Let’s follow-up the Laverda museum from earlier this week with just one bike – but it’s one of the most important models of the marque. The 750S was one of Laverda’s first big bikes, and it was very quickly combined with the 750GT to become the legendary SF line.
America never officially got the Laverda 750S, instead the first bikes came over to the US under the brand name of American Eagle. But as this bike was imported from the motherland, it’s branded with the Laverda name.
The 750S was good for 60 horsepower at 6,600 rpm. In conjunction with a 4.4 gallon fuel tank, it could also serve as a sport-touring mount. This was helped by the relative comfort – in a 1970 review in Motor Cycle, John Ebbrell said “the Laverda is the smoothest rigidly-mounted 360 degree parallel twin I have ridden!” It’s a hefty (502 pound) bike that Ebbrell called “a superior Royal Enfield Interceptor.”
This example was recently imported to California after spending time in an Italian collection and despite the Italian plate it’s already got a California title and registration. Everything is said to work and it has about 25,000 miles on the odometer. Find this 750S for sale here on Craigslist in Vallejo, California for $16,800.
P.S. I mentioned that the other early model from Laverda was the 750GT – well, the seller has one of those, too. But wait, you wanted the better known 750SF? No problem, this seller’s got you covered.
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