What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?

You could have used the ones with the reservoir. Cast in as found on the cheaper Ducati’s, they sort of fit ok with the dashpad
Tom
 
Maintenance time yesterday...: fixed a petrol leak on the 1000 SFC and took it for a short 60km run with my son who accompanied me on his Ducati Monster 695 dark with a neighbor on his BMW "Roadster".

Before, we changed the batterie on the Jota (which was dead after only 17 years... warranty claim not possible I suppose...) and the petrol completely on the 750 S Formula, which first did not want to start. Gas was something like 4 or 5 years old I have to admit...

after that, it ran just fine ;-)
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I would need to halfen my weight to get into that car... It's my son's Miata, the 944 is still in his winter storage. Haven't had time to get the first ride out on it, had to focus on running in the SFC engine first ;-) First 500 almost done, second re-torquing of the head and oil exchange shortly on the todo list (asside of a minor fix to the Jota and another removal of the cylinder of my dad's old 1953 Triumph... oh - and not to forget - the ever pushed back Motoplast project...)
 
Laverdalothar said:
See the stripes on the ground - no parking allowed there anyway I suppose...? ;)
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Parking allowed 30 minutes, time to buy the bread, have a drink in the bistro opposite and go to the post office next to it.
We got the usual irate glances from motorists all alone in their big cars capable of seating 5 adults in comfort at 150 km/h. I hope they'll remember us next time they're stuck in a traffic jam and see bikes filtering through.

Paul
 
Perry said:
But I'm tired dad.
We're all tired son but that head won't clean itself !
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If I could get him to do it his sleep I'd have a huge pile of cleaned up Laverda parts but unfortunately his 23/24 sleep schedule does not leave much time for useful work.
D**n, I wish I were that young again!
 
Dellortoman said:
Are the panniers long enough to fit a baguette?

I know the area well. That boulangerie is on the corner of Grand'place and rue Jules Delaby.
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Yep, rue Jules Delaby in Nomain. It's a dead end with the church at the end. There are a few WW1 war graves in the cemetary next to the the church including some civilians, one of whom a woman, shot by the Germans for intelligence with the enemy. They were accused of sending messages with carrier pigeons. There is a tradition of voyager pigeons around here. We had one stop off in the garden for a rest last year.

As for the baguette, "iconic" French bread, you can get short ones but we hardly ever buy any. It's a daily bread, it doesn't keep until the next day. We buy from this excellent bakery old style organic bread. It keeps for days and is very good.

Paul
 
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