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

Nothing for the Laverdas  :-[ I'm afraid I indulged my selfish interests elsewhere.

Went to the CRMC race of the year at Donington Park.  Beautiful day (27 degess C) and some great bikes - three H*nda 250/6's and a shed load of other classics.  One Jota circulating in the parade, another entered in a race but I didn't clock it.

Couple of photos attached, but they don't convey the quality of the bikes sadly.  Worth a trip tomorrow if youre local
 

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Took it to the races  :) In the Dirty Rat.

No Winners  :'(

Nice brisk ride,  450 k rnd trip...........  gee they like the cool air  8)
 

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Went to the Heftrich (Germany) rally on the 1000 SFC Friday evening. It was stinking hot (around 38C) and it took me several beers to recover. :D
Three other 1000 SFCs turned up, which was nice. I could only stay until Saturday afternoon, so probably missed most of the fun. By then about 20 Laverdas had turned up, include Piet on his yellow track bike, and Tom on his 750.

I was a bit apprehensive, as I hadn't done a long run on 1000 SFC before, and had already encountered a couple of DPO-type issues.. To my relief it ran very well, except when it went onto reserve at speed, and I turned the taps the wrong way (i.e. to OFF instead of RES) which stopped it completely... :-[
Must have given the guy in the Mercedes coupe I had just seen off a good laugh.
Mine is the scruffier one closest to the camera.

Today I pulled the rear brake off, to try and sort out why it does nothing at all. Discovered the source of the clonking was the loose bolt at the front of the brake torque rod. :o :o
Caliper rebuild and new pads next.

Steve
 

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Three Honda RC166's at the CRMC race of the year  !!!!!
how the hell did I not know that was up and coming, my all time favourite motorcycle and three of them !!! you never saw three of then together in the 60's
my copper head gaskets for the triples is based on one of the two gaskets fitted to the RC166.

The funny thing though is that in my day as a would be competitor in the CRMC, the Sixes would have been barred from competing, maybe they still are, but why???????
surely they are absolutely a classic and pre '72 (again the cut off year in my day)
CLEM
 
Had a brilliant weekend riding Joan to Donington - showing her in the classic show and taking 4 laps of Donington in the parade  - you meet some great people riding Laverdas - camped and got cold in my childs sleeping bag - had a lilo fail which wasn't so good for my lumber joints - thanx all round for those who made it a great weekend Padlock , Regalia Ted and Andy Chain  ;)


 
 
'71 SF said:
Met Ken and his family down in Clearwater, checked out his WIP on his Jota, and then a great dinner at the Columbia in Ybor city before the long trip back home.
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Ken is a dickhead, Ann is much better value ::)
 
Cold wet day, house site is a quagmire, so got the ally polish out.

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Since nobody came up with a second hand silencer for my SF1, I was taking it off to weld when I found that the exhaust studs were....finger tight :-D

Oh, yea! Forgot to re-tighten them last time I changed the gaskets! Doh!

Tightened other side.

Exhaust won't come out of head. Going shooting now instead!
 
Rode the RGS two-up with Mrs 3CL for the first time today.  I will not be selling the GS any time soon...
 
RGS seat not to her liking?
Fit an RGA seat, better for pillions. Get used to the look.
 
Get used to the look.
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'Fraid I never would.  Just not enough room on it compared with the BMW, and the low handlebars are a pain in traffic and on the move because she tucks in tight behind me which puts pressure on my wrists..  Also I don't like that way it looks without the seat cover. ::)
 
So use Executive bars, wrist problem solved.
The RGA seat is taller for the pillion, so better view ahead.
Also has built in nad protector at the front so no damaged paintwork-
Initially I thought the RGA seat was dumpy but now I think it work well since I got it re-covered with an Eldorado cover to remove the embossed silver panels.
Thought about fitting a round sidepanel badge off a 180 to the lower rear quarter of the seat to break it up a bit.

 
Yeah, that seat definitely looks better without the panels. (bigthumb)  My bars are 10mm higher than standard cos I've dropped the forks through the yokes by that amount.  TBH it is so comfortable when being used correctly (fast cross country work) that I won't change anything else, and luckily for me I have a better bike for two up work.
 
Grant said:
So use Executive bars, wrist problem solved.
The RGA seat is taller for the pillion, so better view ahead.
Also has built in nad protector at the front so no damaged paintwork-
Initially I thought the RGA seat was dumpy but now I think it work well since I got it re-covered with an Eldorado cover to remove the embossed silver panels.
Thought about fitting a round sidepanel badge off a 180 to the lower rear quarter of the seat to break it up a bit.
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Certainly looks better than on a stock RGA/RGS.  The all-black cover helps as well as being fitted to a black bike... blends in far better than on a red, orange or blue bike.

piet
 
My 3C showed fairly strange behaviour on my ride home from OCT last week. It needed only one powerful revving through the gears, then no more power availabe, bike just barking from the exhaust and stalling when opening the throttle. Somehow felt like massive leaning out. Engine ran still fine when revs were kept below 3500rpm.  So humbled home by keeping the revs beolw 3500rpm.
My first suspicion was my old Harro tankbag, probably cutting off the venting of the tank. Called also in at OCT, just to ask Piet what this might be all about. Beside the tankbag theory, he said my description sounded similar to how a RGS is behaving when it has a buggered float valve needle.

Today I started to dig into this. First a test ride w/o tankbag. Still the same stalling and barking once the engine had to work hard. So it was time for float bowls off then. When I came to the left carbie I spotted that the float was visibly low when hitting the needle. Closer look, and got it, float valve body had undone from his seat and unscrewed by nearly 5mm! :o Nipped it back up again, and presto, bike's engine back to former glory and owner happy as. :D

Thanks to Piet for the great tip, spot-on as usual. (bigthumb)
 
for the RGS Executive "1200", removed the Mikuni RS 36 to rebuild and rejet them (idle circuit), need new floats as well as a middle float bowl (broken and leaking), rebuilt a set of 32 mm Dellorto's and stuck them on the RGS, reinstalled stock airbox, vacuum balanced the Dellortto's..... Swiped the full floater Brembo discs from the RGS to install on the 79 and swap the drilled fixed discs from the 79 back on the Executive.

for the 79 1200 Mirage, totally rebuilt the stock Dellorto's with all new internals, vacuum balanced, removed the exhaust tape wrapped headers and collector for stripping and blasting and fresh ceramic coat, installed original Laverda 3 into 1, and presently tracing horn wiring to the relay to figure out why the actuation to the relay has quit from the horn button, bloody hell... Installed the full floater Brembo discs.

has been a Dellorto rebuilding spree and Brembo disc swapping process, a bigger deal that usual when the brake discs are through bolted on the Astralite wheel...

next will be the last finishing touches on the 82 1200 Mirage, may stick the chrome Jota mufflers from the 79 on to the 82 temporarily while I get the 79 header pipes and collector refinished, then hopefully just ride all three triples for the rest of the riding season......

Paul LeClair
 
Good luck finding a middle float bowl for your Mikuni. In the normal Laverda Mikuni setup, the middle carb houses the accelerator pump, which is located in the float bowl. The pumper float bowls are a bit hard to find as a separate part. I know because I've tried.

I've successfully repaired a cracked Mikuni float bowl with epoxy, so that might get you out of trouble in the short term.

If you can't find a pump-type float bowl, it's possible to convert a non-pumper float bowl into a pumper, but it's a bit fiddly. Some fuel galleries have to be drilled through. One hole needs to be plugged and a ball valve installed in another. The valve isn't listed as a Mikuni part so you'll have to make your own (it's pretty simple - basically just a ball and spring). Also, the cylinder for the pump piston is unfinished (as cast) in the non-pumper bowls, so it needs to be bored to suit the 12mm dia piston. I can send you a a more detailed description (with a drawing) of how to do the conversion if you want to go down this path.


Cam
 
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