Unusual 650 Laverda 06/68

It's likely one of the first big twins out of Breganze.
52 650s made with numbers from 1001 into the 1500s. Or more.
Paul
 
sfcpiet said:
Yep. More pics would be helpfull.

Looks like a nice, clean survivor! Very rare.

piet
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Very rare since only 52 made dixit Massimo.
I knew of 25 of them at one time, all in France or sourced in France. Most have the cases welded up. Specs followed the 750. Mine has a number in the 15..s, rubber gaitored forks, 1 crankcase fin.
A friends was burnt by some bored youngsters. A couple of other friends have two each.
Paul
 
Alzero said:
The numbers are shown in the ads few photos, do they look kosher?
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Yes.
Another example of everything that's rare is expensive and yet a horse with no teeth is rare.

650s apart, which are a curiosity, selling a 750 GT nowadays is difficult and they don't command much money, which is just as well. They're excellent machines but everyone wants an SF to convert it into an orange SFC replica and not ride it.

A GT might sell more easily if you stick American Eagle tank badges on it.

Paul
 
52 examples of the 650 would be less than a months' worth of production. So, can't be much more than a couple of weeks between them, maybe even parallel for a few days to use up parts.

I reckon the emergance of bikes such as the Norton 750 Commando or Royal Enfield 750 Interceptor in '67/'68 prompted Breganze to add an extra 100cc pronto to the original design to remain competitve. The appearance of the BMW R75 and Honda 4 in 1969 confirmed their move was correct. It took Triumph quite a few years to bore out their twins. If Benelli/Motobi ('71>) had done it as well, they might have sold a few more of their beautiful twins too.

Anyway, by 1969, the race for cubes was well and truely on...

piet
 
sfcpiet said:
52 examples of the 650 would be less than a months' worth of production. So, can't be much more than a couple of weeks between them, maybe even parallel for a few days to use up parts.

I reckon the emergance of bikes such as the Norton 750 Commando or Royal Enfield 750 Interceptor in '67/'68 prompted Breganze to add an extra 100cc pronto to the original design to remain competitve. The appearance of the BMW R75 and Honda 4 in 1969 confirmed their move was correct. It took Triumph quite a few years to bore out their twins. If Benelli/Motobi ('71>) had done it as well, they might have sold a few more of their beautiful twins too.

Anyway, by 1969, the race for cubes was well and truely on...

piet
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Yep, though I wouldn't be surprised if 650s weren't produced at least until the end of 68, if not into 69. More than a few weeks overlap. Enough for at least the crankcase finning on the primary side to appear.
Paul
 
When regular production commenced it was up to the importer or Italian dealer whether a 650 or 750 was ordered. The vast majority ordered 750 right from the start, therefore no more than 52 650s were ordered In total.

It’s about the same thing as the SF2 with single disc, not many of those were ordered too..

Marnix
 
Paul Marx said:
Very rare since only 52 made dixit Massimo.
I knew of 25 of them at one time, all in France or sourced in France. Most have the cases welded up. Specs followed the 750. Mine has a number in the 15..s, rubber gaitored forks, 1 crankcase fin.
A friends was burnt by some bored youngsters. A couple of other friends have two each.
Paul
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Is the only 52 x 650’s fair dinkum?
 
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