BlackJota
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- Sunshine Coast Australia
Out and About on your Laverda.No bull,Just photos
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a14rgs
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- Location
- Wiltshire, UK
RGS out for a whirl on Saturday 
a14rgs
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- Location
- Wiltshire, UK
1200's turn yesterday
hooksey
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- Location
- Vic , Australia
Good lookin Jam on both bikes Al 
No pics, but went out on the SF yesterday. Nice riding weather. October sunshine - sat outside at biker friendly cafe - v nice. Highlight was overhearing a bloke at the next table telling his young son (10 ish) that of all the bikes out front that he would choose 'that lovely old silver one'.
On the way out I stopped next to their table and beckoned the little kid over, to twist the throttle. He did (rather too much) and got a big shock from the noise, he did it again (less aggressively) and got so excited he was jumping up and down. Big smile from his dad, I guess that now means he has a fellow little campaigner able to convince his wife a bike is needed in their garage.
On the way out I stopped next to their table and beckoned the little kid over, to twist the throttle. He did (rather too much) and got a big shock from the noise, he did it again (less aggressively) and got so excited he was jumping up and down. Big smile from his dad, I guess that now means he has a fellow little campaigner able to convince his wife a bike is needed in their garage.
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And maybe the kid will keep a Laverda on the road someday.No pics, but went out on the SF yesterday. Nice riding weather. October sunshine - sat outside at biker friendly cafe - v nice. Highlight was overhearing a bloke at the next table telling his young son (10 ish) that of all the bikes out front that he would choose 'that lovely old silver one'.
One the way out I stopped next to their table and beckoned the little kid over, to twist the throttle. He did (rather too much) and got a big shock from the noise, he did it again (less aggressively) and got so excited he was jumping up and down. Big smile from his dad, I guess that now means he has a fellow little campaigner able to convince his wife a bike is needed in their garage.
Paul
Jo
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- Location
- Cologne, NRW Germany
No pics, but went out on the SF yesterday. Nice riding weather. October sunshine - sat outside at biker friendly cafe - v nice. Highlight was overhearing a bloke at the next table telling his young son (10 ish) that of all the bikes out front that he would choose 'that lovely old silver one'.
On the way out I stopped next to their table and beckoned the little kid over, to twist the throttle. He did (rather too much) and got a big shock from the noise, he did it again (less aggressively) and got so excited he was jumping up and down. Big smile from his dad, I guess that now means he has a fellow little campaigner able to convince his wife a bike is needed in their garage.
You may have planted a good seed ...
henrywillms
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- Location
- Canada
Weather still warm enough for a ride. These pics are from the town next to me, Gimli Manitoba Canada. It was founded by Icelanders who think being Vikings sounds more manly. The only thing Vikings and Laverda riders have in common are helmets. Gimli is on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, the worlds tenth largest lake, and some of the Vikings make their living commercial fishing. Boats are starting to come out of the water now and in a month or two ice fishing will begin.
chrisk
Hero member
- Location
- Brisbane, Australia
Henry, what fish are these Vikings catching in Lake Winnipeg and is the lake fresh or salt water?
helicopterjim
Hero member
- Location
- near Lone Butte, BC, Canada
Perch, Pike, Walleye and Whitefish in the fresh waters of Lake Winterpeg.
Gimli is also famous for the Gimli Glider ........ a 767 that ran out of fuel due to early attempts at metric conversion in Canada. Flamed out first engine at 41,000 feet and second at 35,000 feet. They didn't think they could make it to Winnipeg so the picked the old RCAF airport at Gimli. The pilot flew gliders in his spare time so as he had limited drag reduction available he flew cross-controlled on the approach to bleed of speed and height. made a successful landing but landed on the part of the airport that was converted to a drag strip. Hard braking and an armco barrier caused the nosewheel to collapse so the got down successfully with minimal injuries. The plane was later repaired and flown out and later continued in service for another 25 years.
Gimli is also famous for the Gimli Glider ........ a 767 that ran out of fuel due to early attempts at metric conversion in Canada. Flamed out first engine at 41,000 feet and second at 35,000 feet. They didn't think they could make it to Winnipeg so the picked the old RCAF airport at Gimli. The pilot flew gliders in his spare time so as he had limited drag reduction available he flew cross-controlled on the approach to bleed of speed and height. made a successful landing but landed on the part of the airport that was converted to a drag strip. Hard braking and an armco barrier caused the nosewheel to collapse so the got down successfully with minimal injuries. The plane was later repaired and flown out and later continued in service for another 25 years.
Laverda SF
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Jim: Did you ever have to Gimli to PASS your Helo-Pilot courses ?
henrywillms
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- Location
- Canada
Anglers catch what Jim listed. The commercial fishermen are mostly after Walleye....big market in the US. Its freshwater...it drains a huge part of Canada and nortern USA, empties into Hudson Bay which is part of the Arctic Ocean.
chrisk
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- Location
- Brisbane, Australia
Handy having a commercial pilot that flys gliders then
piranha-bro2
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- Location
- Melbourne
I reckon I saw that one on Air Crash Investigation. Love that show - my kids laugh at me for it.
chrisk
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- Location
- Brisbane, Australia
I don’t, can’t stand the repeated repeating.
June 2019 MH320 heading to LAX crashed into a snow top mountain killing all onboard
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June 2019 MH320 heading to LAX crashed into a snow top mountain killing all onboard
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June 2019 MH320 heading to LAX crashed into a snow top mountain killing all onboard
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MH320 heading to LAX crashed into a snow top mountain killing all onboard
…… if ya told me once, ya told me a thousand times….. in one fucken show!
helicopterjim
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- Location
- near Lone Butte, BC, Canada
Never for real but practice many hundreds of times. No cross controlling required and if done correctly very little forward movement left when you touch down!
Jim
you might have to explain that one to me ... wouldn't you grab a whole pile of collective to arrest the rate of decent in the last few seconds?
helicopterjim
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- near Lone Butte, BC, Canada
Exactly the point ........ using collective arrest the speed and allows a (hopefully) suitable rate of descent at the end to land smoothly with minimal forward speed.
Too early and you bleed off that kinetic energy and will have a hard landing or at least considerable forward speed which isn't great for skidding over eneven ground.
Too late and you may just sink through and hit the ground hard.
Always best to do it right.
Jim
Too early and you bleed off that kinetic energy and will have a hard landing or at least considerable forward speed which isn't great for skidding over eneven ground.
Too late and you may just sink through and hit the ground hard.
Always best to do it right.
Jim
Correct me if I'm wrong Jim but wasn't the 767 also one of the first jet airliners to have a somewhat useable glide ratio, instead of dropping like a stone if it lost thrust?
Stu
helicopterjim
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- near Lone Butte, BC, Canada
Quite possibly one with much improved glide but older models I doubt were as horrible as a stone. They all were capable of distance flown at the right speed.
Jim
Jim