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Offline Belco100

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My New (Non K) Bike
« on: July 20, 2015, 03:41:07 pm »
I have been after one of these for a long time, and I now have this one on its way to me  :D

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« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2015, 03:43:41 pm »
A rare beast nowadays! Good find; enjoy. I also loved the Speed Triple from that era.
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« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2015, 03:48:37 pm »
You can't beat a triple  :)
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« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2015, 03:51:53 pm »
Looks good, have fun Simon  ;D
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Re: My New (Non K) Bike
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2015, 04:07:41 pm »
A bit of a gamble. Bought it from Scotland so I have never seen it, but the owner seemed to know a lot about its history. I will find out on Friday when its delivered, but I wanted one of these for nearly 20 years. I have a 1200 Daytona with 900 Sprint Executive bodywork on it that may have to go to make way - under negotiation with SWMBO.
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Re: My New (Non K) Bike
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2015, 04:44:09 pm »
Surely looks nice. Super II is this a model classification? haven't see that one before.
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« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2015, 05:18:42 pm »
Yes, it is classed as a Triumph Daytona 900 Super III and is quite rare. I think the full run was supposed to have been 800. Triumph gave a standard 900 Daytona to Cosworth to hot up and came back with an upgraded engine, up from 98hp to 117hp (claimed - in reality well short) a few bits of carbon and the 6 pot brakes. I don't know how many are left around the world, but they don't pop up for sale very often and the price varies all over the place.
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« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2015, 05:56:13 pm »
I came close to buying one just like yours when I was planning my return to two wheels. However, that was delayed by another couple of years and I bought a Sprint RS 955i instead. As Chris says, you can't beat a triple.
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« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2015, 06:47:44 pm »
You can beat a triple. I had a K75S for a very short while and was well pleased to get rid of it. :o
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« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2015, 07:58:47 pm »
Super III, never imported here, never seen one before rare for sure.
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Re: My New (Non K) Bike
« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2015, 11:58:23 pm »
Quote from: TomL on July 20, 2015, 06:47:44 pm
You can beat a triple. I had a K75S for a very short while and was well pleased to get rid of it. :o

Nah. I love (normal) triples. Had Laverdas for ages - 1988 -> 2014, with a lengthy patch in the middle for a nice Aprilia when Laverda spares were rare.

Triple = sensible width, sensible weight, nice balance of power & torque, and a wonderful sound (which the Triumph also has).
If you ever see a triple SFC1000, wait around for it to start. The silencers don't. They're more echo chambers.  :-* :-* :-*

Here's a silenced one (nice):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQgQOoo19kM

And a proper one with Jota pipes (1 minute in):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJauqBUMH7g
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Re: My New (Non K) Bike
« Reply #11 on: July 22, 2015, 06:07:27 am »
What strikes me is the wheels design of that bike, really nit.
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Re: My New (Non K) Bike
« Reply #12 on: July 22, 2015, 09:08:15 pm »
Quote from: Costas on July 22, 2015, 06:07:27 am
What strikes me is the wheels design of that bike, really nit.

The Laverda wheels? Oscam - especially for Laverda. A few Ducatis came with something very similar, but not as sweet.

Laverda used to cast their own wheels, but they were running short of money by this stage - mid-80s. If you have a chance to check a Laverda over, the casting is lovely, and all their own work. Eeee, they don't make bikes (or electrics) that that any more.
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Re: My New (Non K) Bike
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2015, 09:36:04 am »
Totally agree with you. They surely do not make such personalised bikes made with a bit of passion and technical ingenuity anymore. Lovely times .
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Re: My New (Non K) Bike
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2016, 11:31:31 am »
This was my Laverda 180 Jota, the previous owner to me had a big valve conversion done on it by a bunch of muppets called Motodd who succeeded in taking the valves out so far that the head cracked between the valve seat and plug hole. I remedied this by buying a brand new RGA Corsa head from Richard at Slater Bros. I traded it in 1990 against a new Suzuki GSXR750L and was given what was a good price at the time £3500, it would fetch a bit more than that now I think if still in the same condition.  ;D

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