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

78jotadave said:
The bikes created a lot of interest and comments from the Palomar (racer) crowd
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As we pulled out from Mother’s, one of the young guys became enthralled with the Laverdas and said to me “that is just cool, someday when I have some money…” I replied that I was glad he felt that way, because the main reason to own my SFC 1000 in 2026 is that it’s cool to me! It was nice of him to say so, and encouraging if you like older bikes like I do.

As we reached the bottom of the mountain, I noticed an old friend resting with his Buell. I stopped to say hello and then made another run up the south grade and down the east grade to stretch the SFCs legs a bit. It’s a lot of physical work to ride but I think with some commitment it can be made to go along pretty nicely.

Then on some straight stretches I checked the optimistic speedo against GPS on my phone and worked out what number on the speedo is the speed limit, and which is the speed that one can get typically get away with.

Fuel mileage over the ride (4.75 US gallons burned) was 30 mpg US and despite being warned that high fuel consumption should be expected, I think I’ll dig into it a little bit.

Thank you @78jotadave for organizing the ride, and @1200ts for riding so far to make it. The ride and company were both a pleasure and I hope we can do it again with more Laverda riders joining in.

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The speedo read about 16% high at cruising speed.

For my use with US speed limits in mph, I found out that ‘straight up’ (140 kph indicated) is 75 mph, 20 kph less (120 kph indicated) is 65 mph, and 20 kph more (160 kph indicated) is actually 85 mph.
 
Maybe that's why I dont get speeding tickets on the Motodd!!
At 4k rpm my speedo reads 110km/h
But is the tacho reading accurate???
Im toying with the idea of fitting a stepper motor in the tach. Would love to get rid of the cable.
I'd like to keep the Vaglias as they are a great looking instruments and period correct.
 
Vince said:
I found something similar, but it's not fun trying to watch tiny numbers on my phone at an indicated 160kph.
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It is less fun when you see 180, then check the gps and it only says 160. I got a Quad Lock to have the phone easily readable on the bars, it has been fantastic. Recent trip to Germany using smaller roads would have been almost impossible and dangerous if stopping to check paper maps all the time.
 
motoddrob said:
I'm still a paper map sort of guy.
I dont do technology.
Not interested in having a bunch of crap mounted on my dash.
Even removed the voltage meter once I confirmed the output was doing what it was supposed to do
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I understand. The reason that I have an electronic speedo is not, that I wanted one. I use P 1 camshafts and thy do not have a rev counter drive, so I needed an electronic item and this also works with just a pick up as a speedo.
 
motoddrob said:
If I could convert the Veglia speedo to electric that would be ideal.
Cables are so last century!!!
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With some clever custom work you could easily fit the gizzards of a budget GPS speedo and an electronic tacho inside the Vaguelier shells. I really like having an analogue GPS speedo - cost about $100 and looks in keeping with the vintage of the bike. ZZR250 tacho with a new face and wired to the Ignitech is dead smooth and I calibrated it using the Ignitech 5000rpm test, so very accurate as well. My gearing gives 28kph per 1000 rpm and 5000 is 145kph on the GPS. I bought a Triumph elec tacho for $30 but have never tried it attached to the Ignitech.

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motoddrob said:
I'm still a paper map sort of guy.
I dont do technology.
Not interested in having a bunch of crap mounted on my dash.
Even removed the voltage meter once I confirmed the output was doing what it was supposed to do
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Paper map you are actually taking part as opposed to following an arrow, you have the route in your mind and remember places. I use out of date maps to tour France- proper adventure! Short hand route on a piece of A4 in my Baglux and off we jolly well go!
 

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Exmoor beast said:
Paper map you are actually taking part as opposed to following an arrow, you have the route in your mind and remember places. I use out of date maps to tour France- proper adventure! Short hand route on a piece of A4 in my Baglux and off we jolly well go!
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Exactly the same for me. My old Michelin map of France is now so old and battered there are great gaps where the folds meet. I just treat those blanks as ' Here be Dragons ' and press on.
 
Using your finger to drag a phone map to see what's next just doesn't give you a big-picture idea of your surroundings like a paper map. I just wish I could fold the bloody things
 
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