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#1 Post by **Kwackerz** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:30 pm

But maybe it should be rebadged.. and mass produced...

http://www.motorcycledaily.com/05december02laverda.html

An old link I found on RS3. Thought it worthy of posting to ARS..

Views? I think it wouldve been the perfect successor to the Falco, or at least elements of it.

Wouldnt be surprised if you couldnt make a hybrid using parts from that and a falco base.

Hmm.. beats Mille forks and swingarms...

Aladinsaneuk · #2 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:59 pm

engine would not fit the falco frame

Fausto · #3 Post by **Fausto** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:03 pm

Very nice. I would have bought one - assuming I had £10k plus lying around

I wonder what they would have done for lights. This is where so many bikes go off the rails looks wise IMHO (Falco included). Quite like the back end look tho'.

Fausto · #4 Post by **Fausto** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:09 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:engine would not fit the falco frame

Why not? Sounds pretty much like a Rotax 990 to me.

Anyway why would you want it to?

Aladinsaneuk · #5 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:46 pm

later mille lumps do not fit the falco frame without some radical fettling afaik

and i like the falco frame so would want to use that as a base

having said that, I am a real man, not some girly in line four rider who works in the queen's own corgi regiment or whatever

#6 Post by **Kwackerz** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:54 pm

Aladinsaneuk wrote:
and i like the falco frame so would want to use that as a base

having said that, I am a real man, not some girly in line four rider who works in the queen's own corgi regiment or whatever

Im sure I said

Wouldnt be surprised if you couldnt make a hybrid using parts from that and a falco base

Aladinsaneuk · #7 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:11 pm

and buy base we would be referring to the frame.... you know that gorgeous piece of engineering that we all love....

at least it is a v twin though.....

(And I do like the 130+bhp...)

and now my tank is repaired, when are you going to come ride a falco kwack? about time you gave one a blast......

Viking · #8 Post by **Viking** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:11 pm

So what happened to the SFC1000?

Come to think of it, what has happened to Laverda?

#9 Post by **Kwackerz** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:49 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laverda

Theyve been assimilated by the looks of it!

Gio · #10 Post by **Gio** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:57 pm

I rather liked the looks of that bike, until my eyeballs were asualted by the "Mars Attack" rear end. I wonder what drugs the designer was on.

D-Rider · #11 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:48 am

Aladinsaneuk wrote:later mille lumps do not fit the falco frame without some radical fettling afaik

and i like the falco frame so would want to use that as a base

having said that, I am a real man, not some girly in line four rider who works in the queen's own corgi regiment or whatever

I don't believe there's a big problem in fitting the later mille lumps to the Falco - it's been done several times - there was even a description of it on the old ARS (garrywales was the chap)
The bigger problem is the electrical architecture is radically different - using CAN communications. This is enough to stop most people trying it.
The solution described on the old ARS was to change those parts necessary to run with stock Falco EMS and wiring.

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BTW I've always liked that Laverda - shame it'll probably never make the light of day and that if it did, I'd never afford it.