Out and About on your Laverda.No bull,Just photos

I was an Angel of Death in a rather avant-garde German opera - Boulevard Solitude. Of course you haven’t heard of it! About 1977 for a guess. Had to push over a chainlink fence onto a posse of dancing schoolgirls. Don’t think you’d get away with that these days.
 
No photo from me but Hooksey has done the deed! Attended the Vic Lav Club monthly last night on the SFQ for the first time sonce last November. Bike purring, but on departure I started her up no drama but a spit back (very cold evening, no choke on the FCRs) and stall resulted in a starter button that did nothing but create a lot of whirring noise down below. Dumbstruck that I could have broken yet another woodruff key and thrown the starter freehweel off the taper for the 3rd time in two weeks we (Hooksey and two other club members who were luckily still there!) pulled the starter cover off and lo and behold, there's a broken starter chain!! It's actually a used genuine Regina triple cam chain that's been used since my Perth days 40 years ago. That's a serious kick back from the motor!!

Two attempts on a 3rd gear push start on the slightly downhill hotel carpark and I JUST managed to get it alive. Rode home without drama. Thanks Hooksey!! No way I can push start that beast on me lonesome. Other than that, no more ugly noises from the motor.
 
I think it was kickback on attempted starts that killed the SFC triple the Editor of Two Wheels owned. It broke it's Starter Clutch and he couldn't get a replacement. It was put down to Lower battery charging.
 
My motor had already started, Vince. Pretty sure it's just a lean condition on the FCRs after a dead cold start - the accel pump that i operate via a thumb lever gets it going, then it just needs to warm up and it's fine, ticking over like a clock. Totally impossible to start without the accel pump on a cold motor, even on a hot summer's day. It's what foiled me when I first tried to start the SFQ back in May last year.

It takes several minutes of riding before the idle settles once hot.
 
Q did you say your FCR carbs don't have a choke, some crazy info on that subject. Some on downdraft are not relevant.

www.advrider.com

Chokes for FCR's

so seeking any constructive advice or ideas two options I am considering : 1. butterfly chokes in velocity stacks ( not the best but plausibly...
www.advrider.com www.advrider.com
 
piranha-bro2 said:
No photo from me but Hooksey has done the deed! Attended the Vic Lav Club monthly last night on the SFQ for the first time sonce last November. Bike purring, but on departure I started her up no drama but a spit back (very cold evening, no choke on the FCRs) and stall resulted in a starter button that did nothing but create a lot of whirring noise down below. Dumbstruck that I could have broken yet another woodruff key and thrown the starter freehweel off the taper for the 3rd time in two weeks we (Hooksey and two other club members who were luckily still there!) pulled the starter cover off and lo and behold, there's a broken starter chain!! It's actually a used genuine Regina triple cam chain that's been used since my Perth days 40 years ago. That's a serious kick back from the motor!!

Two attempts on a 3rd gear push start on the slightly downhill hotel carpark and I JUST managed to get it alive. Rode home without drama. Thanks Hooksey!! No way I can push start that beast on me lonesome. Other than that, no more ugly noises from the motor.
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Has your bike got a 270 crank or 360?
 
Vince said:
Q did you say your FCR carbs don't have a choke, some crazy info on that subject. Some on downdraft are not relevant.

www.advrider.com

Chokes for FCR's

so seeking any constructive advice or ideas two options I am considering : 1. butterfly chokes in velocity stacks ( not the best but plausibly...
www.advrider.com www.advrider.com
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That's some crazy shize alright Vince. Are these guys trying to start KTMs on FCRs?

Mine starts very easily with 6-8 squirts of the accel pump while holding the throttle open to clear the run from the nozzle past the slides, then closed throttle hit the start button. I've cured the low throttle stutter by fitting leaner root diameter needles and bigger slow fuel jets - might be why it's a tad lean and kicking back. I think the secret to eliminating it is to keep the revs higher for a few seconds once it fires. I'll be experimenting. Don't want to have to deal with the ramifications of the big kickback.
 
piranha-bro2 said:
That's some crazy shize alright Vince. Are these guys trying to start KTMs on FCRs?

Mine starts very easily with 6-8 squirts of the accel pump while holding the throttle open to clear the run from the nozzle past the slides, then closed throttle hit the start button. I've cured the low throttle stutter by fitting leaner root diameter needles and bigger slow fuel jets - might be why it's a tad lean and kicking back. I think the secret to eliminating it is to keep the revs higher for a few seconds once it fires. I'll be experimenting. Don't want to have to deal with the ramifications of the big kickback.
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Hopefully nothing to do with the ignition..?
 
Another excuse for a shakedown ride - had to get my Club Permit rego form signed by the Rusty Nuts official out in Lilydale. A pleasant 110km with a detour up to the Sugarloaf Dam. My paranoia is slowly easing - not one weirdo noise and no broken starter chains or woodruff keys!!
 

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