Newbie to Laverda ownership

😂😂😂 OK, come on guys I thought we were all grown men on this forum...or try to be 🙄
Let's call a truce for now 🙏
 
pf1 said:
That made me laugh Paul and that's a first with one of your posts.
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Quod est demonstrandum.

The unfortunate Jim Henderson who I much appreciated had a true sense of humour, was great fun to exchange with and have a good laugh without partaking in attacks ad hominem.
He also had things to say about motorcycles.
Paul
 
Aitch said:
😂😂😂 OK, come on guys I thought we were all grown men on this forum...or try to be 🙄
Let's call a truce for now 🙏
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...... Bet you`re glad you`ve joined this forum now ............ They say playing cricket is 90 minutes of boredom followed by 30 seconds of sheer terror ................ With this forum it tends to be 90 minutes of discussing correct tyre pressures , oil , or colour codes , followed by 30 seconds of handbags at dawn .......

.... All good fun really , and everyone soon kisses and makes up ........
 
Aitch said:
Wondered what that relay did... better get rid of it then 🤣
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..... I actually ran my CDI ignited Mirage with the stop relay removed for a while ........ Can`t remember exactly why , may have been something to do with the wiring to that multi connector breaking up .......

( Very ) early triples with the Bosch CDI system ( which you have ) were not fitted with a stop relay by all accounts .......... Not quite sure how you cut the engine on those ..... don`t think the factory expected you to put it into gear and stall it , or run with no tickover ( which is what I did , I think ..... ) .....

But anyway , this meant you could bump start the bike with the ignition switched off ......... Not exactly theft proof ........ As Dave Minton once remarked , anyone wanting a Laverda triple could simply push one down the road , bump start it , and ride off .......

Obviously a stop relay was incorporated by the factory pretty quickly ......

It`s a flywheel magneto type system originally intended for a lawnmower , or outboard motor , or something , and will generate sparks just by turning it over ..... ( with the aid of the starter motor or not ) .......

...... Once saw a bloke bump start a triple outside the Mardyke pub in Bristol at closing time on a Saturday night back in the `eighties ........ I think it was his own bike though , he wasn`t nicking it ...........
 
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rocketonarail said:
Early triples with the Bosch CDI system meant you could bump start the bike
It`s a flywheel magneto type system originally intended for a lawnmower , or outboard motor , or something , and will generate sparks just by turning it over ..... ( with the aid of the starter motor or not ) .......

...... Once saw a bloke bump start a triple outside the Mardyke pub in Bristol at closing time on a Saturday night back in the `eighties
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I can't see how any ignition system that removes the instant bump start capability of a Mark 1, 180° Triple, with or without battery, flat or otherwise, is an upgraded ignition system. I'll stick with what I've got: CDI with a Motodd/Boyer Brandsen sytem.
 
I have changed my Ignitechs on SF from delay to instant start. My race bike was impossible to push start, was ok on rollers. Road bike starts fine either way, but I don't want the delay if it ever needs a push. Can't see a need for the delay on these bikes.
 
Same on the SFQ - even without the delay was hard enough to get it started on a downhill carpark in 3rd gear even with the Mr Olympus strength of Hooksey as chief pusher man. Took two attempts and was nearly into the wall on effort #2 before it finally fired up. Not something I'll ever be able to do alone on the flat or anywhere on a dirt road! I took out moto roadside assist before my last solo venture into the wilds.
 
Exmoor beast said:
I think the Italian factories of the seventies used whatever was in the parts bin or was available at the time. Then of course you get interim/ changeover models, which are effectively factory bitsa’s . Fred Warr Harley Davidson would chop and change old stock bikes that weren’t selling by swapping tanks, seats etc- so you could buy a brand new Harley from an official dealership that was not how it left the factory. I built a ZXR 750 out of a crate with one Tokico and one Nissin caliper on the front wheel, must have run out of one half way through this particular bike. My old mate Goddard , who runs a bike business told me all British bikes were Bitsas back in the day because everything fitted and people weren’t bothered- it’s only now it’s frowned on. Much rather see a bike being worn out than pushed to shows with hairy tyres .
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Ha, presumably that’s Dave Goddard, was still going as far as I am aware,
A mate still takes his Brit bikes into him fairly regularly
I use to get my MOT done by Mrs Crane,
That was a long time ago o!
 
SkinnyPinny said:
Ha, presumably that’s Dave Goddard, was still going as far as I am aware,
A mate still takes his Brit bikes into him fairly regularly
I use to get my MOT done by Mrs Crane,
That was a long time ago o!
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An great friend (now departed) lived across the A4 from Dave Goddards, and I believe it was his mother who manned the shop.
 
SkinnyPinny said:
Ha, presumably that’s Dave Goddard, was still going as far as I am aware,
A mate still takes his Brit bikes into him fairly regularly
I use to get my MOT done by Mrs Crane,
That was a long time ago o!
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DG indeed- I lived next door to him for thirty years and worked for him for a while. Mrs Crane was a legend- little old lady motorcycle mechanic who was the morse code examiner during the war! I saw her sort the electrics out on a bike with a wooden box Avo on her hands and knees. He always called me son (I wasn’t) but the pub landlord thought I was- “ put this on your Dads tab shall I?” 🤔
 
Exmoor beast said:
DG indeed- I lived next door to him for thirty years and worked for him for a while. Mrs Crane was a legend- little old lady motorcycle mechanic who was the morse code examiner during the war! I saw her sort the electrics out on a bike with a wooden box Avo on her hands and knees. He always called me son (I wasn’t) but the pub landlord thought I was- “ put this on your Dads tab shall I?” 🤔
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Which pub? The White Swan, The Jolly Wagoners or The Berkley Arms? My mates and I used to drink in both of those in the early to late 80's. My friend used to live around the back of the Berkley Arms in the High street, and another lived in Trefusis Court up towards the Jolly wagoners.
 
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