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

Out at the sandblasting pit today... in -15 deg temps.  Getting my 1200 frame prepped for either painting or powdercoating (still undecided which way to go).  Had to call it quits before finishing as my hands were getting numb and it became too hard to hang on to things... should have done this part of the project before the weather turned.
 
Went for a ride on the LeMans with some mates. Tim was there on his 3C. Came across a bloke on a very low mileage Hesketh. That's not something you see every day.
 

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Crikey, just had a look at those Heskeths that are the butt of our jokes, prices seem quite high.
Not many miles under the belt though, which is a shame:

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3patC said:
Those ultrasonic cleaners are great but although I removed a huge amount of crap from my 1200TS carbs and they looked like new after several sessions in the cleaner, the bodies must still have some crud in them because they dont work properly. They fired the bike up and then after a couple of minutes stopped working probably after having pulled some hidden debris through.
I reckon I'll get all the old deposits out eventually though and I have to say whilst they appear relatively unworn they were in the most gunged up state I've ever seen carbs in.
In the meantime I borrowed the carbs off my 3CL and it fired up and ran well.
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if you have acces to compressed air and a fine air nozzle, when the carbs come out of the ultrasonic, blow air through the various passages at 150 psi, then run the carbs again int eh ultrasonic and se ehow much moew crap comes out...

failing that, dunk them for 24 hours in GUNK HydroSeal 2, then run them through the ultrasonic yet again. I bought a 5 gallon pail of the Hydroseal, should alst me a decade or more of carb cleaning, best stuff I have found so far.

Paul LeClair
 
I used some CT18 truck wash (detergent) in the ultrasonic water. I also tried a bit of carb cleaner in the water, but it didn't mix well. I used a compressed air nozzle to blow out every orifice afterwards (did the carbs too while I was at it  ;))

I'm not bothered about the appearance of the carbs. If I was, I'd use the soda blaster. I don't care if they have a bit of oxide staining. I just want them to work properly.

We have our annual pilgrimage to Ross Motorcycle show in Northern Tassie (and places beyond) next weekend. If I can get the carbs back in the bike, balanced and adjusted before then, I'll take the Jota. Otherwise it'll be the Goose Lemon.

I've never seen Gunk in the shops here. I assume it's some kind of degreaser or carb cleaner.
 
aebbern said:
Out at the sandblasting pit today... in -15 deg temps.  Getting my 1200 frame prepped for either painting or powdercoating (still undecided which way to go).  Had to call it quits before finishing as my hands were getting numb and it became too hard to hang on to things... should have done this part of the project before the weather turned.
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If it is to be black - powdercoat

If it is to be silver - zinc powdercoat base then silver paint - at least that is how I would do it next time.
 
Well there you go, I have both bases covered. Frame was powdercoated and ended up a crappy grey rather than silver so I scuffed it up to key and painted it epoxy weiss aluminium and then gave it a 2pack clear topcoat x 2.  :-*
 
Oh, and as to what I did with my Laverda over the weekend. Made a few minor adjustments on Saturday including notching the steering head up a tad tighter and on Sunday rode her out to the DOCWA Moto Italian Ovest, where she was the star of the show, in my eyes anyway. Report and photos will follow when I find the time.
 
+1 for epoxy on frames. Glad I painted the Motodd frame as it suffered some damage when removing the motor recently. Easy to touch up.
I'll never powder coat frames again.
 
I think BMW may have gone a little far with the latest version of the 1200 Adventure.  Man, that tank is w-i-i-ide.
 
Spent the weekend at Retroclasica in Bilbao.
Had some punter check out the Jota I was showing.
Report to follow.

 
Reggie3cl said:
I think BMW may have gone a little far with the latest version of the 1200 Adventure.  Man, that tank is w-i-i-ide.
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LOL! Yea. We used to think that a Laverda triple was a flipping BIG motorcycle. But even my BMW R1100S dwarves my Laverda 3C.

I rode the BMW 1150 Adventure and thought....I'm 6'3" tall (2 meters for our metric friends) with a 33" inside leg and even I'm having trouble getting my feet down.

Anyway - it was shit. My S kicked it's ass as a road bike - and who, short of superman, really takes them "off road"? Pass me my Bultaco, toots.

Then I rode the 1200 GS - ....I'll not even comment on that. Oh, OK then. How did BMW produce such a buzzy, boring, engine? Chassis and handling were better than the 1150 though, granted.

It's no wonder there aren't more lady bikers! Finding a decent, powerful, good handling, manoeuvrable bike for wifey ( 5'2" blue eyed blonde) is becoming really difficult!

FFS manufacturers - there's a market out there!

(That black Guzzi is nice. I don't like the way Guzzi's ride (except the little ones), but that looks quite cute).

..and nice street art (another enthusiasm of mine).

H.


 
Today I wheeled jenny out of the garage and into the house for winter. Now I don't spend all my money on beer progress should be a lot quicker!!!!!


FFF
 
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