What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?
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piranha-bro2
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Don't forget to put the 5th gear engagement ring the right way around 
Seen that done before.
Seen that done before.
I know about that one.Don't forget to put the 5th gear engagement ring the right way around
Paul
Crank back in the bottom case. I wasn't expecting to see that one again when I put it in first time around.
The fireman's hose had got to the centre mains. The rh bearing was rusted solid, the lh one was externally rusted. Both changed by Mr Nairn along with 6 big end rollers.
The carbs had come off the head during the fire and water obviously got in via the inlets.
Paul
The fireman's hose had got to the centre mains. The rh bearing was rusted solid, the lh one was externally rusted. Both changed by Mr Nairn along with 6 big end rollers.
The carbs had come off the head during the fire and water obviously got in via the inlets.
Paul
Exmoor beast
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I have to admire your determination- I have built hundreds of different engines but that’s so very different to rebuilding the same engine after what that one’s been through. You’re a better man than me Gunga Din. Sorry to tell you, the carbs have had it..
Flattery will get you no where.
I'm sure some bits are salvageable on the carbs. Every little bit helps.
( It's ironic that 1 week before the bike burnt, I bought a set of carbs. They were going for €150 and I though "you never know, they could come in handy.")
Paul
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Eurocycleguy
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Not flattery just the facts. Looks like OR Paul.
Eco
Et voilà.
Bottom end of the 3C buttoned up.
Note the drilling from the primary into the gearbox to get a bit more oil to the clutch. The clutch discs came out as a solid lump a year ago when I dismantled the bike and I still haven't pried them apart.
Next step will be cleaning up the pistons. They only have a few hours use on them but the rings are a bit stuck by burnt oil.
Paul
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Et voilà.
Bottom end of the 3C buttoned up.
Note the drilling from the primary into the gearbox to get a bit more oil to the clutch. The clutch discs came out as a solid lump a year ago when I dismantled the bike and I still haven't pried them apart.
Next step will be cleaning up the pistons. They only have a few hours use on them but the rings are a bit stuck by burnt oil.
Paul
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The Sock
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Went to a lunchtime pub meet in the Midlands, with a couple of hundred other Laverda Owners.
piranha-bro2
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An hour or two gone into those triple specials!!
Dellortoman
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I think you should have used nuts on the studs. It's difficult to get the correct torque with buttons.
Buttons are easier though if it needs a quick pee.
Paul
Corinne and I were out into French Flanders yesterday with 3 female friends of ours.
I took the S which hadn't run since my son took it out for 3 days in May. Corinne took her 500, all cleaned up at last with a complete new exhaust thanks to Alberto Pastorelli. The S started by breaking a clutch cable 20 km from home pulling into a petrol station. Luckily, I always have a new cable strapped to the old one so just the ends to hook up. It's still a 1 hour job without an extended lever of some sort engine side.
That done, we set off into Belgian Flanders on the small country roads and then back into France to our goal, the small town of Cassel on top of its hill. After a picnic lunch, we visited an expo of the Dutch painter Nicolas Eeckman in the small local museum.
Then an ice cream before each going our own way.
Riding the smaller roads of France in August is great. The locals are all off on holiday further South, as are most of the foreigners. In Cassel, you could mostly hear Flemish or Dutch spoken, and a bit of English.
Paul
I took the S which hadn't run since my son took it out for 3 days in May. Corinne took her 500, all cleaned up at last with a complete new exhaust thanks to Alberto Pastorelli. The S started by breaking a clutch cable 20 km from home pulling into a petrol station. Luckily, I always have a new cable strapped to the old one so just the ends to hook up. It's still a 1 hour job without an extended lever of some sort engine side.
That done, we set off into Belgian Flanders on the small country roads and then back into France to our goal, the small town of Cassel on top of its hill. After a picnic lunch, we visited an expo of the Dutch painter Nicolas Eeckman in the small local museum.
Then an ice cream before each going our own way.
Riding the smaller roads of France in August is great. The locals are all off on holiday further South, as are most of the foreigners. In Cassel, you could mostly hear Flemish or Dutch spoken, and a bit of English.
Paul
Yes.You have a ninja turtle vest Paul ?
Polo
Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond
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Took my Corsa out and ran into a few friends 
great to see so many 
great to see so many
Exmoor beast
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Paul - you have frogs legs!
The Sock
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I thought they'd been broken.