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

Scared the holy shit out of myself taking off the starter freewheel that was a bit corroded on the outside. Soaked it with penetrating fluid and then using a flywheel puller tightened down and left to pull, occasionally tightening it a little. Went to work on sorting parts and then the loudest frick'n noise that sounded like a shotgun going off with parts flying everywhere. After that it was time for a little whiskey  (drink) (drink) (drink)
 
Was helping out today, over at the Redax shed, when the poster of the Motodd was delivered.
Ya-bloody-hoo !!
There was a feeling of contentment as it was carefully unwrapped, unrolled and placed correctly on the wall behind the lathe.
Then we stood back and admired the excellent photography and reminisced about the great shed creation that was.
We do miss the Redax Motodd,, so we're bloody lucky there's now a few SCR space-frames to build ay.  :D
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, so back to work ..............
 
Off work today. I'd looked in the yellow pages and found an engineering shop repairing car and bike radiators about 45 km away.
Cleaned the burnt paint off the SFC oil radiator and ground off bits of molten aluminium probably from the fork clamps.

Met a man with eyes, hands and a brain linking them, not a common occurrence. He muttered brazing and tin weld and said he'd have a good look and ring back next week.

I'd be a happy man if that radiator could be salvaged.

Cut through the exhaust clamps at the head to get the exhaust off. Only way to do it since the heat had seriously deformed the clamps.

Paul
 
Slowly getting ready for Mot, Brake fluid changed, flasher relay replaced, crankcase breather replaced with new,,, How Much ????FFS ???, Chain cleaned and lubed, fork brace fitted and now its to bloody cold so inside for a cuppa !!
 
Off season fun, playing with gadgets. Here?s the latest addition; Innovate mtx-l air/fuel gauge with Bosch lsu 4.9 wideband lambda sensor. Hopefully a good setup to adjust the carburetors properly.
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Recently went to balance my carbs and found the balance tubes buggered. Took the carbs off, replaced the tubes and a couple of other bits of brassware I had lying around.  All back together and the bloody thing was running like a hairy goat. Eventually got the carbs balanced and a relatively decent idle (actually idled quite well before)
So today took it for a decent run to make sure everything sorted out, but had a bit of drama before I even got it going. Cut a long story short, nearly fooked the engine then very nearly burnt it to the ground :-[  (leave it to your imagination)
Anyway all good now and running well.
 
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reverted the top triple clamp and instrument dash back to black after the "orange" experiment.
also made a new ignition key locking ring to replace the knackered plastic one that was secured with a cable tie.

unfortunately the bike broke a valve in the RH cylinder on our recent trip to Albany, 15km short of our destination.
so tomorrow it goes onto a truck away to the Red shed for a new set of valves.
I won't see it again until the weekend before the "not the Barry" when I will fly over and ride it down to Sydney.

pete
 
2volts said:
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reverted the top triple clamp and instrument dash back to black after the "orange" experiment.
also made a new ignition key locking ring to replace the knackered plastic one that was secured with a cable tie.

unfortunately the bike broke a valve in the RH cylinder on our recent trip to Albany, 15km short of our destination.
so tomorrow it goes onto a truck away to the Red shed for a new set of valves.
I won't see it again until the weekend before the "not the Barry" when I will fly over and ride it down to Sydney.

pete
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Maybe a re-chrome job on the bars could be done too?
 
paid a nice man with a van to help me move it (and a pile of other kibble) to it's new home.

Worryingly my new workshop is, unheated, warmer than my house with the heating on...
 
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