1980 Other Makes on 2040-motos

1980 Laverda 1200 Ceriani,Marzocchi,Brembo,Dellorto 4C cams,Voxbell's excellent original condition needs engine. I purchased it in 1987 at the time the mileage was ~20K but instruments were damaged and not mounted or connected, I rebuilt them with donor Honda 750 internals and covers so the faceplates do not match and actual mileage is unknown it also came with factory rearsets,clipons and an open exhaust. While warming it up one morning in my driveway on my way to work with choke on @fast idle the engine made a loud noise then died unexpectedly spinning down like I turned it off? after a few basic checks I drained the oil and found it contained the cam chain masterlink plate & the spring clip which had broken into 2 pieces, I purchased a new HD chain from MotionInd and installed it but immediately had difficulty setting the free play and it appeared improper adjustments in the past had egged the lower drive gear causing the free play to change as the engine was rotated. The compression test showed normal in outer cyls but indicated 0 in the middle so I brought center cylinder to TDC firing and injected compressed air into the spark plug hole to see which valve was bent, surprisingly it came out thru the lower cam chain guide opening in the bottom of the engine cases so the middle piston was punctured or ventilated by a valve when the chain came apart and it has been parked since. The chain case included was swapped from a older 1000 and has been welded and the starter was also swapped (case cracked welded) see pictures. Non stock items include the 3-1 exhaust which I built myself using a Large Muzzy slipon,the Alum blinker stalks with BMW blinker heads and the Magura throttle and kill button (for the starter) comes with 1 set of(3)keys for the ignition the seat and fork. listed locally so I reserve the right to end the auction at any time will help with shipping  

The engine number 2147 puts it in the middle of the run of engines from Laverda in 1979 and 1980 produced with "bad" center crank bearings For the engine numbers affected please see laverdamania.net/technical.htm scroll down to the fourth topic heading, titled "Bearings" you will see 

1200:From the serial number 1519 to 1566

     From the serial number 1833 to 2533