New billet clutch cover, coming soon

Laverdalothar said:
am wondering if it wouldn't look better with just the LAVERDA letters "engraved" instead of having that kind of "frame" around the Laverda Logo...?
just a thought...
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not a bad thought actually, will make both versions and see which looks best
 
I reckon it would look better without anything written on the cover - just make it a plain cover like the original. The alternator cover already has LAVERDA on it, so it's a bit redundant to have it on the sprocket cover as well. If you wanted to write something on it, why not REDAX? That's a name that has become inextricably associated with Laverdas and is recognised by Laverdisti worldwide as a mark of quality engineering. Although I suppose you could write Honda on it just to confuse people  ;)
 
Dellortoman said:
I reckon it would look better without anything written on the cover - just make it a plain cover like the original. The alternator cover already has LAVERDA on it, so it's a bit redundant to have it on the sprocket cover as well. If you wanted to write something on it, why not REDAX? That's a name that has become inextricably associated with Laverdas and is recognised by Laverdisti worldwide as a mark of quality engineering. Although I suppose you could write Honda on it just to confuse people  ;)
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                Superb engineering, brilliant idea 'Redax' it should be,
                                    eric
 
A lot easier to have something written into it than the way it is, possibly a way of keeping machining time and cost down a little? Just writing 'Laverda' or 'Redax' into the casing is very easy to programme and would not take long to machine neither. I think it would (and does) look great either way  :D
 
Great work Red!

It seems that everyone has a different idea of what they would like, so why not specify engraving or not at the time of purchase?
Sure the NC machine would need different codes, but once they are created - that is it.
 
Once the machining heights, depths, feeds, speeds are set up changinging the lettering is simpke on most programming softwares and just a few minutes work to change and programme. As long as the new lettering allows the same cutting tools to be used of course.  :D
 
blab said:
How hard can a Laverda cable clutch pull be ? 
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i reckon replacing the cable is not the big issue.
i prefer Clyde's cable action over Miss J's hydraulic action.  (both are ex-factory setups)

the big issue is replacing the many factory fucked hydraulic covers.  i.e.  180? series 2.

  Mark
 
Mine was horrible when I first bought it.By horrible I mean on a typical better bike road,lots of 35kph bends that take a few gear changes.Do that from an hour or more and I would have to put my thumb on top of the bars to pull the clutch, real teeth gritting.After my first muiltiday ride I had pins and needles in my wrist for months.Love my extended leaver,for me its fantastic.I have small hands but am on the tools,chippy so not adversed to having some grip.For some they get by,I have on idea how.Unless these is a softer pull with newer or more precise actuation.
 
The cable pull clutch on POP is a one finger job.
No extended lever arm. Only difference to standard is a modern dogleg lever and pivot from a Guzzi (Griso I think).
Cable quality, cable routing and clutch plate/drum condition and alignment make a difference too.

The hydraulic clutch on the Corsa is also a one finger pull job. Modern rectangular m/c with dogleg lever as well.

For a hydraulic system with a knackered slave cylinder housing Red's solution is top notch. Or a retrofit to a cable system.

The extended arm systems (2 now in existence) is a quick fix for a heavy pull but the clutch biting point action is compromised.
There are other ways as described above to improve cable pull quality.
 
Yes, but it came with the pivot as well. The pivot has a neat casting to mount the choke cable too.



And the matching brake side.

 
blab said:
How hard can a Laverda cable clutch pull be ?
Surely not that bad.
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laughing out loud.....

yes, really, THAT bad, can make riding painful, make the hand/wrist swell, make riding the bike a pain in the .......hand...... there is a real reason for the conversions, whether to more mechanical advantage, or in my case, to a hydraulic clutch actuation......

Paul LeClair
 
I had cable clutch on the jota when I bought it. always had to use a tool like the below if I wanted to go on longer trips. for both sides, as the horrible Dell'Orto actuation was a good balance, both lower arms looked like Popey's...

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When I changed to the hydraulic actuation, basically nothing really changed besides: no moving actuation point that needed adjustment all the time and just a simple, worry free usage (well - until the damned actuation rods welded themselves to the center ball and to the outer one right after, which drilled itself through the piston and left me stranded...  >:D got help and got it fixed, however, did not like the situation...). Changed later to a 13mm master and now it is a 1 finger job to pull the clutch...

If you do the maintenance regularly and check the balls (clutch mechanism - not yours!) are OK, apply the right grease at the right place and replace the O-Ring once in a while - everything should work as is and with different master, it is an easy pull, still with controlled actuation.

Wonder if Red has thought about putting a small bearing into the piston while he is at it...? something like this:

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That together with a "Valve-alike" outer actuation rod could solve the issue permanently, if greased well...
 
Instead of buying a workout tool, folk could just go ride their Laverdas and build up their clutch pull muscles the right way, no????  :-*
 
  It's really great to see large items being made, but the pricing would worry me on an item like this - it can't be sold in volume and the "Keep it standard" brigade will still pay over the odds for an original inferior item. IMHO - it would have more chance of appealing to a larger market if it had no logo on it. I enclose a shot of the "poor man's billet clutch cover" for all you cable aficionados! :D :D - Regards - Phil
 

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