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

Paul Marx said:
Gave up looking into why the SF2 had no electrons to the rear light. Went back to direct feed from the headlight.
Paul
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Classic ...... Spent time looking for problem ..... Next day, stopped looking.  :LOL:
A mans got to know when he is beat!
 
"Gave up looking into why the SF2 had no electrons to the rear light. Went back to direct feed from the headlight.
Paul"
Does the bike have no parking light circuit, Paul. That is the normal tail light feed.
 
Tippie said:
"Gave up looking into why the SF2 had no electrons to the rear light. Went back to direct feed from the headlight.
Paul"
Does the bike have no parking light circuit, Paul. That is the normal tail light feed.
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Hi Tippie,

I did look into that.
I changed the parking light bulb last year. The bulb was blown and the new one still didn't function. I noticed on another occasion that the rear light wasn't working and after the usual checks, assumed that the LH switch was knackered.

According to the wiring diagram, there's a double + coming out of the fuse, one feeds the parking light, the other the rear light. I didn't check to see if reality coincides with the diagram. I'll have another look.
The only thing I'm sure of is that there's no return to earth from connector n?24 which earth's the pilot light. Maybe it worked itself loose and that's where the problem has been all along.

Will check next weekend.

All the best
Paul
 
Have you got an SF2 wiring diagram? I?ve only ever seen the SF1 version but have worked it out for myself as it is pretty much standard fare for bikes of the era. The only oddity in the system is that diode to prevent powering up the entire bike if the key is in the park position.
There is the grey wire from the LH switch that gives power to the parking globe, tail light and instrument lights, and it shoud give power in either park or lights on position. The park light globe in the headlight earths into the headlight globe earth, the wire just stuffed into the connector to the headlight globe. Tail light is common earth with brake light onto the mudguard. There are lots of connectors on the way though and I have simplified my system to so away with most of the connectors.
 
I have the wiring diagram from the "Green book" entitled: standard wiring diagram for the SF2 and SF3.
The diode has been done away with by the previous owner. I've opened up the wiring coming from the LH switch and rejoined the wires replacing the original bronze links.
I'll have a last check some time soon. And if nothing gives, give up and put a rewire at the top of my retirement agenda.

Paul
 
Spent more time cutting and removing wiring on Suzuki harness that I don't need. Stand cutout switch, clutch switch, pass switch, gauge lights on when ign turned to park ...... Tojo the electrical apprentice must have thought that one up. Three power wires at the right switchblock that go to one further down the loom. An extra power wire for the headlight switch for daylight head light on ....
And a relay for the stand down cut out.

All redrawn on a colour wiring diagram for future reference.

Then I attended to the ign switch.
Red wire = power in
Orange wire = power out when key on.
2nd red wire that does nothing .... Now in bin.
Brown wire = park lights
Yellow and orange .... Some type of imobilising thingy ... Thank you Google .... Binned.

Boring as all get out. But thought someone might be interested.
 
chrisk said:
Spent more time cutting and removing wiring on Suzuki harness that I don't need. Stand cutout switch, clutch switch, pass switch, gauge lights on when ign turned to park ...... Tojo the electrical apprentice must have thought that one up. Three power wires at the right switchblock that go to one further down the loom. An extra power wire for the headlight switch for daylight head light on ....
And a relay for the stand down cut out.

All redrawn on a colour wiring diagram for future reference.

Then I attended to the ign switch.
Red wire = power in
Orange wire = power out when key on.
2nd red wire that does nothing .... Now in bin.
Brown wire = park lights
Yellow and orange .... Some type of imobilising thingy ... Thank you Google .... Binned.

Boring as all get out. But thought someone might be interested.
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If its worth stealing.... least someone will know how to hot wire it now. :D
 
made some crap excuse to take Mike's Motodd for another ride, meet up with Matt and Drikko at Mt Glorious Tea House for breakfast
now I remember, needed to see if the suspension was any better after I backed it off more
it was, bike is just fucking awesome to ride, is now absorbing the bumps, still tracks like a train, need to make some other crap excuse this weekend to ride it again

Laverda's outnumbered all other brands at the Tea House this morning  :D



 
A fine sight indeed!

I looked at some trees in next door's garden behind my garage, which prompted me to get the ILOC's value for my RGS made official on my insurance.  Still be mighty pissed off if one comes down on my roof, but at least I'm covered now.
 
Hi Andy the plates on the end of the selector that the rollers sit in were not in the correct position it appears that the selector plates are dowelled through into the selector drum by one of the pins the fork pulls on, I think my pin may be broken so the plate shifted, the only reason I found this problem was to get the neutral light to come on I would have to pull the gear lever up a bit and you could feel the roller was coming out of the detent, and 1st gear was hard to engage.
 
Someone told me to just ride the bloody thing recently,looks like he took his own advice. Might need some tyres if this keeps up ha Red.
 
redax5 said:
made some crap excuse to take Mike's Motodd for another ride, meet up with Matt and Drikko at Mt Glorious Tea House for breakfast
now I remember, needed to see if the suspension was any better after I backed it off more
it was, bike is just fucking awesome to ride, is now absorbing the bumps, still tracks like a train, need to make some other crap excuse this weekend to ride it again

Laverda's outnumbered all other brands at the Tea House this morning  :D

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In fact 3/4 of the bikes were Lavs. Went back via Mt Nebo then just didn't want to stop so went up Mt Mee over to Woodford for lunch :) Superb day!!! A quick ride turned into about 200ks!
 
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