro's shop?
Express delivery to Oz????  :D
 
Went over the new Atlas and sorted a few things, plus fitted the correct front mudguard.
Then I took it for the inaugural run (to see my painter).
First impressions are good.
Needs the carburation sorted as there is a stumble at 3500rpm, plus it needs a new chain and sprockets (on order now).

Here is a pic this morning before the other Atlas went off to a new home.

 
This Moto Guzzi was displayed outside my hotel near Breganze  :D

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Managed to snatch a couple of hours today to take the old heap up to Loch Glascarnoch in typical autumn weather for this part of the world.  The road is the A835 and it's a stoater.

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Public Holiday in Melbourne today.
Went for a squirt with a few mates (Panagale S, CBX 6cyl, Triumph America, Monster and my Laverda) to Warburton, over Reefton Spur to Marysville for breakfast, then over the Black Spur to Healesville, detour through Toolangi and Yarra Glen for a beer.
The Panagale sat behind me with his GoPro for much of Reefton Spur. I'll post his video when he sends it to me. Hopefully it'll give you a good idea of this piece of road as it's one of the best rides through the Yarra Valley.
No fern shots taken!
 

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Hi friends I have not been on my Laverdas due to a pleasant extended holiday, but I was most fortunate yesterday to spend the morning with Fernando Capolotto.
Fernando has 2 racing Laverda,s one an early triple complete with Grimeca front brake and another S2 that was an endurance type of TT bike but it was a 180.
He is 70 years old and gave me so much Laverda history including how much time he spent aboard the V6 I am sure he told me he had ridden it for more than 2500 hours during the development period.
Oh he still has a fang and after seeing the condition of his tyres I am sure would be difficult to stay with.
Later in the afternoon I caught up with another chap who was the young man riding the 750s in those early advertising brochures, he is now 80 but had clear memories of the promotional work he told me that most pictures were taken at Verona and some others were taken at the Vicenza train station.
His surname was Lavarda spelt with an a not an e.
There you go some light history.
Oh and I will not be returning to Aus with any bikes as it seems I have learnt that most have left Italy for foreign shores, Seems a large continent down in the Southern Hemisphere has taken quite a lot.
I will put some pics up when this vino hangover goes.
Ciao.
 
Hey Pat ,

sounds like i missed a top day out in the hills  :(

Look forward to seeing that footage from ya mate ,
at least his got ya better side... (back of ya head)  :LOL:
Just hope we can see trough the smoke screen that ya bike blows out its ass  :P
Catcha rnd.
 
The guy Maurice met would be somewhere in these pictures I would think. This is part of a large high quality brochure was on display in the hotel I stayed at. The owner told me Massimo had it produced, I love the pictures, pure class. Verona and Vicenza backdrop, the washing drying on the lines, the colours...ace.
Funnily enough in Bassano the day we were there the place was full of mint 70's cars, it was a film shoot and walking around the town was like going back in time to that period.

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