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

I've not actually done anything to the bike today because I'm busy ensuring that the lights stay on across the UK but when I left work I found a message saying that the seat, fairing and petrol tank off my maybe a Montjuic are completed and ready for collection so I know what I'll be doing in two weeks time.
 
Paul. Having to modify your SF2 exhaust retainers for collars, was this because the step-up on the Armours headers prevents fitting as with original headers? If you know what I mean.
 
I looked at a picture of her.  And I thought damn.  DAMN... :P

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Finished buffing my rims respoked the rear, once I respoke the front wheel the whole bike can go back together. The engine is now in my shed instead of being bolted to Reds bench (thanks Red top job as usual) so the pile of new and repainted bits taking up the corner of our bedroom will very shortly be project complete :P :P :P :D
 

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Refurbed the front calipers on the mongrel today, and filled the system wih brake fluid. Now have a front brake!  Thort I'd put some fluid in the clutch hydraulics while I was at it, but it wouldn't cooperate - couldn't get the stuff to pump through. I'll have to try a different approach, maybe a vacuum bleeder.
 
Wiring connected, oil in, connect remote fuel tank, connect Carbtune, start her up and don't touch anything as carbs are perfectly balanced. Ooooh it sounds nice.

Now to get on with painting he carbon to the colour the bike is registered in.
 
The bike still needs everything doing, as it has been off the road since 1987, but that hasn't stopped me picking up some 40 mm brembo calipers and GSXR750 wheels, just need to sell the Suzuki forks and front/rear calipers they came with.

I might even get time to start working on the actual bike!!!

Cheers,
Andy
 
After near 30 years of ownership, checked the PM (TDC) mark in the starter freewheel on my SF2.
I used the time honored method of the stomach drain tube fixed and sealed in a hollowed out spark plug with chewing gum. The other end of the tube is in some oil.
On the compression stroke, when bubbles stop emerging from the tube, you're one side of TDC. When oil starts being sucked up the tube, you're the other side, TDC is bang between the 2.
Well, the PM mark was spot on.

Paul
 
Fired up the SF2 after two months work. Immediately settled down to a tickover at 3000 revs, so shut it down.
I changed the main throttle cable, so something holding up somewhere.
Noise from the straight through pipes, is meaty but not loud. Will post pics and if possible a soundtrack when it's all over.
Spent quite a while setting the timing since the points plate is completely buggered. Setting the timing on the "free" point influences the points gap and vice versa.
If only my pile of parts wasn't a pile but was nicely sorted!

Paul
 
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Spent quite a while setting the timing since the points plate is completely buggered

Paul
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Sound like a good reason for fitting electronic Paul :o
 
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