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

Looking good Andy. I am a bit behind you, cleaning, polishing, painting a few odds and sods, before I put it all back together. Engine is in frame without scratching anything. I can't find anyone local to zinc plate bolts etc so having to replace with ones I can find locally and will have to order some of the more special ones from Wolfgang I guess.
 
henrywillms said:
I can't find anyone local to zinc plate bolts etc so having to replace with ones I can find locally and will have to order some of the more special ones from Wolfgang I guess.
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I didn't go too crazy with plating my bolts.  Only those that really had some corrosion got done - the rest just got some quick cleaning in the parts washer.  It won't look showroom-new, but what the hell, it's almost 40 yrs old.
 
Rebuilt carbs fall of 2015,new brass, etc. incl. new float needles. Nothing but problems with needles leaking and overflowing thought the vents. Removed and checked countless times things ok for a while then overflowing again. This spring opened up the petcocks for the first time and centre and right carbs overflowing like crazy (everything ok when bike parked for the winter last fall). Wolfgang on his euro trip so put the 39 year old original needles and seats  back in and  everything fixed, no overflowing. Going to put the old needle and seat in the LH carb as a pre-caution and leave it. Something amiss with the new stuff so will discuss with Wolfgang when things slow down for him. The Del's may be old tech but those float valves are sure high quality.

Stu
 
psg said:
Rebuilt carbs fall of 2015,new brass, etc. incl. new float needles. Nothing but problems with needles leaking and overflowing thought the vents. Removed and checked countless times things ok for a while then overflowing again. This spring opened up the petcocks for the first time and centre and right carbs overflowing like crazy (everything ok when bike parked for the winter last fall). Wolfgang on his euro trip so put the 39 year old original needles and seats  back in and  everything fixed, no overflowing. Going to put the old needle and seat in the LH carb as a pre-caution and leave it. Something amiss with the new stuff so will discuss with Wolfgang when things slow down for him. The Del's may be old tech but those float valves are sure high quality.

Stu
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Stu,

When refitting overhauled Dellortos, I often experience over-flowing upon opening the petcocks.  A couple of taps on the float bowls with a screwdriver handle cures it instantly.  :D

Due to the downdraught angle of the carbs and with the floats dangling in the empty float bowl, the needles tend to jam halfway up to cause over-flow, a gentle tap dislodges them and they take up work...  New needles are definitely better quality than the older type, the spring-loaded plungers don't wear into the valve body (now nickel-plated steel instead of brass) as quickly as they used to.  The valve body is also better guided onto the seat, hence the tendency to jam when at such an acute angle, for which the carb wasn't really designed.

piet
 
After nearly 29 years of dissatisfaction with the front brakes on my SFC1000, I fitted a later model (rectangular lid) 15mm bore Brembo master cylinder. Great improvement. Bit more lever travel but much more feel and much more braking. At last...

Andre
 
Thanks piet, that might explain the overflow especially as the bike sits for longish periods of time between rides. I have tapped them, maybe too gently. I'm leaving the new float needle in the LH carb and see what happens.

Stu
 
Canuck750 said:
I recognize those cabinets with the stickers,
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Mine were from the house next door that was being demolished.  The night before they tore it down, I wandered over and salvaged their old kitchen cabinets for my garage :)
 
If you look closely you'll see the sidepanels are not in the standard position.
Because of the pod filters they clashed with the front edge of the sidepanels and I hate seeing when big chunks are cut out of the panels to make things fit.
So I cut off and re-welded the sidepanel lugs as far back as I could, almost an inch back.
Got the left one done ok but the right was off a smidge.
Just adds to it's character I think.
Won't be changing it now.
It got a deep clean before going on the stand at the Scottish bike show and various circumstances led to not riding it much since then, like snow, rain, the big move etc.
It's going to become my daily driver now as I'm fed up driving the van all the time.
 
I wish I could have worked on getting my Corsa back on the road. Instead I have spent several days scraping old antifouling paint  off the bottom of my boat and getting ready to repaint it. A truly miserable job. Hopefully done this weekend and back at the Laverda. Though I hoped to get the bike done in the cold weather (heated garage) and be ready for the riding season I do enjoy having the garage doors open with sunshine and fresh air coming in.  Somehow working on a bike in the warm weather seems more enjoyable. I am riding the Vstrom so not without a bike. It is a very capable bike but utterly souless. 
 
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