SFC1000 Marzocchi M1R fork decals

SkinnyPinny

SkinnyPinny

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Hi all,
Can anyone confirm what Decals SFC1000 fork legs had ?
Were they the same on both sides?
I have looked at dozens of images and of the ones I can zoom in, they all seem different,
That's if they are still there at all,
The suppliers seem to have variations, background or no background, green or blue bit on the bottom,
Mine is a '87 red cast wheel model if it makes any difference,
Cheers,
Stuart

 
Hi Stuart, I have this one on my SFC1000 and this must be the good one. Both sides are the same. The decals from Dingdong are from a very good quality and good adhesive and very reasonable priced (no connection or so what with the seller)
https://www.isaydingdong.co.uk/ourshop/prod_2124513-Marzocchi-M1R-Fork-Slider-Green-Detail-Stickers-4-Pair.html

Ren?
 
Yes, That was one of the decals I was looking at, I have never really bothered taking much notice before, but as I plan to get them painted etc, I thought I would find out what was there originally,
Cheers for the info,
STuart
 
Just for the sake of fork decals on the SFC1000, I have looked a bit into it, and there do indeed seem to be variations on the matter.
So far, I've found the following to be the most common by far:

* "Marzocchi" vertical long decals with red letters on clear background and Black/green top logo.
This sits on the right lower fork leg.

* "M1R" sticker with red M1R with thin White and red line around, clear background and Black/green Marzocchi logo below. All surrounded by a thin red line. This sits on the lower right side outer fork leg.

Both sits mounted from below, upwards, apprx. 1 cm. from where the round outer diameter shape is present.

As far as I know, I may be wrong, Laverda have switched sides on the legs with these two decals, forth and back.
I've also seen vertical "Marzocchi" on both legs, but don't know if this is original, as I think it's more a matter of lack of stickers.

The "M1R" sticker in a version with blue/Black logo is for a ducati bike, not the Laverda SFC1000 Marzocchi M1R fork.

Kind regards,
Jacques
 
redfox said:
* "Marzocchi" vertical long decals with red letters on clear background and Black/green top logo.
This sits on the right lower fork leg.
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I assume you mean this one:
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redfox said:
* "M1R" sticker with red M1R with thin White and red line around, clear background and Black/green Marzocchi logo below. All surrounded by a thin red line. This sits on the lower right side outer fork leg.

Both sits mounted from below, upwards, apprx. 1 cm. from where the round outer diameter shape is present.
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here you mean this one?
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correct? well - kind of...

I have seen both sides with the 1st version, both sides with the second one, haven't seen I think a mixture of both but could well be it existed. I assume that the longer ones were used on the first production run (29xx - 31xx), the smaller ones on the second or the other way around?. I have even seen one 1000 SFC with white letter long logo. But as it was completely at the wrong place, I assume that was a user fault during restoration maybe.
 
Laverdalothar said:
here you mean this one?
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correct? well - kind of...

I have seen both sides with the 1st version, both sides with the second one, haven't seen I think a mixture of both but could well be it existed. I assume that the longer ones were used on the first production run (29xx - 31xx), the smaller ones on the second or the other way around?. I have even seen one 1000 SFC with white letter long logo. But as it was completely at the wrong place, I assume that was a user fault during restoration maybe.
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Mine was same both sides, I think the second version but hard to tell. The previous owners washed and polished it rather than rode it so much that most of the decals wore off.

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I'm having some difficulty posting pictures, but the long vertical Marzocchi goes on the outside of each leg, and the M1R, on my SFC, goes on the LEFT leg facing forward. (This is the bike taken out of its box a few years ago, totally original)


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Meanwhile I've spoken to a few owners, looked at some more pics, so I think we can conclude, taht at least the pics shown are the correct version of these two different stickers, and we can also safely say, that Laverda did all kinds of attatchment of these two stickers... ;)
Handmade, you know ;)

Kind regards,
Jacques
 
Nope, they were different on various production numbers. I have the original Laverda Commercial on the SFC1000, and there they sit different. Just an example. Laverda seemed to put them on differently. Hence my comment on that in the previous post.
But fun to find out, anyhow.
Thanks for the pics. And you were very Lucky to get that nib SFC. I remember when you unpacked it and showed the pics for the rest of us to enjoy ;).

Kind regards,
Jacques
 
Personally, I'M looking for some replica "BIG WHEEL" stickers to put on MY fork legs! All the more appropriate for a "Big Wheel Bagger" V-twin type of deal, but they'd be cool on just about anything really. Not gonna paint the sliders yellow or anything, but the stickers would be awesome.

What's going on with the right-hand-side leg - Anti-dive?


-S.
 
No anti-dive. It's a rebound adjustment in the right leg and compression damping in left leg. Only. So you can play around with different oil ivscosities and oil level individually in each leg. Add on top of that, the posibility to adjust the spring preload in each leg individually.
Very light and tricky forks at that time.

Kind regards,
jacques
 
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