Triple, two SFs and a 250 TR on Gumtree Oz

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Nicely specced Jota (originally a 1976 3CL) - anyone we know?

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/adelaide-cbd/motorcycles/laverda-1000-3cl-1976/1251093229

SF1 (up Red's way?)

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/slacks-creek/motorcycles/laverda-sf1-750cc/1230088112

72 SF in WA - looks very orig

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/darlington/motorcycles/1972-laverda-750-sf/1252056665

Only seen once of these - on Stancos showroom floor

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/morwell/motorcycles/laverda-250/1252108251

 
1200 JOTA said:
The Jota has been up for sale (might still be) on bikesales.com.au as well as a nice SFC1000 in BNE for a month or so ...
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the SFC1000 is sold, went to West Oz, not certain why the ad is still up
 
That 72 750 SF certainly looks like my 70 SF0. But the price is ridiculous !

And there is no guarantee that you will NOT have tare the mill apart, hone the bores, replace the rings, replace every gasket and "O"  Ring and do a valve job, replace the valve springs to reach her capacity and appears to be a 7500+ to 8000 RPM 750 Breganzie Twin racer - If you know what your doing - Just saying ;o)

There is absolutely no way a 50 year ride can maintain performance without a work over about every 5 seasons and that's providing you know what your doing.
 
Thing is, a Jota is an easy step from a 3CL - it's not as if it's got hundreds of different and maybe rare bits inside it. I know that will upset the purists. An SFC from an SF? Very different story.
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
Thing is, a Jota is an easy step from a 3CL - it's not as if it's got hundreds of different and maybe rare bits inside it. I know that will upset the purists. An SFC from an SF? Very different story.
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Oh?
 
Oh, alright ... I take it back. A Jota was created either by Slaters or (later) the factory. And putting Jota stickers and rearsets on a 3CL and hi-comp pistones and hot cams in it does NOT make a Jota. I did say it would offend the purists  :D
 
martymoose said:
Im confused, letter seems to confirm its a 3cl delivered to stanco.  How does this letter make it a jota?
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If you read it again you will find that the advert does not mention Jota at all ........ it is only inferred to be a Jota by PB2 and perhaps the authentication letter by Piero only confirms it is a Laverda.

Jim
 
helicopterjim said:
If you read it again you will find that the advert does not mention Jota at all ........ it is only inferred to be a Jota by PB2 and perhaps the authentication letter by Piero only confirms it is a Laverda.

Jim
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Very true. But if I'm not mistaken it has Jota logo on the sidecovers - which I guess MUST make it a Jota!  :-* I must admit I was also confused by the Piero Laverda letter - umm, it's a Laverda? really?! I guess it does verify that it is a 'genuine Australian import'.

Either way, it is a nicely reworked 3CL - if I wanted a hot triple, I'd buy it.
 
My Jota has a similar history - was sold via Stanco as 1976 3CL. In 1980 the owner at the time ordered all the jota parts from the factory, including a complete engine top end, exhaust system, rearsets, even the side cover badges, and Stanco did the mechanical work of retro-fitting the Jota parts. They then re-issued the compliance plate to identify the bike as a Jota. As far as I'm concerned, it's as much a Jota as any bike that left the factory with "Jota" on the side cover.

Unfortunately the Stanco mechanic (maybe it was Tippie :D) made one small cock-up when 'Jota-ising it. He installed the 4C cams using the A11 cam sprockets. That error wasn't picked up and fixed until I got my hands on the bike in  2007, 27 years later!
 
that was a very common mistake Cam, and even not very long ago here in UK, it could even happen again, there was a set of drawings online somewhere that gave details so that an A11 cam chain wheel could be redrilled and tapped for 4C cams, but I cant find it (no change there than)

and Ron
its an SF1 not an SF0 check the brake plates, switches and headlight/clocks

CLEM
 
Dellortoman said:
My Jota has a similar history - was sold via Stanco as 1976 3CL. In 1980 the owner at the time ordered all the jota parts from the factory, including a complete engine top end, exhaust system, rearsets, even the side cover badges, and Stanco did the mechanical work of retro-fitting the Jota parts. They then re-issued the compliance plate to identify the bike as a Jota. As far as I'm concerned, it's as much a Jota as any bike that left the factory with "Jota" on the side cover.

Unfortunately the Stanco mechanic (maybe it was Tippie :D) made one small cock-up when 'Jota-ising it. He installed the 4C cams using the A11 cam sprockets. That error wasn't picked up and fixed until I got my hands on the bike in  2007, 27 years later!
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That's the point I was trying to make, Cam.

It irks me that a 4C requires a different bloody chainwheel! Why can't they just grind the cams to fit the original A11 cam wheel?!
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
Why can't they just grind the cams to fit the original A11 cam wheel?!
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Yes, that would have been the ideal solution. But I dunno how the 4C cams evolved. If they were a re-grind of the A11, maybe there wasn't enough material on the cam lobes or the sprocket mounting lugs to get the timing they wanted without shifting the sprocket holes.
 
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