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Last update: Mon Sep 25 00:07:27 MET 1995

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Four legends in one picture. All looking like tasty oranges. From
top to bottom: Jota, racekitted SFC, original SFC, 750SF

Scan by Niclas Cederlund <epknice@kaepk4.ericsson.se>.

750sfc.jpg (93828 bytes)

78-laverda-1000-v6.jpg (53100 bytes)

lav500.jpg (44490 bytes)

Photo and scan by Lutz Mueller <bm010@rs1.rrz.uni-koeln.de>.

laverda650.jpg (21233 bytes)

montjuic.jpg (90710 bytes)

The new Laverda 650's ancestor, only quite a lot wilder.

Scan by Niclas Cederlund <epknice@kaepk4.ericsson.se>.

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Laverda SFC1000 (front)
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Engine:         981 cc, 120 degree firing
Year:           1986 C reg
Power:          About 90 BHP
Speed:          140mph
Mileage:        48,000Km
Non-standard:   Jota pipes
                180 cams
                Bracing added to frame around headstock.
Comments:       From the first batch of 200 made. Another 100-200
                completed in 1988 with wire wheels(!). Crude
                fibreglass design spoils what was the best (and
                quickest) production European bike. Surprisingly comfy
                tourer. No, honestly...



Laverda Mirage TS (back)
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Engine:         1116 cc, 180 degree firing
Year:           1982 Y reg
Power:          About 80-85 BHP
Speed:          135mph
Mileage:        75,000Km
Non-standard:   Jota pipes
                red frame (should be black)
                smoked screen (should be translucent blue!)
Comments:       One of the least attractive Laverdas, due to the
                handlebar fairing, but definitely the best buy, at
                around 2000-2500. Called the poor man's Jota, but a
                better bike. Lasted me 6 years, and 45,000 miles.
                "Seat like a plank with vinyl stretched over it."