CHALK,CHEESE & Charisma!
Some readers might fancy an older Italian twin, and they might wonder what the merits of different generations might be. I’ve been able to directly compare two 750s from Laverda and Ducati. They used to be considered ‘large capacity’ at 750 but now this engine size seems to be regarded as a middleweight. How things change!
I put both bikes on my mental wanted list years ago in the early 1970s. The Laverda SF1 dates from 1972, and there was a Ducati twin on my wish-list back then as well, but who can afford the early Ducati desmos? So the machine featured here is a 1997 750SS, the last of the square headlight carburettor 750s. The 750 Laverda is the ‘quintessential’ Laverda twin, according to author Ian Falloon in his ‘Laverda Triples and Twins Bible.’ With 25 years of development between the pair, you might expect great changes between them in terms of power
