A legendary INTERLUDE

I had been waiting for years to ride one of these fabled I beasts and suddenly had the I chance to grasp an unfulfilled dream by the short and curlies. We all know the tales of those who’ve spent every bit of their disposable income on these machines; owners forced into poverty but elevated to riding riches when they took on a legendary Laverda Jota.

Back in the 1970s, some joined-up thinking from two genius minds provided British riders with an Italian steed built for extreme speed exhilaration on the road. Starting with developing the performance of the 3CE, through racetrack success with PK Davies in the Avon production series, and with plenty of dogged enthusiasm, the Slater brothers produced an icon that stretched across the biking world. So it says in the book by John Nutting, my go-to bible of dreams and top speeds. I’ve experienced ten of the