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

Unwrapped my frame that is just back from Triple ?S?, sorted all the bearings for it and put on some protection as it?s ?motor in? time tomorrow.  Also tyre fitting day to those very pretty but hugely expensive wire spoke wheels (Suzuki GS750 rear, Laverda front)
Trying to decide whether to surreptitiously stamp the ID number into the main components as I put it all together.
 
breganzane said:
Like almost all Laverdas, it looks heaps better without the fairing Brett!
750SFC, RGS, SFC1K are the only exceptions I reckon, everything else detracts.
Why have such a lovely engine and then cover it?
(but I expect your removing it had more to do with climate than fashion...)
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Steve pulled the fairing off to change the headers, clean the strainer, retention the head and do some work on the clutch. Then noted it was cracked in a ocuple of places ( most likely was down to the Bylong Valley run ) so will get around to fixin it when I get time. Made a extra bracket for it which now doubles as a mount for the front indicators whilst it is off.

 
Had to shoot into town to pick up the rims - now fitted with Pirelli Sport Demons - rush home and refit them in time for the owner, Peter P to come over and take it for a trundle up the road...
He thinks it's smooth too...
He took it away, to polish it I assume...I won't see it again till friday practise at Levels.
Fingers firmly crossed for a good weekend. Looking after a small flotilla of bikes of which the big Laverda is unquestionably the most eyecatching....From past experience at the same meeting last year, we probably won't be able to move for photographers...
 
GregT said:
Had to shoot into town to pick up the rims - now fitted with Pirelli Sport Demons - rush home and refit them in time for the owner, Peter P to come over and take it for a trundle up the road...
He thinks it's smooth too...
He took it away, to polish it I assume...I won't see it again till friday practise at Levels.
Fingers firmly crossed for a good weekend. Looking after a small flotilla of bikes of which the big Laverda is unquestionably the most eyecatching....From past experience at the same meeting last year, we probably won't be able to move for photographers...
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I fitted a new exhaust system to the Atlas today.
The 2:1 front section is original but there was some sort of home made mid pipe and silencer fitted.
It was blowing where the silencer joined and on investigating I found it was riddled with cracks. A temporary repair with gun gum and an exhaust bandage was never going to be the final solution so I did a bit of digging.
Looking on the Atlas owners registry ( http://www.or600.laverda-club.com/index_e.html ) I found details of a Dutch company that offered a replacement system, as much as I required in any case.
So, after a few emails the parcel arrived last night.



The old system was quickly removed and after a bit of fiddling the new one was installed.







It's a proper job, with the mid pipe specifically designed for the Atlas.
The sound is a bit fruity but nothing a db killer won't cure for the annual inspection.

Here's their contact details if an Atlas owners are interested.

http://www.startwin.com/
 
Yogi said:
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yeah, well, I have such a poor internet setup, I can't post pics here. I'm hoping Kiwi Laverda will be able to get to Levels and take a few pics for your delectation...I'll take a camera anyway and if I have to I'll throw myself on the mercy of the site  Administrators...
The bikes I'm looking after are all done and handed to owners, but there's still an unfinished project that one owner wants to display, to move along a bit before friday...
 
Grant said:
The sound is a bit fruity but nothing a db killer won't cure for the annual inspection.
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A simple solution that I used to do in the old days was to screw up a bit of wire mesh into a ball and jam it in the end of the pipe. For open megaphones, a beer can with a few holes punched in each end, then jammed down the mega with a broom handle works well too, and is easily hooked out later with a bit of coat hanger wire, as is the wire mesh.

The blokes who do my roadworthy tests now never check for noise, so I haven't had to bother with temporary muffling devices for a quite a few years.
 
Did nothing to any Laverda except for putting the RGS mongrel up on the bike lift for a couple of little jobs before it gets it's newly painted bodywork fitted.

Main focus in the shed today was to get the Ducati MHR Mille running and take it for a roadworthy test so I can register it. It's been unregistered for a few years, but is now 30 years old so I can get it on cheap historic rego.
Put a battery in it and cranked it over for the first time since Easter 2014 when I had it on the track at Broadford. To my surprise it started on the first touch of the button with the old fuel that was in the tank, but it was running as rough as guts on about one and a half cylinders, backfiring, wouldn't idle, etc.
Carbies off, blew out all the jets with compressed air (one pilot jet was completely blocked with crud and needed poking with a thin wire) balanced the carbs which were miles out and re-adjusted idle speed and idle mixtures which were also miles out. How can carbies get so far out of whack while just sitting there doing nothing for a couple of years?
Took it for a ride, still not right, and the vacuum operated fuel tap wasn't working, which gave me a bit of an "aha" moment. Had a look at it, and sure enough, I hadn't re-connected the vacuum hose to the manifold - duh! So it was sucking air through the open vacuum port. No wonder I couldn't get the mixture right.
Re-connected the vacuum hose, re-tuned the idle and mixture screws, now running as sweet as ever. Lovely bike to ride. Looking forward to a ride on Sunday.
 
Rode to work on the SF2.
Have been doing so near every day since mid august.
Will soon stow away for winter overhaul and oil leak fixing and finally get back to work on the S.
Paul
 
Got the long awaited call from Mr Nairn, this evening!  :D :D :D
My 120 motor is in bits and has the had the expert eye over it. The cause of the smoke is apparently down to a set of pistons, bores and rings that bear no fit to each other or anything that Mr Laverda ever intended.
Thats good news really- for there not to have been an obvious problem would have been more of a concern.
The proposal is to do Keiths bored out to just under 1200 version, with a realigned and balanced crank and new Carrillos.
The head will be undone of some previous poorly executed work and some more tractable camshafts installed
Not doing the Mikuni conversion at the moment and sticking with the Dellortos for now.
The other thing uncovered was a worn gearbox mainshaft at the sprocket end- a not unusual problem apparently caused by a lack of lubrication to the needle roller bearing and never sorted till very late on in the production run. A replacement will need to be sourced, so if anyone has something to offer please get in touch.
Great to know this is moving now, but under no illusion that I'll be getting the next call for a bit yet.
 
Dellortoman said:
Main focus in the shed today was to get the Ducati MHR Mille running <snip>
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Good man, Cam.  Always good to have another Bevel back on the road (if only to get a reaction from the 'Dyed-in-the-Wool' Laverdisti here  :P...)

Craig
 
Laverdian said:
Your TT1 Replica sounds very crisp and responsive Rob, out of interest, are you able to share the dyno power curves?
More great work from the man in Linwood.  :D

Ian
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Don't be surprised if Tassie Tim copies the seat... :o
 
Admired it, started it, loved it, will ride it a hundred or so K's this weekend and if all is OK out for a longer trip with the boys in a fortnight.
 
The "supporto strumenti" (21114133) on 6522 has been tatty for a while, with the black paint flaking off, as I can see it when I'm riding I decided to clean it up.
This resulted in 2 decisions, neither very successful. I painted it and the top triple clamp RAL2008 orange and turned the bars down into the classic configuration.

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I thought too much orange would never be enough but I was wrong and then 20 minutes riding decided that the bars should be turned back to an upright position.

More successfully, the Gazi shocks I've got from a mate work fine.

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pete
 
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