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

Fitted my GPS to the RGS today. 

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Heated grips AND GPS, looxury!
 
You are posh Reggie!

My GPS is a car version I stick to the inside of the fairing (I get two for the price of one as I use it in my car as well).
Downside of that is the speaking lady is drowned out by wind noise!

 
Don't think I'd trust a stick on one- the screen is a bit too flexible, and also I suspect the Zumo being a bike proof one is a deal heavier than the car ones, so I think needs a proper mount.  No problem with hearing Emily (the voice of my GPS, no, really) as it is hooked up to my helmet intercom system via Bluetooth.
 
Hi Reggie,
I fitted my Garmin in the same way.
There was just one problem could only see the left upper corner with the tank bag mounted but it was ok because it shows the direction, left straight or right. ;-)
 
Haven't tried it with the tank bag, but I think it'll be OK, it's not too tall.
 
My car GPS had a 3.5mm ear phone jack and there is a section in the system for speaker selection. HAD being the operative word, its become disconnected internally and does not work anymore. And to top if off NOBODY in Sydney does repairs to GPS anymore, seems its not viable when they have gone the way of the Dodo, being that most use there phone as a GPS. The Blue tooth still works but I dont have Bluetooth headphones, I use ear mold plugs. There is one downside to using my car GPS, that ear jack was not controlled by the internal volute control, it was ear splittingly loud till if found a lead with in built volume adjuster. So now I just use my phone on the top of my tankbag. Its far from perfect , anyone who comes up with a way to see LED screens in bright sunlight will make squillions on that invention.
 
I have a Citro?n Xantia diesel estate with 250 000 km, love it. Would like to keep it a long time but it will probably soon be legislated off the road.

Aha, this is a what did you do with your Laverda thread?

Well, since I've had my spanking new Aprilia 10 days now, I've put my trusty SF2 aside for some needed work. Since I've had the Aprilia, it's been raining!
Off work for a few days so finally got to it on the SF2. Tank, saddle and complete exhaust off. Oil drained. I have mounted one of those oil plates with a drain screw. Had promised myself to drop the whole plate once very two oil changes to check for untoward objects in the bottom of the crankcase. Did that, no objects. A bit of fine metal swarf on the magnetic sump plug, thats all. Will let oil drain overnight and tomorrow, off with the primary cover to change the gasket. There's a leak, my fault since the cover has been off at least 5 or 6 times without changing the gasket. The neutral switch is also leaking, will look into that.
Apart from routine maintenance and tuning, I need to check gear selection since over the last few months, I've had problems selecting neutral. I also need to renovate the LH switchgear which is apparently worn out, refusing to feed the rear light. I've had to feed it direct from the headlight feed over the dark winter months.

Paul
 
took the Race bike back to the Dyno to check larger jetting and also took the Motodd for her very 1st Dyno run, break her in so to speak
awesome, top afternoon, nothing beats a worked 180 degree Triple at 9,000 rpm under load, even Hendrix could not compete with that sound

now on the piss and celebrating  8)

 
Dellortoman said:
Guessing it's over the target 120 HP if they're on the piss and celebrating.
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My guess is that it was less than 120, but then I read the build thread  :LOL:
 
Pretty much did what I'd intended on the SF2.
Put sump plate back on and screwed in the drain screw. Took out the neutral switch which was leaking. The wire had broken through.
Put the new switch in, turned the engine over by hand and snicked it into first. Bugger! No way at first to get back into neutral. It finaly did so I left it at that reckoning that the tip of the plunger would soon wear making getting into neutral less stiff. If it doesn't bed in, it's an easy job to shim the switch out.
Had a moment of Angst before changing the primary cover gasket because I wasn't certain I'd got one. It turns out that I had a few so I chose a nice black one purchased from Mr Todd when he was still in Whyteleafe. Whipped the cover off, put on the nice new gasket and tightened the cover down.
Whilst I was in that primary side, I checked that the metal sleeve on the end of the crank that I'd glued on with bearing glue last winter was still glued on. It was and the crank hasn't blown yet. It will one day.

That may not sound like much of a day's work but I work in very bad conditions: very little space, no room for a work table so I'm either kneeling or lying down on cold tiling.

I now need to do basic timing, tappet and carb tuning, adjust timing chain, grease the swingarm bearings and repair the left hand handlebar switch so as to get a normal lighting function. At the moment, the rear light is fed direct from the headlight feed.

Paul
 
prepped the Sprint for MOT  on Friday,new plugs,chain lube,oil change,lights and brakes check,pumped tyres and did other normal m/c things.Bought a V6 turbo  but it turns out it"s a Saab. ;)TS  MOT following week.
 
Duncan, We have not met I'm in Drewsteignton took my RGS over to Treeny last year passed, as you say they like the old stuff.
Sadly RGS got stuck in 1st on way back (I missed a small pin on the gear selector shaft) engine nearly back together.
If (when) it is running I/ll make my way over to Tiverton sometime 
 
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