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

Yogi,

Another mate has SF headers fitted to his SF3, the small-diameter headers work really well with the big-valve head.  Stock  SF1/2/3 Conti "silencers" are retained, bloody loud...  too loud for my liking, I tend to avoid riding immediately behind him.  The small cross-tube in front of the cylinders obviously gives the system enough support to prevent the headers loosening as he is not afflicted by the Loose Header Syndrome.

Your silencer locating plate is missing a bracket!

piet

Didn't do anything to any of my Laverdas today, but did a lot to/for other peoples' Laverdas. :D
 
Connected the carbs and most of the electrics. Have to hook up the DMC ignition, put fluids in and might get to start her in the next week or so. Then fingers crossed it's off for some paint and my first ever ride on a Laverda.
 

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Went to Lakeside Raceway with my mate Mark M. Bit of a tuning day yesterday, went well.
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Muir works his Dellorto magic..

Good start to the day. Fine conditions, bike fired up well. Pity rider didn't.. missed the start of the 1st session.. I blame Muir for keeping me up drinkin' all night..
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Two old farts ready for the day..

Overall a good result for the day. Tyres were an issue, front didn't seem to want to pick up pressure.. track was hot enough.. Ended up with a bit of a moment when I hit a crack in the surface just off line at exit Carousal.. front tucked in a bit hard.. but all good, boot down and away.. but straight in to check the thing.. Haven't used them since One Hour last September.. compound might have gone off I suppose..
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No, not saying "come back you bastards, I want a tow.." just more brilliant photography from Muir catching me putting my hand up to let the lads behind know I was going in after the front tucked in.. What he missed from the rear was the brown stain I was leaving behind.. :P

Maate, great day, thanks for your continued interest.

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LaverdaIan said:
Maate, great day, thanks for your continued interest. 
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thanks Ian & Nanette for a top weekend. & was good to help with the start of the OzLaverda Monty racing session.
a good achievement.

my photography style is always just 'point & shoot & hope' !!  & i got these with me phone.
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Top effort guys and Mark the photos are just fine good on ya
Pulled the front wheel from the RGS as well past the time for a new front boot!
 
Speaking of front boots, went up to levos place to do likewise and to get the publishing software working so he could actually do a newsletter. All that achieved after much swearing at Microsoft. Now some may remember me moaning about only having 2/3 throttle after which the engine would die, Levo suggests trying his inlet trumpet on the airbox seeing as he doesn't want it anymore. When fitting it I noticed the air inlet was totally blocked by wires and fuses so am wondering if that wasn't the problem. Anyway trumpet fitted, wow totally different bike! Full throttle pulls like a train! More power everywhere! Another problem fixed. Will try it again without the trumpet and the inlet clear and see if that solves it too.
 
I thought the rubber trumpet was for sound reduction reasons.
The cross section actually narrows down before opening back up before entering the airbox. Never seen a performance related velocity stack do that.
 
The trumpet is actually a very complex intake system, even if it doesn't seem that way.  Mostly to reduce intake roar without stifling performance.  Removing it usually results in a drastic performance slump.  Stock engines benefit greatly, modified perhaps not so much, guess I'll find out just how much when my RGS gets some extra ponies.

That the trumpet narrows does not necessarily mean performance is lost.  The trumpet is only a part of the intake system, but perhaps the most important part.  Intake restrictors in Formula cars are meant to limit power, but seeing how much can be achieved with a clever design makes you think... they still easily manage 100hp/l and more from a 2 litre 4-cylinder when breathing through a tiny 30mm hole.  The RGS trumpet also has a about 30mm at the narrowest point, so is plenty big enough for an engine twice its' size. :D

The blade in the old 180 airbox was used only on the 1200 to my knowledge, maybe on 1000 for certain markets, requires special carb set-up without being really effective or allowing peak performance.  This is best ditched completely and the carbs converted to 1000 specs, which totally transforms the engine.  The blade was included for noise reasons only and was not an overly clever design.

piet
 
Well Piet, we'll see in a few weeks time. I'll fit the longer exhaust tubes and tighten down the collar nuts as usual after a couple of hours of use, putting some Locktite on. We'll see. Report will be here.
Paul
 
Primary on the SF2 ready for closing. Crank end nut on and tightened.
Fork oil drained and changed.
Waiting for new instrument holder and new primary slipper tensionner to finish that, then change tappet inspection studs and set up engine. Put on new long headers without under engine box and wake up neighbours at 7 am off to work.

Ciao
Paul
 
Wel today I stood by while Keith reassembled my crank with luvverly Carrillo rods.  He pronounced it a very good crank with a runout of something under 1 thou or thereabouts.  Which is nice.

I also patched up the frame paint which had been eaten at some stage by a clutch fluid leak.

And I tried to make a start on connecting up new switchgear.  At this I failed miserably- I felt like I was back in A level maths where nothing made sense to me, despite the fact that I have already done this conversion on my old bike.  What a dunce.  Anyway, I took the switches with me so that I could draw out the circuits which is the only way my brain will take on board what is required.

Anyway, my incompetence notwithsanding all the big stuff on the engine is done so the end is in sight.  It's gonna be a hell of a mill, thank gawd I'm moving back up to those there Highlands where I may be able to use its full potential from time to time. :D
 
Wel today I stood by while Keith reassembled my crank
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Tsk, tsk - have you no respect for the man's day of rest??!  :P 
(Says he who enjoyed the fruits of 10 hours of Keith's efforts on a Sunday a couple of years ago!!)

Good to know you'll be terrorising the haggis on a Laverda again soon  :LOL:
 
Have been a bit miffed by people naming their bike, but have decided to join the crew. Did some work on my 880SFK, finished off my disc spacers, made up a 4.5mm spacer to centre the Duc :-X wheel put wheel together and fitted to the front forks.

Bolted up callipers ................... errr, FFF the callipers are missing the spokes by about 1mm. Drank a couple of beers and contemplated just how much flex there is in a spoked wheel, and just how much I should shave off the inside of the callipers.
Beer didn't help solve the mystery, had a few red wines. Result: (dunno) 

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Tsk, tsk - have you no respect for the man's day of rest??!
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Hey, I bought him sunday lunch and desert!  OK, well, a chicken, bacon and stuffing sandwich and a Yorkie.
 
Chris I think bevels ran a thing called a shaved caliper,very spendy Bevel price these days.What was on the Sports Classic the wheel came off.
 
Picked up the paint and fineline masking tape in 3mm and 6mm and am going to have a crack at painting my Boba carbon so that the black pin stripes are the carbon. The green I chose is Ford YEBG which is the closest swatch i could find to the original pea green of the bike in a base coat colour. (YEBG = Yorkshire Electrical Board Green  :D )
 
This is me after switching to map 8 on the sache ignition  :D :D :D :D :D :D.
The SF3 is flying. Going to have to buy a box of lemons on the way home tonight just to get the smile off my face.

Jimmy
 
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