Out and About on your Laverda

Hopefully a good wheelwright can get that back in shape, Dave. I've had one of my Akront 17s and a Boranni flanged 18" successfully repaired. I'd say the alloy is soft enough!
 
Yes, at least the thin web wheels are soft. The thick web wheels came out of the same FLAM foundry, so I presume they're made of the same stuff.
I had a pair of Laverda thin web wheels straightened by a wheel specialist a few years ago. He used some kind of machine that has a digital read-out that tells how much pressure he's putting on the wheel when pushing it back into shape. The Laverda FLAM alloy was so soft that it didn't even register on his gauge! He said it was like straightening a wheel made of butter.
 
Yes,the new tech for rim straightening is trick allright. I had an Italian Cromadora mag from a Fiat X1/9 straightened recently.
Much the same sort of comment made about that as your Laverda wheels.

I remember taking dents out of a set of Marvics using shaped hardwood blocks and a rubber mallet. But those were never intended
for road use
 
GregT said:
Yes,the new tech for rim straightening is trick allright. I had an Italian Cromadora mag from a Fiat X1/9 straightened recently.
Much the same sort of comment made about that as your Laverda wheels.

I remember taking dents out of a set of Marvics using shaped hardwood blocks and a rubber mallet. But those were never intended
for road use
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Hagons in Leytonstone used to straighten wheels on a rig that looked very much like a tyre fitting machine, none too sofisticated.
I saw the ex manager of Elites of tooting straighten an exhaust valve of a Z1B in a lathe by giving it a prod opposite the bend ( lathe not spinning..) it worked and the bike ran but I have no idea if it weakened the stem or not.
 
Andy J said:
9-11 degrees, cold? I would have said that’s quite warm by this summer’s standards...😜
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especially at Braunlage in the Harz Mountain it was could and rainy ant futher north it was really stormy and I had the feeling that the rear wheel was dancing, front was fine but I had to lean against he wind.
 
Hit a hit whacking great pothole a couple of months back on a club ride out near Jerries Cafe. Unless it breaks through to a light-coloured substate a black hole on a black road on a grey day is pretty invisible. I saw a post on a local rider's forum where ordinary blokes were paint-marking these holes because the local council was ignoring them. I was turning my body around giving a death stare to some idiot who was slowing in the middle of the road for no apparent reason when I hit it. It jarred my back so bad it took a couple of months to get over it. I guess none of us is very flexible these days wheels included.
 
Making the most of the sudden good weather before it turns to shit again. impromptu VMCC gathering this morning for, in my case, hot choc and lemon drizzle cake, at Ramsey swimming pool. I also had an incident free ride back over the mountain to Douglas, unlike yesterday, more of which to follow in due course. Bottom line, I’m fortunate not to be writing this from a hospital bed or, figuratively, from the morgue. 😕
 

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We dont have morgues in this country you tailess Manx mog we have "mortuarys", (what, what, what) glad your not in either of them or even Nobles/Ramsey c/h
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I was finally able to get a short trip in on my RGS. It's been a crazy summer with all sorts of crap getting in the way of buggering off for a few days of riding.

I loaded the RGS on my trailer and drove nine hours from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. It's the closest area to me for really good riding. There are hundreds of miles...still miles not Kms in the US...of the very curvey and hilly roads. Mostly secondary hiways and local farm roads connecting hundreds of small dairy farms. Every thing from high speed sweepers to first gear tight corners. The pavement quality is excellent. The small local roads were on better shape than many Canadian hiways. The fall weather cooperated with warm sunny days.

After a few hours of riding I reacquainted myself with the RGS and found and got myself into the zone. With almost no traffic it was really relaxing to just focus on the road ahead and blasting from corner to corner.

Pic 1 The Amish still drive buggies on the roads. Watch for horse shit in the corners!

Pic 2 Early fall time, leaves just starting to turn colors.

Pic 3 Lots of all small towns and villages with local bars and restaurants...not that common in the US anymore. Some interesting characters to shoot the shit with over a beer as well.

Pic 4 I guess some of the young punks would call our old Laverdas tanks compared to their crotch rockets. I don't think they are as big and heavy as all that. Many US towns have a Legion for the war vets. They welcome visitors to come in for a beer.

Pic 5 Every 4 years my American neighbors have this strange tradition where they want to hsve sex with their president. To me, he is old, kind of ugly and male. But to each his own I guess. Very passionate about their elections and I have learned it's best not to discuss politics with them.

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