The sound of a Jota..

I followed a 180 Jota for about 7 miles today on the way to work along some
cracking B-roads down through the 'Deverills' (Wilts/Dorset border). Just
like my old Jota I had a few years ago, this one had a 3-1 pipe with
'minimal restrictions'. Ridden pretty enthusaistically (for a 70's
twin-shock dinosaur), the sound of the Jota was simply astounding,
especially as the rider (a 40-50's bloke) was using the *full* rev range in
2nd/3rd gears.
*Must* get myself another one again sometime.

JB

 

Thus spake JB unto the assembled multitudes:

My neighbour's Benelli 900 Sei has similar pipes (6-2) and sounds pretty
mean. That's about all, though

 

Absolutely nothing sounds like a 180 Jota. Except maybe a Suzuki
GSX1100 with one spark plug missing.....

 

<TOG@Toil>; <>; <>
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Agreed.
<opens second pack of Kleenex since this morning. Tries to remember the
exact sound of said Jota...mmmmmm>

JB

 

TOG@Toil, ,

Oh, my. The fucking irony.

LOL!

 

You want a nice Triumph triple you do
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By the time the Doctor has finished with the Trophy ...

 

Like **** I do!
I got shot of a T160V in order to get the cash for my old 180 Jota. I've
never been as happy to sell a bike as that piece of old shite (albeit one of
the nicest looking bikes I'v ever owned). Without question the most fragile
engine I've had.

JB

 

Are you aware of the new Triumphs?

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Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
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He said "nice Triumph triple".

Not "clonky old bilge pump motored monstrosity".

hth
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| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..73025../..16437.../..3180./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR-Visited:83 Pts:1800 Miles:6890

 

.....which nobody appears to see.

 

I think sir should firstly calm down a bit and secondly have a look at
the new Triumph models.
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And then go buy another Laverda. YKIMS.

 

Paging Doc Gonz0...

 

Yours is a four, ya loon!

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Cheers!
Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
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Are you calling my bike a monstrosity?
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Fr Jack
96 Tiger.
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That was a Zane Laverda & they didn't really count. Indeed, some of the
aficionados reckon they're weren't even proper Laverdas[1].

Whatever did happen with his Formula anyway? I was never very sure why
he bought it - it wasn't a 2 smoke...

Bob

[1] Mind you, by their logic a Commando wouldn't qualify as a proper
Norton, so what do they know...

 

AIUI there was a long, tragic nightmare of trenchant unreliability and
expense - a sort of two-wheeled /Bleak House/...

 

Not so much the bike, as the pilot.

<g,d&r>

 

I don't know that. I have vague memories of more lavvies going bang than
trunpets.
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