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

Finished rear disc adaptor for the 880SFCK and couldn't help myself, slipped front end on to see how it will look.

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Looks like a Kawa ZX750R front end.
Similar to the one on my friend's Moto Martin triple.

 
Dropped in to see Keith on my way back down from the frozen north today.  RGS now sporting a luvverly set of Mikunis and nearly ready to go, give or take the odd little niggle like binding brakes.  Keith fired it up, and to say the mill sounded 'urgent' would be an understatement  :D
 
Reggie3cl said:
Dropped in to see Keith on my way back down from the frozen north today.  RGS now sporting a luvverly set of Mikunis and nearly ready to go, give or take the odd little niggle like binding brakes.  Keith fired it up, and to say the mill sounded 'urgent' would be an understatement  :D
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Looking forward to the video already!!!!!!!!
 
padlock said:
very nice indeed. Whats the front end?

  FFF
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Suzuki SV1000 46mm jobbies.
The top bearing was the hardest part. I couldn't source the ID and OD required and ended up turning down the ball race's cup to the required OD  :o FFS, that shit is hard and took me hours just to knock off a couple of mm. But, as far as stem length is concerned, it was a near perfect fit.

Some people don't like wave rotors, but I do, and reckon they suit the Duc :-X Sport Classic wheels.

I'm about to have Red order a set of Boba's carbon bodywork, (SFC drum brake tank, fairing and seat base, including a 750 front guard (the jury in my head is still out about the shape of the current guard). I considered this ages ago, but after seeing JLO's triple project ........ it's convinced me it's the right move.

Greg at DAM has just taken delivery of everything I need to get the starter and genny side buttoned up, looking forward to that. A few more mounts and the like to be welded on and the frame is going off the the blasters, then a few coats of satin grey, I'll try and match colour to the lighter weave of the carbon.

Anyway, enough of the gunna's. What I did to it yesterday was: Fitted up the new black and orange bling brake master cylinder and clutch controls. I was a little apprehensive at first, but think they look rather horn, fitted. Pics later.

Orange bar ends are the only tarnished remnants of when it burnt to the ground, I'm going to keep them on as a reminder.
 
Chris if there remote reservoir clutch and brake found something intersting on mine.Seems finding clear brake fluid resistant hose isn't as easy as I expected ,what I was using would weep fluid slowly through the body of the hose.The good stuff is called Tygon 2375.This only for the low pressure hose from the reservoir to the master.
 
Met up with fellow TS owner in North Cumbria for first time today. The ultimate shed with more kit and Italian bike gorgeousness than you could shake a stick at. Parcel from Malcolm Cox with new collector box arrived yesterday and consignment from Wolfgang to collect from the PO first thing in the morning. My humble shed will see a full day of action tomorrow as the missus is away and I won't get coaxed into the usual domestic Saturday chores but somehow I need to fix the totally shagged Dyson before she gets back. Any ideas?
 
Went for a ride up the mountain, found the cane cutter and a REAL tree fern.....none of those woosey photo-shopped pot plants for us...

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What would those mexicans know about breakfast meh...

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It looked better than it sounded, totally pathetic when it took off, sounded like a wet fart in the pool.

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Good cholesterol top-up there Drikko.

I made a tool to get the RGS forks apart. Well, actually, they're not RGS forks but BMW K75 - that's the front end I've put on the RGS frame. Top plug is held in by a circlip. Gotta push down on the plug to get the bugger out.

Anyone know anything about these forks? They're Showa 41mm forks from late 1980s to early 1990s I think. I've had a bit of a web search but can't find a manual for them, or even an oil quantity/viscosity.  The oil that came out of them was very thin and red. Looked like ATF to me.

Yes, I know. My work bench is a mess.  ::)

Edit: I just had a bit of a cogitation session while enjoying an afternoon Bundy rum, and it occurred to me that the weight of the front end of the bike and rider is taken by that pissy little wire circlip that holds the bung in the top of the fork. I hope it's stronger than it looks.

 

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Dellortoman said:
Yes, I know. My work bench is a mess.  ::)

Edit: I just had a bit of a cogitation session
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Ya reckon that's a messy workbench?

:o Cam, I just opened a beer and was ruminating about your cogitation.

When I rebuilt the SV1000 forks post fire, there was all this white stuff clogging up the fork springs, turned out to be melted plastic.

I jumped online and saw what looked like a bulimic reo stand-off, about 90mm long, sat on top of the springs as a spacer :o That's all that holds the front up! Now the spacer is made of 6061 aluminium.  :D

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Just doing some deliberation about your ruminating on my cogitation.  :D

Fortunately there was no melted plastic in these forks. The spacer is a piece of steel tube, although if I find I need a different length, I'll probably do my usual trick of making them out of heavy duty PVC electrical conduit.  They seem to be well made, and in very good condition with nice looking progressively wound springs. I found a reference for the oil quantity/spec somewhere on the web. So I reckon I'll just stick them back together, fill 'em with oil and see how they go. If I find the damping to be unsuitable for the much lightened RGS, I'll consider fitting GVRs.

While browsing the web for info, I found a comment by some German bloke on a BMW forum who seemed to know quite a bit about these forks. He said the Showa forks were the best fitted to Beemers of that era because they are repairable. They have replaceable bushes in the top of the sider and bottom of the stanchion. He went on to say "All other forks are rubbish" (I guess that includes Marzocchis). Dunno whether that's true, but it made me feel good about having blindly bought them without knowing anything about them.
 
Dellortoman said:
Just doing some deliberation about your ruminating on my cogitation.  :D
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Cam, I've postulated over your deliberation over my ruminating of your cogitation  :D

Why not change that silly bit of wire with an inside C clip? It'd give you a bit more piece of mind.
 
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