Saw this and just totally fell in love / lust with it... By far the finest handling motorcycle I have ever ridden. Just a shame they spent all the development money on the chassis and didn't have any left for the engine... It is fantastic to ride though !
To be fair it has about the same performance as a Japanese 600 - but it just makes me smile every time I open the garage door !
Laverda's Formula 750S is essentially a factory-built special edition of the basic Formula, with extensive engine tuning and even more special chassis components.The original Formula was a 650, built in 1996, with the 750 Formula following a year later in 1997.The engine work was more extensive than most factory specials, and took the Formula almost to a race tune straight from the showroom. Uprated cams, revised fuel-injection settings and carbon-fibre Termignoni silencers all boost top-end power to a claimed figure of 69kW (92bhp) - almost as much as the Ducati 748.The chassis also compares well with the 748, being considerably lighter, and with suspension and braking components every bit as impressive as the Ducati. Fully adjustable Paioli upside-down forks and monoshock, fully-floating Brembo racing brakes and lightweight Marchesini wheels all play their part in giving the Formula impeccable track manners and sharp handling.The polished aluminium beam frame looks much more impressive than the Ducati's thin steel-tube affair, although the Ducati frame is stiffer than it looks. A single-seatrace-style fairing incorporates cooling louvres and twin endurance-style headlights, and is finished in Laverda orange, the firm's distinctive racing colour. Despite the impressive spec, and some success in endurance racing, the Formula still suffered from the weakness and rewy nature of the old parallel twin-engine design, and it was never as successful as Ducati's 748.Indeed Laverda's future as a whole is very unclear - the troubled firm was bought by Aprilia in 2001, and there is, sadly, little sign of any new Laverda motorcycles being produced in the immediate future.So now you know...
have to admit like the look did consider a laverda before i bought my duke had a sit on one at nec around 1995 ish just a sucker for italian bikes i guess lol
