What to look out for

Laverda triples were well designed and built by Seventies Italian superbike standards, and even the tuned Jota was generally reliable. “It’s a very robust design – over-engineered, with a massive crank and), who supplied the test bike. Early models had problems with ignitions and cracking cylinder heads, and a 1979 crankshaft bearing update triggered a spate of engine failures, but most of these problems were sorted out decades ago.