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In 1976, François Knorreck bought a new Laverda 3CL. He immediately started a long
process of modifying it into a racebike, which he campaigned until 1993, when he decided
to build probably the most impressive sidecar ever built.
Francois is a technician in a hospital in Saint-Etienne, France. However, he has golden hands,
and spends all his free time building, tuning, and modifying motorcycles.
Snaefell is the name of a volcano in Iceland, as well as the tallest mountain on the Isle
of Man, and one section of the racecourse
there is known as the Snaefell section.
Francois spent in excess of ten years, 10,000 hours, and about 15,000 Euros, and his work is
absolutely flawless. He designed and built the entire bike from start to finish, using only
his original Laverda motor. The coachwork is all either fiberglass or carbon fiber, and
the frame is all aluminum. He built 63 different molds to build up the glass
coachwork.
Note his personal logo on the dashboard of the rig, a reversed F mated with a K...
