New owner of a laverda Atlas 600 OR

Beauty, another one appears. The best source for parts is Piet. One of the regulars here. Hope he has some red bits to suit. Check out these places for info.

Atlas Questions

I am hoping to acquire some Atlas hard copy documents, I have a couple of PDFs thanks to people here, but before that arrives I have a question re-oil changes. I just had a look and there does not appear to be a separate oil drain plug. There is a square plate 50 x 50 approx, is this similar to...
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Andy J said:
I have a couple of series 2 bikes, neither are in such good condition as yours appears to be.
They are pretty good bikes for pottering about on country lanes, and the odd excursion onto a green lane, but being top heavy, and hard work to pick up, i tend to avoid serious off road riding.
Cold starting can sometimes be an issue as is an annoying flat spot around 4000rpm. It’s apparently a common problem with the carb that’s fitted, even car owners with them fitted suffer from the latter problem. I gather it can be improved and the one I bought more recently is better than the other.
Obtaining Spares, can be a bit of a difficulty, but as the engine is the derivative for the Zane 650/668 engine, a few parts, such as starter clutch, are interchangeable.
As for desirability etc, they are not the most popular bike in the Laverda range, well not in the UK. Probably not orange enough 😜
Whatever, I hope you aren’t disappointed with your acquisition.
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Hello Andy, it's a while ago your notice so maybe starting has improved? If not a bigger iddle jet does help. As faras I remember #55 is the one.
Cheers,
Robert
 
One is starting great, but it went from Andy in the Ise of Man to me in Sydney Oz and gets ridden and fiddled with on occasion, see the above link. He still has another that's also for sale.
 
3 that I know about. Mine, one just up the coast from me and one in South Oz. That's been there for many years. BTW Sfcpiet is the parts supplier I mentioned.
 
robertlvrd said:
Hello Andy, it's a while ago your notice so maybe starting has improved? If not a bigger iddle jet does help. As faras I remember #55 is the one.
Cheers,
Robert
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Thanks for the tip on the starting, although at the moment it’s not an issue as I ‘robbed’ a load of parts off the bike to fit on the bike that went to Oz. It’s in a queue waiting to have some form of carburettor and exhaust refitted, along with the various cables I removed to get them copied.
Fortunately, I also have a series 3 bike that’s rideable, but that’s got Mikunis fitted. 🙂
 
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