Try this , instead . :wink:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_be ... otostream/
Laverda 1000 Triple Endurance
http://www.flickr.com/photos/michael_be ... otostream/
Laverda 1000 Triple Endurance
daveh said:acotrel said:I sometimes wonder a bit about Alan Cathcart, he seems to talk a lot of speed, but I cannot remember ever hearing about him competing in a road race . I think that assessing bikes alone on a race circuit is quite a bit different to using one in anger, and trying to ace another rider off with it.
http://www.theriderfiles.com/?p=2501
I watched Cathcart race a Ducati Supermono at Donington Park in the mid-90s. The Supermono race series was run in tandem with the World Superbike Championship. As far as I remember, he didn't do too badly that day. He managed 2nd in the series championship for two seasons.
hobot said:Aw shoot Alan, us men are such pigs of course we fall in love with various nations creations, but like Nortons at home the best.
acotrel said:Even a Jota is getting to be too big and cumbersome. What could you do with a Laverda V6
acotrel said:The best classic racer I've seen has to be the 500cc Paton. A friend of mine has ridden the one we have here in Victoria - says it is like a 250cc GP bike to ride.
daveh said:I would like to have a spin on an an SF Laverda, and I always fancied owning one as a road bike. They don't come up for sale very often in Europe, and parts would probably be more expensive and less available than a Commando. I have heard that the SFC - the production racer - was a long, rangy, slow-steering bike, similar to a bevel twin, maybe? I rode a bevel Ducati 750 Sport on the track. It was a Steve Wynne-built bike converted to 900 with a V 2 gearbox and slipper clutch. Very nice, and solid and unflappable but not nimble and poor ground clearance with the stock pipes. Ducati carried that trait on with their belt 8 valvers, which were rock solid on fast sweepers but you couldn't snap them into corners, they had to be rolled in. The last 900 SS bevel I rode was a real beauty. Someone had got at the suspension, which was very plush, and the steering was surprisingly light. I never got to find out how this was achieved, but clearly it can be done.
daveh said:Hi Bill - thanks for sharing those pics. I saw Deja Blue, and very nice it is too!
The other bike that caught my eye was the Rickman Triumph Metisse.
Dave
daveh said:I would really like to compete there, ...