Hi all esteemed members. I have been posting for a while without formally introducing my bike to you.
She is a 76 3CL which I believe has been Jotarised. She has 4C inlet,A11 exhaust,big bore collector,standard exhaust (as opposed to JOTA mufflers). Now fitted with DMC2 ignition. For Jlo she is
4223 and I am happy for you to include that in your register. Am unsure whether she has Hi comp pistons as the head hasn't been off since I've had her. Slaters reckon that she is 2 serials off one of their build runs. She is black frame rather than silver. She is in black with pinstriping in gold (ala Norton Commando colours). I will post a picture when I figure out how to.
My question to the world....are there any 3CLs /Jotas out there in black and gold? My bike was brought in from Aussie and I know this is a common colour scheme there but I have yet to see one in any other country
She is a 76 3CL which I believe has been Jotarised. She has 4C inlet,A11 exhaust,big bore collector,standard exhaust (as opposed to JOTA mufflers). Now fitted with DMC2 ignition. For Jlo she is
4223 and I am happy for you to include that in your register. Am unsure whether she has Hi comp pistons as the head hasn't been off since I've had her. Slaters reckon that she is 2 serials off one of their build runs. She is black frame rather than silver. She is in black with pinstriping in gold (ala Norton Commando colours). I will post a picture when I figure out how to.
My question to the world....are there any 3CLs /Jotas out there in black and gold? My bike was brought in from Aussie and I know this is a common colour scheme there but I have yet to see one in any other country
) and he rang one day and said he had two in the shop. Grabbed my mates Rad and Pete Hammond and down we went for a gander... well, both were VERY 2nd hand, lotsa miles, and pretty rough... the neater one of the two had a buckled rear wheel..??! so I did a deal with Rabbi that if we could swap the wheels between the two, I'd be cool.... Took it for a "test" ride about 30 minutes later... my first solo ride on a Laverda, and a rough-as-guts Jota at that... felt like a tractor on two wheels, seat as hard as nails, no brakes...but went like the clappers and sounded awesome... nearly killed meself about a dozen times bucking and weaving out in peak hour traffic along Old Cleveland road and (fortunately) back again. Frightened the absolute c**p outta me, and as I promised myself that "this thing will kill me the first chance I give it.." I found meself parting with the readies, and away I went.... Soon figured the thing out, and sorted, with the help of my good friends, and lots of good days were had. Unfortunately it was one of the soft crown head models, and I was always chasing shim clearance... After many a ride, it all came to an end after one memorable run to the Aussie GP at Bathurst, where I had shimmed it the last night before we left, and by the time we got home it wouldn't even idle.. I recall running most of the red lights in the last 10k's to just get home. At the "home now, sit down piss up and review" Red kindly got it through it my thick and resistant skull that the motor would have to come out and the head done properly this time. This was uncharted territory for most of us at that time.. we were too busy riding, raging, riding to get too serious about that type of stuff... so Red offered to give a hand, starting with removal of the motor.. Well, About 1hr later, there she proudly sat, beside the bike... "Gee that was easy.." thinks I, as Red exits stage left to go home for some well earned kip, and thence off to some obscure place to operate a rig or two...
