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

You have a tolerant roadworthy tester Quentin. The bloke who did my Benelli Tre-K failed it because one of the two front LED parking lights wasn't working. My reply that a front parking light isn't required under the legislation, and it still had one good light anyway, wasn't good enough. He reckoned that if a light is there, it has to work. I couldn't be bothered arguing, so I jiggled the wiring until it worked long enough to pass the test. It was just a loose connector that failed again on the way home.
 
He was a genuinely nice person and understood how carefully this bike had been built. I'd been stressed and very nervous about taking it anywhere to be scrutinised for RWC - for the very reasons you mention above. I was curious when he asked what the gearshift pattern was (1-up, 4-down on the right) but on my return to collect it he said he was mightily impressed, 'the best Laverda I've ever ridden'. Apparently they must test ride for RWCs now. After chatting about my history as a mechanic he offered me work when the workshop is snowed under!

Tail light was simple: the LED bulb not earthing properly on the inner housing.
 
Q not sure if Vic is the same but in NSW, if any vehicle has been regoed in the past for 2 years, it means you can easily get it regoed again, but digging out old records can be an issue. My 1982 420 Husky Automatic had no compliance plate and was privately imported into WA. I had a partially completed rego paper from years ago when I attempted to get it on full rego when they were cracking down on unregoed Dirtbikes. I spent a fun afternoon going through this and managed to get it through, all Husky Endro Bikes were always capable of getting full rego. I think the bloke chickened out at digging into the old paper records. Anyway, what I am getting at is having a history of 2 years of rego helps for any future issues.
 
The frame for the Q came from Vic Wreckers in about 1983 to replace my original which was very slightly bent by a friend's car in our driveway. I never informed Vicroads of the change in chassis number. the cases were given to me by another friend who I did some Laverda mechanic favours for. Neither shows any history in any searches I did, both in Vic and Oz wide.

When I took the papers in (RWC, club membership verification, club scrutineer sign off) all they wanted was my licence number!! So the roadworthy was the thing that made me a bit stressed out. Thing is, my bike looks a bit like an SFC 750 to anyone who knows nothing about them - if I painted it orange it would look even MORE like one!
 
Wow, looks like a real 80 Jota, none but the brave with that fairing, has a unique attraction the 80.... see the Z1 was chopped out of the last photo... was a pivotal bike in the era of not just Laverda, rode a mates Z1Jaffa, scary bike, almost at same level as kwaka H2 which i rode one.. rode a Kwaka S2, and the once ridden never again Kwaka F11.... will ask all the same, anyone ridden a Brough? Panther outfit? Scott Flying Squirrel? Better not start a what have you ridden... wont live long enough, nice work Mr Sock..j.
 
Yes, lovely photo Mr Giles. Autumn in Australia. Although it looks like it could have been taken in Europe or USA, because those beautiful golden deciduous trees aren't Australian. They're imported.
There's only one rare species of temperate deciduous tree in Australia, and those ones aren't it. I dunno what species the trees in the photo are. Someone with more tree smarts will probably recognise them.
 
Dellortoman said:
Yes, lovely photo Mr Giles. Autumn in Australia. Although it looks like it could have been taken in Europe or USA, because those beautiful golden deciduous trees aren't Australian. They're imported.
There's only one rare species of temperate deciduous tree in Australia, and those ones aren't it. I dunno what species the trees in the photo are. Someone with more tree smarts will probably recognise them.
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Liquid amber. I’ve got some burning in my fireplace right now 😁
 
Liquid Amber. Sounds some redheaded porn star. :p

I just googled them and found this: "Liquidambars are listed as a noxious weed in Sydney, their root systems being among the largest-spreading in the world." So much for the nice pretty trees. :(

They're probably a weed in NZ as well, so I reckon Andy is giving them the right treatment.

Seems to be the case with a lot of imported plants. There's been a campaign in Tasmania for many years to get rid of willows and poplars. Their root systems clog up waterways and strangle native species.
 
Very commonly used are London Plain Tree, councils give them out for free as there unaffected by city pollution. BUT they can grow to insane sizes with invasive roots to match. It only took approx 10 years for the Nabours one to start cracking his and our footings. The battle with the council took just as long to get it removed.
 
We had two of them on the hill in front of our old house in LA and they did a great job of stabilizing the steep bank. All those spreading roots did their job.
 
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