Slaters Jotas

During Slater Bros. tenure as Laverda's UK Importers almost all, apart from the odd private import, Laverdas sold, in the UK, came through them and were, therefore, sold by Slaters. Some, wholesale, to Laverda dealers, some, retail, to customers at Collington.
Even the Factory's records were not kept, to provide future archaeologists with defintive answers to spurious questions.
They, like most of us, were more concerned with what's going to happen tomorrow than spending the whole day recording what happened yesterday.
Moto Laverda, and those who enjoy their motorcycles, were, as the Handbook, that came with my bike (attached), states: enthusiasts. Much more concerned with riding motorcycles, than wandering around, with a clipboard and pen, recording minutiae for future rivet counters to obsess over.
The sun is shining and, as soon as the ice has melted off the puddles, I'm heading out to ride mine.
That's the point of a Laverda, IMO.Laverda Handbook introduction.jpg
 
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Paul, I have been told that I may be able to get a 1976 Jota which I believe were only assembled by Slaters. I also think that they kept the numbers of the bikes sold so I am wanting to check out the truth of this bike. Cheers
Ian
 
Thanks Davo. laverdalothar's comment is what I am on about. I guess when the time comes to find out more about the bike, which is a basket case, I will need to know specifics about pistons.
 
Mactriple said:
Paul, I have been told that I may be able to get a 1976 Jota which I believe were only assembled by Slaters. I also think that they kept the numbers of the bikes sold so I am wanting to check out the truth of this bike. Cheers
Ian
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The world is full of Jotas, some people are still building them.

Paul
 
A Slater jota is merely one that was built, at Slater's request, by the factory for the UK market and sold through Slaters, Jotas were sold in many markets as a result of the UK Jota's success, not all these jota's are the same as the UK ones and some USA ones are even 1116cc (known as 1200's)
Slater also exported new/unised Jota's to other markets, but not very many, and later imported unsold Jaramas from USA, some of which were (very easily) converted to Jota spec and spld in the UK, nicknamed in the trade but not universally known as, the "Jarama"

Richard Slater will search his records and provide you with a result for a reasonable fee, find him online, but beware, due to a fire at Collington, many years ago, and the fact that in the early days there was no intention of keeping records other than for the statutory (income tax) seven year period, even his "Slater Jota" records are incomplete.

CLEM
 
Hi Clem. Did you mean to say...
nicknamed in the trade but not universally known as, the "Jarota"
Hag
 
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