What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?

I rode Loïc’s SFC at the Amicale Rally at Archigny in the (mid?) 90ies, to find out that it was a whole quicker than my own SFC. Quite an eye opener it was, I realised work was needed on mine!

Marnix
 
MarnixSFC said:
I rode Loïc’s SFC at the Amicale Rally at Archigny in the (mid?) 90ies, to find out that it was a whole quicker than my own SFC. Quite an eye opener it was, I realised work was needed on mine!

Marnix
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1994 I think. The time I got lost at night on the SFC looking for the campsite and considering sleeping in a ditch by the bike.
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I rode it in 92 at the Amicale rally near home.
It had a 6C cam in it and Loic told me rev it. I did.
Paul
 
After 51 years the SFC wires still looking good.
The gasket on the other hand will require some work to remove.
It's hard as
 

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Can highly recommend a demo saw blade with the saw teeth ground down and then an edge ground onto the end of it for use as a scraper. I also have one made from a large mechanical hacksaw blade, which is twice as wide. Nothing compares to old Honda Four gaskets - at Hartleys I eventually bailed on one and had the cover sent away to have the gasket milled off!! Ended up a lot cheaper than two hours of my labour.
 
piranha-bro2 said:
Can highly recommend a demo saw blade with the saw teeth ground down and then an edge ground onto the end of it for use as a scraper. I also have one made from a large mechanical hacksaw blade, which is twice as wide. Nothing compares to old Honda Four gaskets - at Hartleys I eventually bailed on one and had the cover sent away to have the gasket milled off!! Ended up a lot cheaper than two hours of my labour.
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I use a couple of wood-working chisels as these can be held and guided better than most improvised tools. Care and patience is still needed, some gaskets are a right bastard to remove, grey, black or green... thin remaining slivers are removed with an oil stone.

piet
 
300 km on the SF2 in glorious weather.
I met up with the guys an gals from Dunkirk at the V3 base, or what's left of it at Mimoyecques, between Calais and Boulogne, 140 km from home.

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Then, 60 km of country roads to a restaurant in French Flanders for a 3 course meal. Ideal in a heat wave.

Could one of the Dutch speakers translate the plaque on the small chapel?

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After lunch, 100 km of small roads to home.

Paul
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It is old Dutch/vlaams and has to do with the fishing community, the best translation I could come up with is in French:

Refuge des pécheurs, priez pour nous.

En mémoire/souvenir de Monsieur ....

Et Madame....

sa deuxième épouse (literalement: ménagère/housewife)
 
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