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The Spring Sale: The International Classic MotorCycle Show
23 & 24 April 2022
Enquiries: using the button below
AUCTION ADDRESS
Bonhams
Sandylands Centre / Argyle Centre
Staffordshire County Showground
Weston Road
Stafford
ST18 0BD
ADMISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE SHOW
Tickets can be purchased in advance from - details above
VIEWING TIMES
Saturday 23 April 9am to 5pm
Sunday 24 April from 9am
SALE TIMES
Saturday 23 April
Spares and Memorabilia (Lots 1-305) 10am
Sunday 24 April
Motorcycles (Lot 401 - 624) 10am
BIDS ENQUIRIES
0044 (0) 20 7447 7447
using the button below
LOT 488
2007/ 1979 Laverda 1, 116cc Endurance Racing Motorcycle
Auction Estimate:£22, 000 - £25, 000
2007/ 1979 Laverda 1, 116cc Endurance Racing Motorcycle
Registration no. CHG 4V
Frame no. 0013
Engine no. to be advised
• Built in 2007 using a Laverda Corse works-type frame kit
• Raced at Bol d'Or Classic and Spa Francorchamps
• Present ownership since 2017
• Restored while in present ownership
Although production racing regulations stipulated that stock frames be retained, in endurance racing there were no such restrictions, and several teams and individuals favouring the big Laverda triples went down the spaceframe route in a bid to both reduce weight and improve the handling. In the UK, frame-makers Harris and Spondon offered spaceframe chassis kits for the Laverda triples, but the first such frame had been built in Italy for the works team in 1975.
In more recent times the factory-type chassis kit has been marketed by Piero Laverda's Laverda Corse Group, and one of theirs has been used in the machine offered here, which was built circa 2007 by Mr Raymond Shone of Cheshire and is a close-as-you-can-get copy of the original works bike (see original purchase paperwork on file). The engine is said to be a 180º-crankshaft unit fitted by Ray Shone with a SFC 1000 cylinder head. The engine was subsequently rebuilt by Paul Curtis, a specialist well known within Laverda circles.
The Laverda is believed to have been used on two occasions in the Bol d'Or Classic by Team Lavergnac Rufus Racing and at Spa Francorchamps in 2011 when it finished 40th (photographs on file). Ralph from Motalia Ltd (Norwich) went on to sell the machine for Ray Shone to a Bury St Edmunds based enthusiast who then used it on the road. It appears that the Laverda was then sold to dealer M&S Motorcycles of Newcastle upon Tyne.
The current vendor purchased the Laverda from M&S in 2017, since when a considerable sum has been spent on restoring the machine to its present fine condition (see bills totalling circa £1, 400 on file). Notable features include the aforementioned SFC big-valve cylinder head and 36mm carburettors. Paraded at the Isle of Man Classic TT in 2019 (the last year it ran), the machine has been kept on display in the vendor's kitchen and is fully serviced and ready to enjoy. Offered with a set of large fairings; V5C document; a Spa 2011 results sheet; and the aforementioned bills and paperwork.
Offered without key
Footnotes
All lots are sold 'as is/ where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding
Buyers’ Premium and charges
Motorcycles
For Motorcycles (Lots 401-642) the Buyers Premium will be 15% on the first £500, 000 of the Hammer Price of each Lot, and 12% on the balance thereafter.
Buyers attention is drawn to Condition 7 of the Notice to Bidders. VAT at the standard rate is payable on the Premium by all Buyers, unless otherwise stated.
Buyers' Obligations
ALL BIDDERS MUST AGREE THAT THEY HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BONHAMS' CONDITIONS OF SALE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM, AND AGREE TO PAY THE BUYER'S PREMIUM AND ANY OTHER CHARGES MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS. THIS AFFECTS THE BIDDERS LEGAL RIGHTS. E NOTICE TO BIDDERS. THIS AFFECTS THE BIDDERS LEGAL RIGHTS.
