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

yeah rob- jota nearly finished(was heading nth for wiring this weekend but been a bit of rain here)got a front hub:rolleyes:
 
Trying to get ready for end of April and cool enough in the shed combining with a few days off work. Forks with Racetech emulators, adaptors, and new springs sorted yesterday. Today the wiring was commenced. I need a fog lamp in the brain now, thinking of that birds nest inside the headlamp.
 
Put a pair of Bridgestone BT106’s on the Jota,also treated it to anew rear sprocket. Cleaned everything up and bolted it all back together.😀👍Should be good to go for the run to Queensland at the end of the month😀👍
Tom
 
Wiring wiring wiring. Only came to a halt when I went to mount the instruments and the mounting spectacles broke, straight across the middle of the centre mounting hole. Checked availability, min of AUD$150 delivered from the usual suspects in Urup. Figuredthat at worst this is what it was going to cost so fired up the old arc welder, clamped on a suitable washer and welded the bastards together. Lined up well, ground off the xs weld and painted it black. You won't see the crappy weld under the mount anyway. Getting closer...
 
Davo said:
Wiring wiring wiring. Only came to a halt when I went to mount the instruments and the mounting spectacles broke, straight across the middle of the centre mounting hole. Checked availability, min of AUD$150 delivered from the usual suspects in Urup. Figuredthat at worst this is what it was going to cost so fired up the old arc welder, clamped on a suitable washer and welded the bastards together. Lined up well, ground off the xs weld and painted it black. You won't see the crappy weld under the mount anyway. Getting closer...
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Definitely the way to go - no point buying another cos it will break too.
 
Davo said:
Wiring wiring wiring. Only came to a halt when I went to mount the instruments and the mounting spectacles broke, straight across the middle of the centre mounting hole. Checked availability, min of AUD$150 delivered from the usual suspects in Urup. Figuredthat at worst this is what it was going to cost so fired up the old arc welder, clamped on a suitable washer and welded the bastards together. Lined up well, ground off the xs weld and painted it black. You won't see the crappy weld under the mount anyway. Getting closer...
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Back in the '70s, everyone I knew of's broke across that joint, mine within a year.
Welding a washer onto it was standard.
I did and it's been fine for forty-four years now.
 
Davo said:
I went to mount the instruments and the mounting spectacles broke, straight across the middle of the centre mounting hole.
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A lot of them break there eventually. Mine did. It's a rubbish design with a dirty great hole right at the point of maximum stress. No point spending a heap of money on a new one because it'll have the same lousy design issue.

Like you, I welded mine together, but I also strengthened that weak spot by welding a brace across the middle between the two bands. The brace sits in behind the front piece of the cast alloy bracket so you can't see it when the whole thing is assembled. Being hidden, it shouldn't cause too much distress to rivet counters. The whole mounting is now a lot stronger and the instruments don't droop like they did before it broke.

I did the attached drawing in case others want to do something similar.
Re the photo: I didn't realise it looked so shitty underneath. I probably should take it off again and re-paint it.
 

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Rear is 150/70 and front is 110/80 I think Bruce. Readily available and a great sports type for our old dungers😂 Just don’t expect to get huge mileage out of them😀.
Tom
 
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