Re: What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?
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Dellortoman
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- Tasmania, Australia
Not all the costs got dumped on Blab's bike.
This thread just reminded me that I have a Redax invoice to pay too.
This thread just reminded me that I have a Redax invoice to pay too.
Rode to work. Nice fresh start to a fine day.
Brakes a hell of a lot better.
Bosch dynamos are apparently never fail items. Any body have an idea of why my dynamo shaft moves around with new bearings?
Will have a look again tonight.
Human psyche and engine noises do strange things.
I've just learnt that tightening a primary chain does not make a dynamo bearing noise disappear.
Paul
Brakes a hell of a lot better.
Bosch dynamos are apparently never fail items. Any body have an idea of why my dynamo shaft moves around with new bearings?
Will have a look again tonight.
Human psyche and engine noises do strange things.
I've just learnt that tightening a primary chain does not make a dynamo bearing noise disappear.
Paul
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Davo
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drikko said:
I wonder how those conrods are. Taps left on, one flooded cylinder at attempted startup, and then no cash to get it sorted at the time cost me a fortuna. Hope your luck is better.
Put new horns on Wilfred.
Last one fell off somewhere on the Christmas run. Forgot how handy a horn can be. No need to rev the crap out of the engine to alert iPhone hypnotized pedestrians they are about to be run over.
Fitted new rego sticker (well over due also).
Attempted to fit bar end mirrors from Drikko. Found that the internal dimensions of the bars are too small to fit. Might have to rethink it.
Toot toot!
Last one fell off somewhere on the Christmas run. Forgot how handy a horn can be. No need to rev the crap out of the engine to alert iPhone hypnotized pedestrians they are about to be run over.
Fitted new rego sticker (well over due also).
Attempted to fit bar end mirrors from Drikko. Found that the internal dimensions of the bars are too small to fit. Might have to rethink it.
Toot toot!
davidsmirage
Full member
Found out the one advantage of being unemployed. Took the Mirage out for a long blast around East Sussex in the sunshine.
2 tanks of fuel later....what a great way to spend a birthday.
David
2 tanks of fuel later....what a great way to spend a birthday.
David
kate n guy
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- Location
- Staffordshire
Well....Happy Birthday...bin a lovely day eh ?
Rode to work.
Took my dynamo to bits again last night. Checked thouroughly. It turns out that the two bearings on the shaft have a little play in thier housings. really not much, you can't feel it by hand when manipulating the bearing in its housing but when on the shaft, the play is of course multiplied ending up with the end of the dynamo shaft moving 3 or 4 mm.
I'll reassemble using that nice Loctite bearing glue. If all goes well, it'll allow the dynamo to survive another few decades.
Paul
Took my dynamo to bits again last night. Checked thouroughly. It turns out that the two bearings on the shaft have a little play in thier housings. really not much, you can't feel it by hand when manipulating the bearing in its housing but when on the shaft, the play is of course multiplied ending up with the end of the dynamo shaft moving 3 or 4 mm.
I'll reassemble using that nice Loctite bearing glue. If all goes well, it'll allow the dynamo to survive another few decades.
Paul
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Smiddy
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Reggie3cl
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Smiddy, your bike is the very definition of cobby. I like it.
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Smiddy
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Reggie3cl said:
the art of receiving oral performances whilst playing call of duty.
or did you mean the definition of Cobbled? That would be it!!
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dja981
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Can't understand how I missed you, oh now I remember it was pissing down in Aberdeen. 
Dave
Dave
Laverdian
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- Location
- Brigadoon, Scotland
Dave I reckon you must have been pissing down your own legdja981 said:Can't understand how I missed you, oh now I remember it was pissing down in Aberdeen.
Dave
It was a great day for a ride on your Laverda in Aberdeen today .... that's if you've got one. I will send you a PM mate and see if we can triple the Aberdeenshire membership overnight.Ian
Laverdian
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- Location
- Brigadoon, Scotland
Took a ride out to Alford, Aberdeenshire this afternoon to see Smithy, any excuse to use the new toy. Bought this RGS fairly recently, on the understanding that it only needed an indicator lens and road tax and was ?ready to ride to the South of France?. It?s always a case of caveat emptor when buying privately but you ask the questions and you expect straightforward answers. Anyway this is not the place for pissing and moaning about it, I still have one or two more things to do but it is now roadworthy and just went through its MOT with no advisories. Other than a good clean and polish it?s just had a new battery, horns, indicator relay, valves re-shimmed (5 out of 6 tight), new cam chain, new primary chains, carbs and ignition adjusted, dropped the oil and checked the gauze filter which was thankfully very clean, stripped the starter motor and cleaned up the comutator, replaced the shagged brushes and the nde bush, found a tooth broken tooth off the starter gear which was still inside the alternator case and was gently polishing the rotor so another starter gear fitted too. All of it a bit unexpected but it?s now sorted and running very well now.
Happy days.... another Laverda back on the road
Happy days.... another Laverda back on the road
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Laverdian
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- Brigadoon, Scotland
sfc1000uk said:
Thanks Bob, only reason to visit Alford was to see Smithy but it does have a good Transport Museum. Hopefully we will cross paths before too long.
Ian
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Davo
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Laverdian said:
Probably was. may not have got you back but
