Laverda Owners club Meet

[jonnywombat]

There is a Laverda owners club meet at Slaters Laverda Bromyard this Sunday (the 21st)

As the relay is off I think I will be heading down to bromyard, to look at a load of orange motorbikes

If your passing call in and say hi... I will be wearing my biker forum t shirt

[druidsam]

its too far for me, but have a good day JW and dont forget the pics



.........................Sam

[jonnywombat]

Originally Posted by druidsam

its too far for me, but have a good day JW and dont forget the pics



.........................Sam

Thanks Sam.. TBH owners clubs have never really appealed to me until recently... must be getting old.

And the value of the information I got from them which helped the insurance make repairs and not write off the laverda was worth every penny of my subs.

This will be my first time to a Laverda meet, although I think us "Zane" laverda owners may be looked down upon a little by the "Breganze" bunch..still I'm looking forward to it

[grotbag]

Originally Posted by jonnywombat

I think us "Zane" laverda owners may be looked down upon a little by the "Breganze" bunch..still I'm looking forward to it

Is that a snobbery 'thing'?


Have a good time though eh!

[jonnywombat]

Originally Posted by grotbag

Is that a snobbery 'thing'?


Have a good time though eh!

Yeah sort of...the history of Laverda is split into two section

The "Breganze" bikes (named after the factory location) are the early ones upto 1980's, and include all the "classic" models such as the jota, 3c, 750 sfc....etc

When the company was relaunched in the 90's the new factory was in "Zane".... If you think about Triumph the orginal company and the current one bear little in common, (only with Triumph the new company has been more successful than the later incarnation of Laverda). So there is a bit of "that's not a proper Laverda", and certianly the owners club literature is "Breganze" heavy.

Still the Laverda "DNA" lives on as the engine developed for the new bike, which never got made as they went to the wall, found it's way into the Benelli triples.

[thunderlad]

Have you seen this one on Ebay Jonny? item no. 290260374664
Not far from same as yours but in black.

[jonnywombat]

Originally Posted by thunderlad

Have you seen this one on Ebay Jonny? item no. 290260374664
Not far from same as yours but in black.

Not the same, but very similar, thats a 750s, not a 750 forumla s.

Less power, (due to different engine mapping and various different internals), different brake discs, different brake lines, I think it has different brake and clucth master cylinders (mine has radial master cylinders), different exhausts, diffrent forks (41mm not 43mm and with less adjustment), Different rearsets, and various other little things.

These might seem like small detials but when added together they make a big difference.

[druidsam]

Originally Posted by jonnywombat

Not the same, but very similar, thats a 750s, not a 750 forumla s.

Less power, (due to different engine mapping and various different internals), different brake discs, different brake lines, I think it has different brake and clucth master cylinders (mine has radial master cylinders), different exhausts, diffrent forks (41mm not 43mm and with less adjustment), Different rearsets, and various other little things.

These might seem like small detials but when added together they make a big difference.

these are the sort of things that only a laverda owner would notice... i mean 2mm on the forks.FFS JW how are we mere mortals supposed to notice this sort of thing



............................Sam

[jonnywombat]

Originally Posted by druidsam

these are the sort of things that only a laverda owner would notice... i mean 2mm on the forks.FFS JW how are we mere mortals supposed to notice this sort of thing



............................Sam

Fair enough mate.. did not expect anyone (other than me) to know most of this.. was just listing the major differences for completeness.

The main difference is the 13 hp the s is down to the formula (82 as to 95)

[Dave]

good to know that there is someone else with an interest in Zane Laverda's i have recently bought what i thought was a 650 formula only to find out it is a 1994 650 sport done to 650 formula spec and sprayed black, original colour was yellow. i believe it has has some of the upgrades done to the motor and has the cross over exhaust system fitted and eprom chipped and a pair of the loudest race cans i have heard but it does sound rather good but i don't think the neighbours will agree .. just got a few little jobs to do and sort some new tyres for it thats all.