Laverda Formula 650

EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS HIGH SPEC SUPERB HANDLING RARE ITALIAN SUPERBIKE.
UPRATED FORMULA VERSION OF THE SPORT AND ONLY PRODUCED IN FACTORY BLACK.
ULTRA LOW MILEAGE IN FACTORY ORIGINAL SPEC.
The bike is powered by the Sport's fuel-injected. DOHC eight-valve parallel twin engine. n Formula guise the engine gets an uprated. nine-plate clutch. plus carbon-wrapped silencers. The Weber-Marelli fuel-injection system fitted with a Stage 2 EPROM chip. which gives added midrange power. Much of the 650 Sport's chassis is retained. including the twin-spar aluminum frame. multi-adjustable suspension parts from Dutch firm WP. and 17-inch Marchesini wheels. The Formula differs in that its front brake set-up. consisting of 320mm discs and four-piston Brembo calipers. is uprated with fully-floating rotors and a Brembo racing master cylinder. The new bike's front mudguard and footrest shields are carbon-fibre. and its fairing is hand-made in fibreglass modifications that combine to save a few kilos from the Sport's 396lb dry weight.