Laverda SFC / Spaceframe Oil cover

[sfc vintage]

Today : Making the 3 D print cover ready for Casting.
Br Peder

 

[Haggis]

Cool

Suggestion if you are going to make more than just one for yourself - why not build out the gear change pivot boss, to be like a standard cover. For SFCs and specials, the extra material can simply be cut off. The longer engagement is good for location and reduces rock.

 

[Paul Marx]

Casting in which material? Aluminium ones are readily available.

Paul

 

[sfc vintage]

Hi Paul. I make Them in alu, like the original

 

[Paul Marx]

Hi Paul. I make Them in alu, like the original

They were aluminium on the spaceframe bikes, not magnesium as on the SFC?

Paul

 

[sfc vintage]

Exactely, I make Them for my Spaceframe

 

[Laverda SF]

It might add a few oz's oil in the tranny ?

Better off with a dip stick I would think. Just a fast oil filling hole for racing.

 

[MarnixSFC]

The factory ones were all made of magnesium.

Marnix

 

[sfc vintage]

See here
Peder.

 

[MarnixSFC]

In 1975 they painted the magnesium covers silver. They did this with the Electronica SFC’s and with the space frames.

Marnix

 

[chrisk]

Must have been a silver paint glut, didn’t they use the same paint on the SFC exhaust?

 

[motoddrob]

Unpolished chrome CK

 

[LAVERDA54]

On my SpaceFrame engine, it is magnesium with a plexiglass oil level indicator. The steel cap is heavier than the selector housing!

 

[piranha-bro2]

I'd be worried parking my bike outside a rowdy pub at closing time if I had one of those filler covers ... perfect place for some booze head to take a leak and have a good laugh!

 

[sfc vintage]

I Think wenn you own a Spaceframe, you Will use the bike on a racetrack.

 

[helicopterjim]

I'd be worried parking my bike outside a rowdy pub at closing time if I had one of those filler covers ... perfect place for some booze head to take a leak and have a good laugh!

Yes ..... I'm sure that is where a lot of SFC's ended up at closing time!

Jim

 

[Paul Marx]

I Think wenn you own a Spaceframe, you Will use the bike on a racetrack.

Nowadays, racetrack or living room. Same for SFCs. I used to go out with the boys for drinks on my SFC quite regularly.
There was a time when people rode motorcycles.

Paul

 

[helicopterjim]

Nowadays, racetrack or living room. Same for SFCs. I used to go out with the boys for drinks on my SFC quite regularly.

Try riding it ........ there are much cheaper devices to put your drinks on ...... they are called tables.

Jim

 

[chrisk]

Try riding it ........ there are much cheaper devices to put your drinks on ...... they are called tables.

Jim

Or rather than put you drinks on your indoors SFC, this is a cheaper alternative.

 

[motoddrob]

They also make a good outside table too.