Out and About on your Laverda.No bull,Just photos
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motoddrob
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- S/W Australia
Well Rob, you should've planned to come to Collie for 2 days on track.
Didn't see any cops. Lots of speeding going on!!
Didn't see any cops. Lots of speeding going on!!
RGSPhoenix
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- UK
Whether or not intended, I like the visual metaphor of a Triple with those big engineered "pots" in the background. Great photo!Nice sunny day at Mundaring Weir just outside Perth, Oz. A few cops around who seem intent on taking pictures of my number plate for some reason.View attachment 100523
Exmoor beast
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- Minehead,Somerset, ENGLAND OF COURSE
What bench is that? I’ve never seen one of those! More pics of the hydraulic bench please
Steve G.
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This is the U.S. made Kendon bike lift. I’ve had it for 20 yrs, bought it from the local Cdn dealer. Haven’t had to buy anything that’s broken. I’m “space challenged “, so it’s perfect for what I do with my bikes.
I’m sure there’s dealers everywhere for their stuff.
Stand-Up™ Folding Motorcycle Lift
Motorcycle Lift designed to fold up and stand up to take up a minimal amount of space in your garage or work space. This folding motorcycle lift and Bike Lift can be used for routine maintenance, full rebuilds and bike cleaning just like a full size table lift without taking up the additional...
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Steve G.
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The only weak link I can see is, you can load parts onto a large surface, but they sell an optional tool and parts tray to put stuff on, and you can lock it into anywhere along the lift, at the very opposite if you want, or on each side. And maybe the fact you cannot put your bike on its side stand or centre stand. To remove a wheel, simply use the bike belly lift to lift the front or back of the bike.
Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond
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- Cotwolds
This a Clarke down and up - pretty solid wouldn’t be without it !
The Sock
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- London, England
It's the first bike lift I've ever seriously considered.This is the U.S. made Kendon bike lift. I’ve had it for 20 yrs, bought it from the local Cdn dealer. Haven’t had to buy anything that’s broken. I’m “space challenged “, so it’s perfect for what I do with my bikes.
I’m sure there’s dealers everywhere for their stuff.
Stand-Up™ Folding Motorcycle Lift
Motorcycle Lift designed to fold up and stand up to take up a minimal amount of space in your garage or work space. This folding motorcycle lift and Bike Lift can be used for routine maintenance, full rebuilds and bike cleaning just like a full size table lift without taking up the additional...
Sadly, it's far from available worldwide.
CLEMTOG
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3 very nice valves as ornaments two of them are sluice valves and one is a globe valve, not 100% sure but I think the maker is Crane and they could be 14"
just thought you might like to know
on a job a long time ago I had two 8" flanged double reg valves on their ends with a small cut of ply on the top, with a kettle, coffe mugs, jars of stuff etc, and the design engineer for the project came in to see us and was startled, he said "bejeesus those valves are eighteen hundred quid each (1988) that is a three thousand six hundred pound coffee table you have got there!" yeah, so what, they wont come to any harm.
CLEM
3 very nice valves as ornaments two of them are sluice valves and one is a globe valve, not 100% sure but I think the maker is Crane and they could be 14"
just thought you might like to know
on a job a long time ago I had two 8" flanged double reg valves on their ends with a small cut of ply on the top, with a kettle, coffe mugs, jars of stuff etc, and the design engineer for the project came in to see us and was startled, he said "bejeesus those valves are eighteen hundred quid each (1988) that is a three thousand six hundred pound coffee table you have got there!" yeah, so what, they wont come to any harm.
CLEM
lavgert
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- Vienna, Austria
The Sock
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- London, England
Also available in Orange (juice)?
Ian Short
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- Cambridge Ontario
Another T4 Rotella man. Nice.
Steve G.
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It is great oil? More importantly, it is rated JASO MA2. Unfortunately its thickest viscosity comes as 15w-40, great for a couple of my bikes, but too thin a viscosity for my Norton, Laverda, airhead GS, and CT70 Trail.
henrywillms
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- Canada
I thought the 5 gallon pail was for collecting the oil dripping from the Norton crankcase.
Ian Short
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- Cambridge Ontario
I wouldn't let the 15W40 put you off. I run it in all of my bikes and haven't had an issue whatsoever. My 103 Harley puts out 124tq/117hp at the wheel and is ridden aggressively, regular 6000 rpm shifts, with zero issues. The Harely engine architecture isn't as dissimilar to the Laverda as one might think. Roller bearing on the mains and rods, aircooled and lowish piston speeds.
F#&K ME.............. I just realized something............. I am not starting an oil thread!!!
Everyone have a fantastic weekend.
Steve G.
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Lolol. If you look closely you see a 10 gallon barrel of Simple Green,,,,,that’s for the Norton ‘sweat’.
Steve G.
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Yeah, geez! Oil thread!!!
Yeah it’s a great oil, but a couple bikes I have run very hot, and in the Honda XR650L’s case, very hot and very small oil capacity. Full synthetic ester based 20w-50 is the only way for this machine. The RC30 engine is magnificent, but horrifically expensive should something go wrong, so it gets ester full synthetic 15w-40. Norton needs thick oil, non synthetic 20w-50, as does the Laverda.