RGS1000RGS
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I had been thinking of doing that with magnets, on my Gpz900r. It looks like I will be now.
What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?
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Banker-Laverda
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- Copenhagen Denmark
Got my crankcase back from a specialist who have repaired the thread for the oil drain screw professionally.Got my crankcase back from SFC Vintage who have repaired the sump plug thread.
Unfortunately, the solution does not work. The inserted bush slides in the crankcase when I tighten to just 10NM, so I must have it done properly, that is, have the sump plug hole welded and have a new hole and thread made by someone who can fix it.
Learning: Go to the right specialist from the start and avoid paying for the same repair twice
The pressed-in bushing - which was pressed 5 mm into the crankcase and could not do the job - has been replaced with an inside and outside welded aluminum bushing.
All other threads were at the same time reviewed/renewed.
All done for an absolutely fair price.
Money well spend
..this time…
31°C.
Visited Saint Mihiel in the Meuse again to see the Ligier Richier sculptures and after lunch we rode up to Hattonchatel on the Saint Mihiel salient that was liberated after 4 years of German occupation in September 1918 thanks to American troops. With Saint Mihiel the Germans controlled rail road and river transport in the Meuse valley. An American lady by the name of Miss Skinner invested 1 million US $ in the 20s to renovate the castle and a few buildings in the village.
Very warm, nobody on the road as is only possible in rural France.
Paul
Visited Saint Mihiel in the Meuse again to see the Ligier Richier sculptures and after lunch we rode up to Hattonchatel on the Saint Mihiel salient that was liberated after 4 years of German occupation in September 1918 thanks to American troops. With Saint Mihiel the Germans controlled rail road and river transport in the Meuse valley. An American lady by the name of Miss Skinner invested 1 million US $ in the 20s to renovate the castle and a few buildings in the village.
Very warm, nobody on the road as is only possible in rural France.
Paul
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Robin Webster
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- Silverstone
Can I swear excessively on here? Boy I feel like it.
Bought a 3C early May and restored it and worked through its problems over six or seven weeks. Neighbour moaning over the fence about noise of angle grinder and compressor - PISS OFF BACK TO WORK AND WORK IN AN OFFICE!
Any way after a few delays and hydrolock and other problems I’ve only ridden it a few times on the odd 10 mile run.
Today I decided to go on a longer run to a bike shop but the bike would not start. Put it on charge and the fuse went on the charger, sorted that and waisted some time cleaning the spiders off the window frames outside.
Fired it up and the BLOODY SH*#T side stand flipped up and as I tried to catch the heavy pig I ripped my new jeans and put a hole in my knee. Had to get my daughter to help me pick it up - bloody boat anchor!
Quickly put my helmet on and was determined to get out on a ride. 10 miles in pop pop lurch bang dead engine and coast into a village with a nice coffee shop. Wait three hours for my wife to get to me after her work, she and my daughter wait with the bike and I take her car home and assemble my bike trailer and head back to where the bike was.
Load up and back on to the dual carriageway and BANG - a tyre let’s go on the trailer, limp into a Tesco. Wait for the AA for two hours and give up, drove slowly through the town and dropped the bike off at a stable yard my daughter knows, collapsed the trailer into the boot of the car and got home at 9 pm.
Anybody want to buy a recently restored 3C, there’s spark and fuel?
Bought a 3C early May and restored it and worked through its problems over six or seven weeks. Neighbour moaning over the fence about noise of angle grinder and compressor - PISS OFF BACK TO WORK AND WORK IN AN OFFICE!
Any way after a few delays and hydrolock and other problems I’ve only ridden it a few times on the odd 10 mile run.
Today I decided to go on a longer run to a bike shop but the bike would not start. Put it on charge and the fuse went on the charger, sorted that and waisted some time cleaning the spiders off the window frames outside.
Fired it up and the BLOODY SH*#T side stand flipped up and as I tried to catch the heavy pig I ripped my new jeans and put a hole in my knee. Had to get my daughter to help me pick it up - bloody boat anchor!
Quickly put my helmet on and was determined to get out on a ride. 10 miles in pop pop lurch bang dead engine and coast into a village with a nice coffee shop. Wait three hours for my wife to get to me after her work, she and my daughter wait with the bike and I take her car home and assemble my bike trailer and head back to where the bike was.
Load up and back on to the dual carriageway and BANG - a tyre let’s go on the trailer, limp into a Tesco. Wait for the AA for two hours and give up, drove slowly through the town and dropped the bike off at a stable yard my daughter knows, collapsed the trailer into the boot of the car and got home at 9 pm.
Anybody want to buy a recently restored 3C, there’s spark and fuel?
Laverda1000.de
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- Haßberge, Germany
Got TÜV for the drummer. It's a total breeze nowadays. Decades back the greycoats would make your life hell. Measure the distance between turn signals and the distance of the license plate to the ground and check for non certified air in the tires. Denied certification on a friends Guzzi V7 sport because the Borrani rims said "Cross" which means the spoke pattern but was proof to the inspector that they were illegally taken from a moto cross bike. Nowadays it's: "Oh, that is old. Is it original?" "Sure." "Okay. Do your lights work?" "Sure." "Is that a right shift pattern?" "Sure." "My hip is acting up, unfortunately I have to skip the test ride. here you go, Sir." "Thanks!"
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
Very encouraging to hear that common sense has begun to creep in to your MOT bureaucracy. Some of that shit the V7 man had to endure!!! I'd be tempted to torch the bloody joint!
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
Shyza Robin! that's what you call a bad day out on the bike! I'm sure there's some simple fix around the corner for the triple. It took me a week to get the SFQ to finally start after a decade of work to build it. It was a ridiculously simple problem in the end.
Laverda1000.de
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I would assume it's not common sense but total lack of competence....Very encouraging to hear that common sense has begun to creep in to your MOT bureaucracy. Some of that shit the V7 man had to endure!!! I'd be tempted to torch the bloody joint!
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
Failing a bike because it has 'cross' written on the rim? That's ignorance, incompetence - and a total lack of common sense!!
Eurocycleguy
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- Chicagoland-USA
Nah, I don't have a trailer.
Denied certification on a friends Guzzi V7 sport because the Borrani rims said "Cross" which means the spoke pattern but was proof to the inspector that they were illegally taken from a moto cross bike.
Reinforced Borrani rims for Motocross use did indeed carry a "CROSS" stamp! Front rim of my 250 Chott. These rims are considerably stronger, and heavier, than the cooking "Record" type.
So, it's basically a "yes" and "no". Doing his job on the one hand, ignoring the possibly superior quality on the other...
But yes, things are improving, especially regarding older bikes. Mainly because the TÜV now has stiff competition in the form of various other test and certification organisations.
piet
Reinforced Borrani rims for Motocross use did indeed carry a "CROSS" stamp! Front rim of my 250 Chott. These rims are considerably stronger, and heavier, than the cooking "Record" type.
So, it's basically a "yes" and "no". Doing his job on the one hand, ignoring the possibly superior quality on the other...
But yes, things are improving, especially regarding older bikes. Mainly because the TÜV now has stiff competition in the form of various other test and certification organisations.
piet
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Laverda1000.de
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- Haßberge, Germany
Those rims were fitted to the V7 Sport at the factory - so no and no.
Andy J
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- Isle of Man
I guess you’re pitching for the broken conrod award, and have a good chance with all that little lot of misfortune. Probably trumps my attempted impailment on the “Japanese” FI foot peg.
Exmoor beast
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- Minehead,Somerset, ENGLAND OF COURSE
Took my Laverda and the scooter to my village fete - postman mate of mine put fliers through doors of locals with old bikes, we had 73 bikes turn up! I can’t believe all these bikes live within a couple of miles of me- bloke down the road has the Blue Nuovo Falcone didn’t know I had one. I was speaking to people that had between five and fifty bikes each, quite how many old bikes are tucked away in garages is anyone’s guess. Might have a stand alone bike show off the back of this.
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Robin Webster
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- Silverstone
Oh, in the past I’ve done motorcycle impalement. At 17 I was in the final for the Kawasaki KH400 Scholarship, a seasons racing as a novice for free. Got a false neutral because of the gear linkage going into Old Hall and went down. Put the brake leaver through my left calf and was on crutches for six months.
Andy J
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Jo
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- Cologne, NRW Germany
Robin Webster
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- Silverstone