Note: This listing was removed from ebay (sold?) while in the queue for posting here on RSBFS but the post contains some interesting info so we decided to put it up anyway. If we hear from the seller as to what price it went for, we will update in the comments. Here is a zane-era…
The re-launch of Top Gear UK earlier this week has made me a bit nostalgic for the old version of the show, so I thought I would do this post in the style of the old TG UK game of “Classic or Crock?” – Marty 1999 Laverda Formula for sale on Ebay Following a bankruptcy…
Here is one we haven’t had on RSBFS previously, a Zane-era Laverda 668 Black Strike. The Black Strike model incorporated all the top shelf goodness of the Laverda marque at the time; a Nico Baker designed frame, 3 sets of brembro brake calipers, Marchesini wheels and a letterbox gas tank that reduces the center of…
The zane-era laverda bikes tick a lot of the Rare Sport Bike boxes; limited production numbers, discontinued marque, italian heritage, smexy looks in an age where eye-bleeding graphics packages were the norm, etc. The final generation Zane bikes were even recently ranked as one of the top 5 “future classics” by Bonhams. Personally I am…