Out and About on your Laverda.No bull,Just photos
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Jo
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Last weekend I attended the 35th meeting of Laverda-regulars' table Heftrich (near Wiesbaden):
There were of course not only red Laverdas to see:
The first meeting took place in 1985 - where has the time gone?
When I joined this forum I posted already some pictures of the Laverda Meeting Heftrich 1985
Fond memories! The bikes look still the same, only the folks have grown older ...
Cheers,
Jo
mauricejota7604
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How is your 3C going Paul that silver color is growing on me.
mauricejota7604
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Hi Nadia judging by the tyres on your mates Jota she aint been ridden for a while!!!!
Correct
which is why I have been trying to coax him back into the land of the living by bribing/cajoling etc. him into attending the Millthorpe meet and perhaps meeting up with some like minded people ie. you guys…..he once loved life, and that bloody bike and looked after both like a silk worm 
he looked after me like a silk worm too 
when we were kids.There are two issues I see, and these are only my options, I’m not a bloke so I truly don’t know how you guys think
but any help would be greatly appreciated 
1. That was the bike that broke my neck some 32 years ago - whoopsie
2. He has this bloody minded idea that at his “age”, life is over, so lock the shed door and throw away the key
Hence my selfless promotion of Millthorpe and the hope that as many of you ole fogies will attend as possible.
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We generally respond to sex, food and alcohol, not necessarily in any given order…
Terrific, well you try then become I have failed miserably Nx
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add a dose of hormones for fighting and territorial claims etc., that's us
and he's right!
add a dose of hormones for fighting and territorial claims etc., that's us
Call me blonde
but I actually have no idea what that means 1200 Jota I got that men are motivated by sex, food and alcohol (thanks Cosi for that insight).I want to know what’s wrong with my approach….. “you’re not dead yet get off your ass and join me - you’ll enjoy it”? Cos that’s what I said????
1200 Jota are you suggesting I try naked mud wrestling
cos that’s how I interpret hormones and territorial mud fighting - just saying Nx
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Hey Nardia there is a bit of a get together going on in Bellingen at the end of September that will have lots of Laverda die hards as a matter of fact most likely the largest gathering in the country to be taking place, lets give your mate an adrenalin injection to stir that old orange beast along.
I have a 1981 Jota like his that I bought new, its my longest held possession that I could never part with.
Here she is.
I have a 1981 Jota like his that I bought new, its my longest held possession that I could never part with.
Here she is.
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Excellent, thanks for the invite Maurice - what dates? I just checked and G bought his new in 1981 in Darwin and I think with Redex’s help it has been rebuilt (not sure how or for what reasons) and that doesn’t include the bingle when I wrote it off
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PS I could put my trailer to good use cos he probably won’t ride the damn think … see the forum about jokes and you’ll understand what I mean by the bloody trailerExcellent, thanks for the invite Maurice - what dates? I just check and G bought his new in 1981 in Darwin and I think with Redex’s help it has been rebuilt (not sure how or for what reasons) and that doesn’t include the bingle when I wrote it off
The 3C is in the fine tuning stage. I must have put about 1500 km on it since putting it on the road.
I recently rebuilt the starter freewheel which was completely destroyed through my fault. I re-used the old parts whereas I had a new set of renewables and I probably assembled without lube. Didn't last long.
Starting is still accompanied by the odd clunk and sometimes, when hot, engine won't turn over. Apparently attributable to the starter motor itself, so that will be renewed.
I had to get back into the clutch to oil it due to sticking. I oiled the discs overnight in 50W oil and laid the bike on its left for a couple of hours once the primary was re-assembled.
Works fine and I hope it'll last. I plan to ride down South about 1000 km in 3 weeks with a bunch of friends riding British machinery.
Suspension is harsh. New Ikons on the back and 10W oil in the fork. Will go down to 7.5W when I find the time.
Otherwise, the bike is a real pleasure to use, too fast, always asking for the throttle to be turned.
A change from my 750s, complementary.
Paul
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That is a nice bike Maurice for an orange bikeExcellent, thanks for the invite Maurice - what dates? I just checked and G bought his new in 1981 in Darwin and I think with Redex’s help it has been rebuilt (not sure how or for what reasons) and that doesn’t include the bingle when I wrote it off
for Nadia ... I'm agreeing that Cosi is right and that we (men) need the challenges of 'fix-it, fight it, explore it .. etc.' to satisfy our evolutionary needs. I'll add that the advance of human-kind has most-likely been driven by conflict, being that the technology needed has been driven by fighting (movie 2001 .. ape picks up stick as a weapon).
he sent me his crankshaft to rebuild in 2019, that is how I knew there was a Jota in Broken Hill that was owned by a Graham when you first asked about his whereaboutsExcellent, thanks for the invite Maurice - what dates? I just checked and G bought his new in 1981 in Darwin and I think with Redex’s help it has been rebuilt (not sure how or for what reasons) and that doesn’t include the bingle when I wrote it off
“Together let us explore the stars”.. got it! Ok, so no naked mud wrestling for me? And I was just coming around to the idea (sad face).
That’s right Red and G’morning Red, he mentioned that and now that I think about it G mentioned that someone else did some work on it somewhere prior to that but after my scratching it in BH however, sadly he has said a flat “NO” to Bellengen (sad face again)
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You can lead a horse to water as they say?????????