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

Still thinking about a 3Cly Breganze but it's hard to give up my 2 Cyl.

And I'm getting too old to care about it other then dream to ride a TS Mirage.
 
Rrosco said:
Finally done---Sheesh



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Nice!
 
Be careful the more you tune a SF the faster they get - Replace all Seals.

Don't be afraid to do a 45 degree hone, replace the rings and do a descent Valve seating.

New Valve Springs are essential.
 
chrisk said:
What Class Cam?
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Period 5  (1973-1982).  Otherwise known as "Forgotten Era". Dunno why, I certainly haven't forgotten the era. It will never be competitive in P5 against the Japanese rocket ships with expert riders aboard. But I only want to get out there and have a bit of fun, hopefully without getting in their way.

It would be more competitive in Period 4 (1963-1972) but would have been a lot more work to get it to comply. I'd have had to put wire wheels on it and a rear drum brake. It can be done because Greg Parish managed to get his Laverda triple approved for P4, even though they didn't hit the general market until 1973. He got approval on the basis that a Laverda triple was raced in Europe in 1972. I wasn't really looking for a race bike project but a mate needed to get rid of it. It was a wrecked bike that needed to be made into something.

Cam
 
Almost Laverda related ...

I was looking for some wine to cook with. I usually keep a cheapo cask wine in the pantry for that purpose, but I'd run out. Raiding the grog cupboard I found a bottle that someone gave me in Breganze years ago. It's labelled Laverda 750SF. Reading the fine print on the back it's from Beato Bartolomeo in Breganze and is dated 2006. I only kept it because it had a Laverda label. I thought it would be vinegar by now but I couldn't find anything else, so I opened it. It's actually not too bad. Some of it went into the pasta sauce, but I think I'll pour myself a glass.  :D
 

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Oooer, I've got 40 pints of Yokel's Armpit cider fermenting, 40 pints of American Amber Ale fermenting, 40 pints of Landlord's Ale bottled and warm conditioning and 30 bottles of Aussie Shiraz maturing.  Dear Deirdre, do I have a problem..?
 
Yes!!!

Only 30 bottles of Aussie Shiraz. Crikey, I bought 10 times that much just last weekend  :o
 
Only 30 bottles of Aussie Shiraz. Crikey, I bought 10 times that much just last weekend
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Well I am making myself, and it takes time. :D

As long as you remember to post the date it all becomes drinkable.
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Just finishing off a keg of IPA, which was very moreish and I reckon better than the pint I had at the Castle Tavern last week with Andrew C.  Nothing that's fermenting now will be ready before the end of April (longer perhaps for the cider) so I'm trying to build up a rolling stock to ensure I don't run out again.  The Landlord's should be ready to try by the end of this month maybe.  Once I've bottled the AAA I'll get some more wine on- gonna try the stuff I've got at the end of the month and see how its going... :P

Booked an MOT for the RGS on Thursday, expect the shite weather to return as a consequence.
 
Took POP for her first run of the year. Bright blue skies. Nice.
Went over the back roads to the chromer, around an hour away.
Parked next to the Chromer's tart's handbag of a jalopy.

 
Overall lines of the Chevy remind me a bit of my boyhood dream car, a black FX or FJ Holden ute... lowered and with shiny mag wheels. :D

Something like this.

piet
 

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Piet, GM actually made a soft top version of that ... thing ... One of the ugliest vehicles I've ever seen, and I think I've seen one on the road in the 8-10 years since they sold a handful of them.
All lavishing in collections these days no doubt, appreciating in value  ::)

Ken
 
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