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Cycle News 1986 04 23

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-. . ... - .: -. . _invented a .variabl ]'3ke principle I have to p oint o ut that Lav erda of Breganze, Ital y holds a patent on varia ble fork ra ke. T he Laverda system was in prod uction Cor about five yea rs on their m id -1970's excell ent 250 dua l-purpose model. In addition, some months ago one of yo ur advertisers was offering C r o 'sale "a new patent adjustable ha ndlebar. " T he ha ndlebar depicted was a virtual copy of handlebars patented by Laverda in 1974 which is still in pro duction to this dav , Fina lly, h ere at Laverda we believe it is inevitable that it will only be a m att er of time before someone "inven ts" the fuel filli ng arrangement a n d th e parented 360 0 foot rest adjustme nt that have bee n in prod uction at Brega n ze since 1981 on the looocc models. " I~ ~ ~t l ~ JI \ [1\ ~ I -,~ 1, ~!~ NATIONAL - America's weekly motorcycle newspaper ..... .... 0..

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