Style or function, not Laverda related.

Lighter? Maybe...?

At first glance I think they look like a dog's breakfast, as does the "stylish" exhaust.
But possibly that's just a reflection of my sore head...
 
Paired spokes are a thing in light weigh road bicycle wheels -

"The paired spoke design aims to balance the pull of opposing spokes, one against the other, and avoid the zig-zag stress pattern that the conventionally spoked rim shows"

Although that article goes on to note that you can get failure at the point where the pair of spokes attached to the rim as there is a lot of concentrated stress.

This looks like a similar concept with nice beefy plates where the spokes attach to the rim. I think I like it although would have to see it IRL.
 
It's different I guess, but to me, it doesn't look particularly structurally sound. Obviously, it must be or how could it be sold?
 
Legs said:
Single sided swingarm on a road bike? On an endurance racer maybe. Too much un-sprung weight and complication IMHO.
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I purchased a double sided 2003??GSXR1000 swingarm. Bloody thing was heavier than a fat lady (waiting for the PC comments) riding an elephant

Really surprised me.
 
I didnt even notice the single-sided swingarm, very common these days, it's the gaps in the spoke pattern that struck me as not so structural. Are they all on one side of the rim, To me symmetry allows a more even distribution of loads throughout the structure, it's really jarring to my eye.
 
The design reminds me of the wheel Honda were using in the RC45 that Robert Dunlop was riding in the 1994 TT. It didn’t end well.
 
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