Re: What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?

? well strictly speaking yesterday, I lent my pre oil cooler 3C to Chris Moss, a freelance bike journo to ride as part of his research for an upcoming Laverda article?He had a photographer lined up and I had the pleasure of watching Chris ride my bike around a beautiful sunny open corner for photographs which I'm looking forward to seeing!
The bike looked superb and sounded wonderful - I hope it comes across as well in print too!
 
Moxox said:
? well strictly speaking yesterday, I lent my pre oil cooler 3C to Chris Moss, a freelance bike journo to ride as part of his research for an upcoming Laverda article?He had a photographer lined up and I had the pleasure of watching Chris ride my bike around a beautiful sunny open corner for photographs which I'm looking forward to seeing!
The bike looked superb and sounded wonderful - I hope it comes across as well in print too!
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Hope he got his knee down and some sparks off the crankcase :)

 
I live in Berkshire but rode up to West Oxfordshire near to Burford where Chris knows a few bike friendly roads...as for knee down...he certainly has style, which, given his motorcycling history, is not all that surprising...
When I know the magazine involved I'll post details so it can receive the appropriate attention from enthusiasts browsing in W H Smiths...
 
My Laverda was the only one at the track this weekend. None other anywhere, either on the paddock or track.
You always get people coming up when you're out on a bike like that. A lot of them are bores, be it nice bores.
One of the guys I was marshalling with, had owned Laverdas. I spent 5 hours with him so had time to talk. He had owned a 1000 triple of some sort, a 1200 30th anniversary and a 500 Formula Mk 1 bought new. He ordered that one from the then french importer and had to wait 2 1/2 months to obtain it.
To say he had a lot of problems with that bike is an understatement. Burnt valves was one of them. The machine blew a gearbox bearing. When he dismantled it, he found that the bearing was a sealed one. The he blew the crankcases when the engine aviated it's balancer shaft. Nobody had told him that it should be taken out.
Laverda refused to accept any of these faults under warranty, they did pay for the valves though.

It's very easy 40 years on, when most Laverdas are high maintenance and low mileage to see the past of the marque with rose tinted spectacles  ::)

Paul
 
More like what I am doing tomorrow.
Here are the documents required to get POP registered here.
This includes a laboratory inspection, letter of authenticity from a classic expert here, age-related document, UK papers, report prepared for the department of industry, importation to Spain document, 3 copies of the new tech spec, change of ownership document, empadronamiento paper, various receipts of payment (at several different banks) and also photocopies of my passport, driving licence and ID paper.
With this I will go to Trafico in Madrid tomorrow at 08:40 for the meeting.
This is exactly what I had to collect in order to register the Corsa.
Am I confident of the win?
Nope, but I will do my best.

 
Paul Marx said:
My Laverda was the only one at the track this weekend. None other anywhere, either on the paddock or track.

Paul
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My Laverda was one of 17 on the Mettet track last monday.
Great fun battling with the other guys and girls.
Very very sad though to see both Laverda riding women collide and Eva crashing her SFC right in front of me.
At the end of the day when I wanted to put the bike back in the van, I found one of the clip-ons cracked  :o I believe I was very lucky.

Hans
 
HansL said:
Very very sad though to see both Laverda riding women collide and Eva crashing her SFC right in front of me.
Hans
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that is a big bummer, just read her story in the La Vera Vista mag, hope she is okay and the bike is not too badly damaged
photo of her riding the SFC at Spa is most impressive
 
Went to Trafico this morning.
1.5 hours in rush hour traffic for what is normally a 40 minute drive.
Presented all the necessary papers, paid the 100 euro fee and was told to comeback in about a week (once they call me).
Seems they have changed the system in the 10 months since I got the Corsa registered.
Then I just had to wait for 10 minutes until they processed the paperwork.
Now they need a fugging week.
I'm sure they want that time to try to find fault somewhere in the paperwork.
Oh well, so near and yet so far.
Maybe next week then.
 
Took the Lav to Cherry Bar in AC/DC Lane Melbourne for a dose of Chris Russells Chicken Walk.
Loads of fun
 

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Day off today so did a Yarra Valley loop through Healesville, over the Black Spur (quietest I've ever seen it), Narbethong, big breakfast at Marysville (still lots of construction going on after almost the entire town was burnt down in Black Saturday fires of 2009), Reefton Spur (my favourite, although high winds yesterday had most of it covered in sticks and branches, hard to spot in the filtered sunlight through the trees). On through Warburton and back to Healesville for a beer at the brewery. All within 210kms from my front door.
Stopped to help lift/drag a KTM Superduke which had gone over the edge  :o Don't know how he did it as their was bugger all damage to bike and rider. Bike was 4 metres down very steep side with a few saplings stopping it going another 100 metres.
Another fun day.
 

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Changed the oil on the SF2 on Saturday. Town work is tough on oil.
The usual very messy job but dropping the filter plate allows you to put a hand in the crankcase. I found what I expected: an 1/2 mm piece of black plastic obviously from the primary chain tensionner.
Why was I expecting to find that?
a) because I'd grossly overtightened the primary to get rid of that annoying noise at tickover.
b) because it's got a relined tensionner slipper in there and when I obtained that, something told me it would be more brittle than the original tensionner material.

Anybody had a similar experience with relined slippers?

Paul
 
Went for a ride, maybe the last one for the season. Changed oil and removed the Magnefine inline filter after 12000km. This is the second one in use and after dismantling it, I was glad to notice that there was no metal particles on the magnet. The first one picked some particles, but I guess that the oil system is now clean.
 
Stonking two-hour early morning ride on the RGS yesterday, then met up with Grant later for a meal and a few beers during his latest whistlestop UK visit.
 
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