What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?
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ausbean
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Hi Tom, Phil from Vic here.I fitted Bridgestone bt016, i have wider rims than standard. Rear is 4.25 and the front is 2.5 so tyre sizes are 150/70 rear and 110/80 front. They are not the longest lasting tyres but offer astounding levels of grip wet or dry.
Tom
I know you had the BT016's previously and then you tried something else recently.
Obviously no better and back to the BT's.
Only curious as I need new ones soon.
AndyW
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Refitted my repaired stator to the Mirage which is now charging as it should. Got the charge/Gen light working properly and also fitted an LED headlight replacement bulb: very impressive. The headlight vibrates around quite a lot and I think I'm in need of new silent blocks which support the headlight unit: does anyone still supply those??
Thx
AndyW
Thx
AndyW
Hi Phil. Did try another brand but had big problems with chain clearance. Had to rasp off a lot of the edge of the tyre to get clearance for the chain
. Ended up not liking the fact that I’d removed so much off the tyre so ended up swapping it out for a 140 to get clearance for the chain. That tyre was a Dunlop Roadsmart 4 and the 150 and the 140 were very good tyres, no problems with grip wet or dry. The 150 was a very wide tyre and the chain I’d had fitted at Oro’s in breganze was a heavy duty 530 so was quite wide. Since swapped tha chain out and have done a 520 chain conversion, brilliant change as much lighter and a lot less snatch on gear changes.HTH.s
Tom
. Ended up not liking the fact that I’d removed so much off the tyre so ended up swapping it out for a 140 to get clearance for the chain. That tyre was a Dunlop Roadsmart 4 and the 150 and the 140 were very good tyres, no problems with grip wet or dry. The 150 was a very wide tyre and the chain I’d had fitted at Oro’s in breganze was a heavy duty 530 so was quite wide. Since swapped tha chain out and have done a 520 chain conversion, brilliant change as much lighter and a lot less snatch on gear changes.HTH.sTom
Not normally...
The headlight "ears" are nicely rubber-mounted to the stanchion shrouding tubes, more than ample vibe isolation.
piet
Legs
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- Location
- Adelaide Hills
Try Blackwoods, Regency Park. That's where I got mine.
1 more lesson learnt. I'm so used to my SF2 which of course has the one piece headlight mounts that I naturally put some silent blocks on my 3C. I don't think they'll do any harm.
Paul
Except unnecessarily daze oncoming traffic with the headlight bobbing up and down far more than it needs to.
And it looks terrible...
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Jo
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- Cologne, NRW Germany
What I've learned from raising children: Never ask a question if you can't live with the answer...
It doesn't bob or uncle at all.Except unnecessarily daze oncoming traffic with the headlight bobbing up and down far more than it needs to.
And it looks terrible...
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Paul
AndyW
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I think it might be those nice rubber mounts I’m after… mistakenly thought all rubber mounts were called silent blocks
Do you need them Andy?I think it might be those nice rubber mounts I’m after… mistakenly thought all rubber mounts were called silent blocks
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chrisk
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- Location
- Brisbane, Australia
Been wondering if that’s the Aussie, or German coming out in that statement. Probably both.
Dellortoman
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- Location
- Tasmania, Australia
It looks terrible in any language.
The Sock
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- Location
- London, England
The Sock
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- Location
- London, England
Drove 470 miles, today, to drop the forks off at Maxton's and exhausts for re-chroming, with Malcolm.
Already suffering withdrawal symptoms, knowing I can't ride the bike till the bits are back. Sadly, I don't have spare sets, in stock.
The wait commences,...
Already suffering withdrawal symptoms, knowing I can't ride the bike till the bits are back. Sadly, I don't have spare sets, in stock.
The wait commences,...