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

sorry to report Chris78jota bu Paul is both teetotal and a non smoker, he indulged in the past, but that was a long time ago, thank goodness, his pipe was about 1.5kilowatt and should have been harnessed to a generator. he has had surgery and is home (so is his bike) and getting better, who wouldnt if YOU had a Corrine to look after you, they are in very high demand and short supply.
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Today I rode my '78 1200 away from my house and back to it, three times! This is a very happy day for me as the previous two times I’ve ridden it away from my house its come back on a trailer.
Many, many, many thanks to Andy Bartlett for sorting the carbs and ignition out, and generally fettling it into a reliable, running bike.
Now it’s time to start tidying it up 😀
 
Today I rode my '78 1200 away from my house and back to it, three times! This is a very happy day for me as the previous two times I’ve ridden it away from my house its come back on a trailer.
Many, many, many thanks to Andy Bartlett for sorting the carbs and ignition out, and generally fettling it into a reliable, running bike.
Now it’s time to start tidying it up 😀
Nice work! I hope you learned a lot from the experience, my Lav has taught me a lot about carbs that I never thought I needed to know, particularly the need to keep fettling 😉
 
Just been spinning my wheels this afternoon.

Not entirely happy with the results but it netted 70.5hp and 52ish tq at the rear wheel. Stock Carbs, Stock Jetting, Stock Ignition. Carbs need to be sorted and cleaned over the winter, new plugs and likely a new ignition.

I gotta at least pull my Dad's S2 Mille. ;) (77hp/62tq)

Did the all gear pull to check the main was happy...... Getting a clean ignition input for rpm (torque) is challenging.

We were only spinning it up to 7k rpm...... I'm going to work out some pistons speeds this eve.

Cheers

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I took my bike to Manston Airfield a couple of weeks ago, while the motor is fresh. Didny set the world alight, consistent qtr mile times of 11.7 which is 0.7 secs slower than my best. I'll have to wait for a tail wind .

This weekend I was at Cadwell Park trackday. The bike is much better at this stuff. I paid for instruction which I will do again, the value against cost can't be beaten.

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