When I traded
in my Strada I had thought about buying a Dart, or the Benelli
Tornado that NLM had tucked away in their storage shed. Instead I
came away with this very abused 1976 Sport fresh in from Italy. On
close inspection, it was much nastier than the picture implies, but
disc braked, wire wheel bikes are rare.
I was
originally just intending to build a fairly standard Sport with a
slightly tuned engine, but plans have a habit of changing. Whilst on
another trip up to NLM to pick up some spares I spied a Valentini
seat/tailpiece on a dust high shelf in their. Having thought about it
for a while, I bought the tailpiece for a very reasonable sum (very
old price tag on it!) and decided to build a Valentini replica.
Bodywork
The frame
turned out to be cracked and the engine mounting were badly worn, so
I used one from an early Strada.
Forks
Wheels
Engine
Exhaust
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