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Jesus, expert! quite the history!

Tell us about the Laverda, please.

I've got 70,000km on K75's, and did a frame off restoration of an R80/7, but I always wanted a K1 in my garage.

Have you tried a K1200RS? or maybe a Ducati 906Ie?

expertlinguist said:
The last two are so good that I have not got rid of them (yet), but currently there is nothing out there to tempt me
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SailorJerry said:
Jesus, expert! quite the history!

Tell us about the Laverda, please.

I've got 70,000km on K75's, and did a frame off restoration of an R80/7, but I always wanted a K1 in my garage.

Have you tried a K1200RS? or maybe a Ducati 906Ie?
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Probably the SFC was one of the first "muscle" bikes, the exaust note was a deep rumble, not the screaming of multicylinder engines you hear today, brilliant handling, the Verlicchi frame was an upside down double cradle with the engine being a stress member.

In today's motorcycling world not as fast as some of the Japanise stuff out there, top speed was "only" 230kph (140mph), but it was like it was on rails around corners; oddly enough the Duke was as good as, with a bit more torque and probably an added 10mph to the top speed.

But the best bikes ever, in my possession, must be the K1 and the GS, totally different beasts, both very, very comfortable.

The K1 full fairing will keep all the wind pressure off you, it's the perfect job for a quick weekend away, with a BMW tank bag, holding just a pair of jeans, sneakers, a couple of T-shirts, spare pants and a toothbrush, one can lean down on the tank, relax the shoulders' muscle and bomb down the motorway comfortably at speeds in excess of 160mph. I had mine superchipped by BMW M Division (they soup up all Police bikes), which remapped the engine management, giving it 40hp over the factory version and a potential top speed of 200mph . . . never tried it though, but the accellaration is fenomenal, 0 to 100kph in less than 3 seconds, and in another 4 seconds you find yourself flying at 180kph. this is where the double ABS system comes in, it stops the bike very quickly without fear of locking either wheels in doing so. road holding is as good as the Duke, unfortunately the tyres don't last very long, the best I got out of Battlax is 1800 miles for the front and 2500 for the rear, which is the opposite of most bikes, but that is due to the ABS which is set at 60% front 40% rear.

The GS is a bit more sedate, top speed unliklely to be over 110mph, it's a tall bike, but the boxer makes the centre of gravity rather low down,ideal for town traffic, actually a perfect commuter. The supersize fuel tank holds in excess 40 litres which gives you a range of approximately 650 miles, even when fully loaded. Long legged, long distance haulier this is, most summers I take a few weeks off, and ride from England to Croatia, a 1200 mile trip, and my wife (who rides a PD as well) and I go camping on the naturist resort of Koversada. when we arrive we always create a lot of interest, the bikes are imposing, but folk don't believe the amount of stuff we unload, besides both of our snorkeling gear, we have a tunnel tent that could accomodate 6 people and high enough for me 6'1" in stockinged feet to stand up, a camping table and chairs, a camping gaz double burner hob, pots, pans and cooking utensil, a double inflatable mattress, a couple of sleeping bags, a further tent under which we park the bikes and keep the 12V refrigerated coolbox, camping gaz lanterns and an electric insect repellent, sorry no room for the kitchen sink, but the facilities on site are excellent, including a large supermarket with decent prices for one's everyday food needs, although we tend to eat the fish that we spear ourselves and the clams and oysters we mnage to get off the seafloor bed. Thank god we are naturists, as there is no much space for clothes, but we can still manage to pack some evening wear, just in case we want to go on a night out in town.

When fully loaded the GS has the hard BMW cases at the back, a set of soft saddle bags across the tank, the 3 tier BMW tank bag and the rear rack holds the diving gear: air tanks, the wet suits, flippers, harpoon gun etc. when totally stripped it's a lean, mean urban attack black machine, weaving in and out of traffic with great ease. What's missing is the ABS.

They are both 17 years old now, the K1 has done approximately 90,000 miles, but the GS is just short of 200,000. No major mechanical problems, I am still on the original clutch on the K1 whilst the GS is on it's third.
 
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Great write up. I missed an opportunity to buy a K1 a few years ago, and always regret it.

expertlinguist said:
Probably the SFC was one of the first "muscle" bikes, the exaust note was a deep rumble, not the screaming of multicylinder engines you hear today, brilliant handling, the Verlicchi frame was an upside down double cradle with the engine being a stress member.

In today's motorcycling world not as fast as some of the Japanise stuff out there, top speed was "only" 230kph (140mph), but it was like it was on rails around corners; oddly enough the Duke was as good as, with a bit more torque and probably an added 10mph to the top speed.

But the best bikes ever, in my possession, must be the K1 and the GS, totally different beasts, both very, very comfortable.

The K1 full fairing will keep all the wind pressure off you, it's the perfect job for a quick weekend away, with a BMW tank bag, holding just a pair of jeans, sneakers, a couple of T-shirts, spare pants and a toothbrush, one can lean down on the tank, relax the shoulders' muscle and bomb down the motorway comfortably at speeds in excess of 160mph. I had mine superchipped by BMW M Division (they soup up all Police bikes), which remapped the engine management, giving it 40hp over the factory version and a potential top speed of 200mph . . . never tried it though, but the accellaration is fenomenal, 0 to 100kph in less than 3 seconds, and in another 4 seconds you find yourself flying at 180kph. this is where the double ABS system comes in, it stops the bike very quickly without fear of locking either wheels in doing so. road holding is as good as the Duke, unfortunately the tyres don't last very long, the best I got out of Battlax is 1800 miles for the front and 2500 for the rear, which is the opposite of most bikes, but that is due to the ABS which is set at 60% front 40% rear.

The GS is a bit more sedate, top speed unliklely to be over 110mph, it's a tall bike, but the boxer makes the centre of gravity rather low down,ideal for town traffic, actually a perfect commuter. The supersize fuel tank holds in excess 40 litres which gives you a range of approximately 650 miles, even when fully loaded. Long legged, long distance haulier this is, most summers I take a few weeks off, and ride from England to Croatia, a 1200 mile trip, and my wife (who rides a PD as well) and I go camping on the naturist resort of Koversada. when we arrive we always create a lot of interest, the bikes are imposing, but folk don't believe the amount of stuff we unload, besides both of our snorkeling gear, we have a tunnel tent that could accomodate 6 people and high enough for me 6'1" in stockinged feet to stand up, a camping table and chairs, a camping gaz double burner hob, pots, pans and cooking utensil, a double inflatable mattress, a couple of sleeping bags, a further tent under which we park the bikes and keep the 12V refrigerated coolbox, camping gaz lanterns and an electric insect repellent, sorry no room for the kitchen sink, but the facilities on site are excellent, including a large supermarket with decent prices for one's everyday food needs, although we tend to eat the fish that we spear ourselves and the clams and oysters we mnage to get off the seafloor bed. Thank god we are naturists, as there is no much space for clothes, but we can still manage to pack some evening wear, just in case we want to go on a night out in town.

When fully loaded the GS has the hard BMW cases at the back, a set of soft saddle bags across the tank, the 3 tier BMW tank bag and the rear rack holds the diving gear: air tanks, the wet suits, flippers, harpoon gun etc. when totally stripped it's a lean, mean urban attack black machine, weaving in and out of traffic with great ease. What's missing is the ABS.

They are both 17 years old now, the K1 has done approximately 90,000 miles, but the GS is just short of 200,000. No major mechanical problems, I am still on the original clutch on the K1 whilst the GS is on it's third.
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