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

Been riding daily on the SF2 for quite a while now. To work every day, various errands and two weekend rallies over the past month. Took the bike out into the country yeaterday evening, 20 km or so for an after work beer.
Probably clocked up near 2000 km since putting straight through pipes on.
Still having carburation issues but haven't had time to look into it. Will do so this weekend. Will go down 5 points on the pilots and lift the needles since I have no larger mains. I've ordered 145 mains, will put them in if lifting needles indicates I'm in the right direction.

Mid may will be the 25th anniversary meeting of the Amicale 750 Laverda group in the Ardennes, about 300 km from home.
Will need to get the bike sorted and a new rear tyre on for that.

Paul
 
kate n guy said:
Hey Harry Lime....Lloydy called round at work today in or on Judith.....meetin you next week aint he......
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The mind boggles! But yes, at the Curborough bash. A run in his ancient car has been offered to my dear friend Susanne who is researching 1913 this year.

You coming along too?

Might trot over to Stafford tomorrow, but en voiture. You folk going?

Susanne's first research "link" was to a copy of Vogue, published Jan 1st 1913. As she say "Four pages of a women's magazine devoted to cars.....etc." We often forget that the pioneer motorists were as likely to be female as male (as with the aviators!)

https://susannejarratt.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/1913-jan-1-american-vogue/


(Still looking for a 1910-1913 bike for her - hint hint....just in case you stumble across one :-) Some years since Susanne rode her Ducati Pantah mind...but it is being recommissioned this year!)

H.
 
I filled, sanded and painted my swingarm. Two coats of paint and two coats of clear.
Was looking good and then it happened. A big clear run on the underside of the pivot area.  >:(

I was going to leave it ........ but my OCD is kicking in ................ I can't leave it like that, even though nobody but me will see it. FFS, now you know what I'm doing tomorrow!



 
chrisk said:
I filled, sanded and painted my swingarm. Two coats of paint and two coats of clear.
Was looking good and then it happened. A big clear run on the underside of the pivot area.  >:(

I was going to leave it ........ but my OCD is kicking in ................ I can't leave it like that, even though nobody but me will see it. FFS, now you know what I'm doing tomorrow!
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Probably what I have been doing today - rubbing back a huge run of 2K clear - except mine was in the side of the tank and highly visible. Moved the spray just that bit too slow.
 
New tyre on the back of the SF2, Dunlop Arrowmax.
Unfortunately, the guy who supplied and fitted the tyre didn't have a 530 chain in stock so I'll have to wait.
Dropped the exhausts of course to take rear wheel out. Have fitted new collars with a very shallow groove for 1/2 rings so as to clamp tubes into head.
Exhausts are very sooty, will fit 50 pilots tomorrow and see what gives.
Paul
 
opened a crate of brand new custom built Laverda triple frames
you all should see them, awesome work, look brilliant  8)


 
redax5 said:
okay, here you go Padders, shot of the 3 frames
awesome hey  :D

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Bloody tease ;)


Been up early this morning and rectified my paint blunder. Wet sanding at 5.00am isn't my idea of fun, but it had to be done.

Now the next issue, when I put the axle through I can dress the nut to the left or to the right. (Remembering this isn't a Laverda axle with a nut either side) The nut for the swing-arm axle dresses to the left.

I think I'll keep both nuts on the same side, for the sake of uniformity.
OCD can be a prick sometimes.
 
Took the Series 2 for a little jaunt with its older brother....................

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