Building my Jota

Looks great!

Note - those Tomaselli clipons are well known for cracking in the receiver side of the taper.  Maybe they have resolved the issue, but I consider them unsafe and consign them to the bin when I find them on a bike.  Your mileage may vary! :)
 
breganzane said:
Looks great!

Note - those Tomaselli clipons are well known for cracking in the receiver side of the taper.  Maybe they have resolved the issue, but I consider them unsafe and consign them to the bin when I find them on a bike.  Your mileage may vary! :)
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Had a set of Tomasellis that did the same. Never used adjustable clipons since. Luckily I had a set of solid ally Maguras in stock that's now been on the bike for 35 years.
I brought the Tomasellis when I built the Motodd and they didn't last more than 6 months.
 
motoddrob said:
Had a set of Tomasellis that did the same. Never used adjustable clipons since. Luckily I had a set of solid ally Maguras in stock that's now been on the bike for 35 years.
I brought the Tomasellis when I built the Motodd and they didn't last more than 6 months.
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I will keep an eye on them and see how I go... certainly they will be checked frequently.
 
Vince said:
What size rear rim and tyre. I don't recognize the ruber. Watch those exhaust studs, they bite frames.
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The  tires  are Michelin Pilot Activ's, I have never ridden on these, but there is a lot of chat about them on the forum with the Aussie boys that I thought I would try them out.,rear tire is 130/80-18, the front is 110/80-18.

The rims are Morad/Akront I didnt feel like I had to be to traditional and go the Borrani route... I have original Akronts on my Norton Domi racer, and really like them, so I wanted to carry that on with the Jota. The hubs and lacing were done for me by a mate over lock down in March.... something had to be done with his time !

 
sideshow said:
I will keep an eye on them and see how I go... certainly they will be checked frequently.
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Sure there's alot of them in use and mostly trouble free. You'll know when they crack, clip on moves a little too freely :o
Mine were purchased back in the mid 80s so probably not the same. Mine had a taper fit tightened via m8 cap screw.
Over tighten and the ally taper will crack. Probably what I did.
 
motoddrob said:
Sure there's alot of them in use and mostly trouble free. You'll know when they crack, clip on moves a little too freely :o
Mine were purchased back in the mid 80s so probably not the same. Mine had a taper fit tightened via m8 cap screw.
Over tighten and the ally taper will crack. Probably what I did.
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they have change a little now, But if they do show signs of cracking, I will  do a cad drawing machine new bits up from solid billet, Im pretty sure the existing ones ar cast, and the shadow under the casting mark in my photo that night was what looked like the crack.

Later today Im hoping to actually sit on the bike and get the clip on height right for me, which means it will be probably fast steering, with the way my fairing is set up... probably not as tender as the Norton... but with the flexibility of these clip ons I should be able to find something in between.
 
LJ-2 said:
Loving the hardware, not so keen on the SFC bodywork generally,but it will be a stunner Todd.
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Thanks... its a fun project doing the hardware side of things and designing parts, printing them and then machining the simple ones myself, or having the technical ones machine for me. I just love that fairing.... but I know there are an awful lot of them out there too... then I see the one from Julians race bike build and I think Im not creative enough, I think his one is insanely freakin cool, and practical

I picked up this fairing for 100 bucks  for one of my 750 projects... it will make a good plug to take a mould off for a carbon one, and i will look at how to be a bit more creative with it, while keeping that classic 70's styling lets see how that bike turns out.... Im thinking dark british racing green, a twisted twin and an aggressive look
 

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motoddrob said:
Sure there's alot of them in use and mostly trouble free. You'll know when they crack, clip on moves a little too freely :o
Mine were purchased back in the mid 80s so probably not the same. Mine had a taper fit tightened via m8 cap screw.
Over tighten and the ally taper will crack. Probably what I did.
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Have them on my white SF. They too did crack, but once welded it doesn?t happen again.

Marnix
 
martymoose said:
Whats the history on the 750 fairing, looks cool!
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Hi Mate

not sure of the exact history, It just came out as something on sale in the Laverda Paradies newsletter, They say it was from Team Chiko.. I think probably it was team Cico who raced Laverda's in the late 70's. It needs some repair, and making a plug from it wont damage it, its pretty cool I think, Im thinking of making one fairing  for a road 750 and one for a race 750  I have a SF3 ex race bike to play with that could be quite fun.
 
Yee haaaa.. today Miguel, my boy Louis and I put my engine in the Jota... no stress , very calm, lots of laughs and good company.... fortunately Miguel has been in our bubble for a long time, which is great  given we dig Laverda's so much.I had a new shipment of vegemite arrive recently, so  of course Miguel had to try it out so Maurice T could see he is being well taught antipodean ways.
Now hopefully I can speed up and get the rest of my job list finished.
Thanks again Miguel.
 

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