Hi Peter. I pinned your comment to the top of the comment session, making it easier for someone to spot it and hopefully help you find you a connection for parts.

Are you in the owners club?

Black silicone ??

Maybe try to call Riccardo Oro he own a motorcycle shop in Breganze and restored variuos old one (I don't know if he has Zané parts) or Breganze Moto (they are using a modernised version of the same engine, I don't know if the project is still running) or try to ask to the Museum in Breganze, or search for a Forum/Owners Club, probably closer to your location. Maybe it is just an off the shelf part, like the Paioli suspension.

You are correct. My own last name is pronounced that very way , it even uses similar letters, but from the north of Veneto where they drop the last vowel. But it is known in the US the way I pronounced it.

Thank you for letting us know. It’s a brand that is missed!

Thank you for sharing. We can never predict anything.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Grazie a lei!@@idratherberiding3456

Thank you for your comment. Yes, I was fortunate to have had a chance to ride that motorcycle. I'm thankful for my friend for trusting me to do it.

Thanks!

Yes, very few of these bikes were made. Thank you for your comment.

I was surprised by how easy it was to ride it. And how good it felt. Nice machine. Thank you for your comment, Michael.

Thank you so much for your comment. It adds important information to the video!

Agree. I hope Piaggio has the rights to the brand, that they haven't sold to the Chinese yet, like Moto Morini and others did.

I saw recently a video of the Museo Laverne where they start for the first time one of those 6 cyl machines. Sounded great.

Jotas are nice. I shared the photo of one of them in this video. As far as I know, the Jotas had a three cylinder rmotor, first with a 180 degrees crank (middle cylinder traveled by itself), then a 120 degrees crank. I never rode the three cylinder Laverdas, but this same friend of mine had a Jota at some point. This 750 SFC I rode is an awesome machine.

Slaters garage ? Think they were responsible for jota triple !

@@paulbarnes6124 Indeed they were :)

I agree. But I think its value will continue to increase.

Amen!

Seconded!

What a great days were!

Perfect description in two words.

Yes, not for everyone.

Grazie

Thank you for sharing this story.

I've been thinking about taking one of these Royal Enfield motorcycles with the 650 twin motor with the 270 degree crankshaft for a ride. I would not expect performance. But the experience must be good.

Yes. But then again, several bikes from that era looked similar. The Laverda has some unique characteristics to it, though. But in the end, Hondas were winning races in the 70's. And they are still around. :-)

@@idratherberiding3456 The top end is a spitting image of a Super Hawk.

Fala Roberto! Sim, sou gaucho e gremista! O meu Jeepster Commando é da epoca da Keiser dona da marca Jeep. Os 72 sao da época da AMC (mais tarde a Chrysler comprou a marca Jeep da AMC). No meu o motor V6 e' um Buick, nos 72 em diante, os motores sao AMC V6 ou V8. AMC = American Motors Corporation. Abraco!

I see the similarity, but it is a completely different feel to it. :-)

Yes, it is that rare. :-) Especially in this condition.

LOL, this same friend of mine used to own a Jota. And I do have a couple of photos of a Jota, to balance things out. :-)

In my case, after riding the SFC750 for a good chunk of time, it seems it gets even harder. It requires a left hand workout.

There are easy fixes for the hard clutch pull, mine is light as a feather after the mod. It's a well know fix in Laverda circles.

@@Vince1266 Or ride it more often. Especially, it was the case of me riding it in the Spring, at that time of the year the left hand had not acquired yet its ideal physical form. :-)

I converted my Jota clutch to hydraulic. Problem solved!@@idratherberiding3456

Thank you for your comment. This bike is valuable, rare, and the owner was there with me. But most importantly, I'm not a journalist. So I will take that as a compliment. LOL.

@@idratherberiding3456 So, if the owner wasn't there you'd have red lined it? It is valuable but it's function was and remains a production racer, made by the factory to withstand competition use. I used the term 'journos' generally, as this habit of riding bikes that have constraints of intended use applied is annoyingly widespread.

@@bananabrooks3836 No, I would not have red lined it.

This one, at about 80 mph (estimated by my friend, the owner, who was riding behind me) was extremely smooth. But it's a two cylinder motorcycle, any issue and it will vibrate.

Thank you so much for the information you provided. Yes, it doesn't have the gauges that I learned, maybe I'm wrong, but were added to the bike to make them street legal. I did not know they were Japanese guages. I' m extremely lucky to have had the opportunity to ride that machine.

@@idratherberiding3456 Hi again, here are some facts about the Laverda SFC 750. 1) I paid just under $4,000 new, There was a dealer in Enfield CT, His name was Tom, and he owned a Vincent Black shadow. 2) The bars were Bravado. 4 point adjustment. 3) Cerreaini front end. 4 Makoinie Carbs. 5) starter was Harley Davision. 6) guages were japenesse. 7) the front breaks were duel rotor floating, rear single disc floating. The bike came with duel exhaust, which I was instructed had to stay on till break in was completed, then I had Tom install the 2 into 1 race header. 8) I raced this bike on the streets, never lost a race, beat Nortens Kawasaki's, Triumph's, HARLEY was a joke back then. I rode the bike for two years, till it started running terrible. I sold it for $1,500, as is. Some years later I found out a guy in Texas bought it for $50,000 put it in his Museum. I didn't know much about motors back in the day, but found out the reason it ran like crap was most likely due to the points being burned out. I do miss it but now I have a Hyabusia, top speed is 208, clocked, I have a great mechanic now, I also work on Bikes and cars. I'm now 68 years old but have owned over 10 motorcycles, logged over 500,000 miles, motorcycles are in my blood. Your video made my tear up, I loved that Laverda, though about getting another but there being priced to high now. When I bought it I was told there were only TWO in the USA. I was pulled over a few times by police, not for doing something wrong, they wanted to see the bike, GOD BLESS keep the shiny side up.

@@pablonosnothing.1952 Thank you so much, again, for adding valuable information to the video. I will pass this information to the owner of the Laverda (he sold it last year). He will appreciate it, I'm sure (and he is about your age too). He lived in Italy for a couple of years, he always loved Italian motorcycles. Once again, thank you!

​@@idratherberiding3456 I think the gauges were from Nippon seiki, Japan