Out and About on your Laverda.No bull,Just photos

[The Sock]

The New Inn, today.

 

[Andy]

Looks like a good’inn


These photos should be saved as a Laverda colour chart!

 

[Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond]

A few more from Willersey from the ILOC Midlands Laverda meet

 

[piranha-bro2]

The Final Frontier!

 

[Gerald]

well done that man!

 

[Jo]

Very neat - well done! Only criticism I've is:
I'd like bigger pictures!!

 

[Haggis]

The Final Frontier!

SFQ? More like SF Cute She's a cracker!

Bloody nice job Quentin.

 

[piranha-bro2]

Very neat - well done! Only criticism I've is:
I'd like bigger pictures!!

If you click on it you should get a bigger rendition? I've been deliberately getting them to reduced size files for the poor old servers. I'll try for something bigger ...

 

[piranha-bro2]

No Bull Just Photos (or Videos!)

A big file ... notice the reflector and 'mudflap' fitted (temporarily) for the roadworthy. i need a haircut and a shave ... been working too hard. With my buddy who helped me with motivation.

 

[piranha-bro2]

Sorry for the 60meg file, Rob!!

 

[SteveRocker62]

A few more from Willersey from the ILOC Midlands Laverda meet

There must of been a lot of Laverda’s tearing around our part of the Midlands then. Massive turnout of various makes at our annual Marches Moto Italia Meet yesterday. Pics of most of Lavs present.

 

[Jo]

Sorry for the 60meg file, Rob!!

Wow, very crisp and powerful.
360° crank?
Cylinder displacement?

As stated previously, I'm not curious at all (but would like to know 'bout some key data) ...

 

[piranha-bro2]

Wow, very crisp and powerful.
360° crank?
Cylinder displacement?

As stated previously, I'm not curious at all (but would like to know 'bout some key data) ...

A torque monster. From 3k it rips your arms off and goes through 1st and 2nd like a trail bike, changing at about 5k. High gearing too - 19-37 and 28.6kph/1000 revs - 100kph on the GPS speedo is 3500 pm. Can't use more than about 1/3 throttle or big revs at the moment because the FCR 39mm carbs haven't been set up on the dyno yet.

Hmmm, some of the key data ... the nitty gritty ... I'll make a thread later of where the other several hundred hours went

270 degree crank, Carillo rods on a genuine SFC factory crank, dynamically balanced by Red's man in Brisbane, pinned mains with bronze cages. 880cc, 87mm 10:1 Ross racing pistons with crowns profiled to match the SF head (thanks Red!!), 7mm valve stems, larger exhaust valves, extended intake manifolds, inlet port angle steepened by 5 deg, 39mm FCR Keihin carbs, ports 37.5mm into profile throats, std exhaust valves smaller exhaust ports, head ported by me and finished by a top flowbench guy (Phil Tainton), custom exhaust system, handmade by me (and a welder!); smaller headers from head to under the engine; from siamese X it starts to taper out gradually from 39mm ID headers to 51mm at the exit of both 'mufflers' (it passed roadworthy - i don't want it crazy loud), straight through but packed external baffles around perforated tapered tube. SFC 5/C cam, degreed and advanced 5 degrees from std, Ignitech ignition, double row oil pump etc etc

Front end is Yamaha YZR750SP (1993 homologation superbike) forks and triple clamps, adjustable comp, rebound and preload, steering head angle reset to 25-26 deg rake, R1 calipers and R1 radial Brembo m/cyl, Ducati 996 rotors, Honda alloy swingarm (45mm longer to compensate for lost wheelbase from rake change and place more weight on the front end - probably gone from 48 front, 52 rear to opposite (52 front, 48 rear), Nitron fully adjustable piggyback shocks laid fwd, motor set 3mm to right and extra clearance in frame for 160/60 x 17 rear tyre and 520 o-ring chain, front 120/70 x 17.

That will do for now - keep remembering stuff!

As you can see the SFQ was never just about the looks!

 

[Jo]

Another wow! Thanks much for your comprehensive list! This reads like a short summary, but it makes it immediately clear how much brainpower must've went into your project. 880cc does mean 87mm pistons? How does this work with the cylinder studs - means is their sufficient meat for this in the upper crankcase?

You see, I'm itching to ask more questions, but I'd rather wait until you'll start your own thread - I don't want to hijack this post ...

 

[Andy]

Sorry for the 60meg file, Rob!!

Now I want to hear it going past flat out

 

[PeterJansens]

Just a sound clip will do!

 

[chrisk]

Couldn't resist posting in the Out & About section! Doing the shopping at the local supermarket

Great work Q. Shame it’s not orange

 

[Dellortoman]

Nice job Quentin. I really like the twin headlight fairing. The holes each side of the windscreen look a bit James Bond - rocket-propelled grenade launchers?

Is one of your taillights out, or is the one on the left side the brake light?

Not meaning to be picky, but sometimes a blown taillight globe can go un-noticed for a long time.
I've had new light globes fail straight out of the packet. Only last week I opened a blister pack of two globes, and both were duds. I reckon someone in the shop must have dropped the pack on the floor and busted the filaments in both globes.

 

[Vince]

I went LED from that shop in Victoria for my tail light. So far its been great, approx 9 months. Very bright as well.

 

[piranha-bro2]

Nice job Quentin. I really like the twin headlight fairing. The holes each side of the windscreen look a bit James Bond - rocket-propelled grenade launchers?

Is one of your taillights out, or is the one on the left side the brake light?

Not meaning to be picky, but sometimes a blown taillight globe can go un-noticed for a long time.
I've had new light globes fail straight out of the packet. Only last week I opened a blister pack of two globes, and both were duds. I reckon someone in the shop must have dropped the pack on the floor and busted the filaments in both globes.

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Happened somewhere between home and the RWC bike shop - the tester wasn't troubled as it has a 'spare'!! (like a plane with twin magnetos ). I'm pretty sure it'll be the earth from that tail light to the 4-pin connector. It came out of it's block because the little tab didn't click into place when i was refitting the seat but I thought I'd sorted it - hopefully not the LED (like Vince's). Easy fix - I'll have a look tonight while fitting the new club plate and adjusting the advance curve and eccentric shifting screw.