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

kate n guy said:
Fer gawds sake John...get her summat eyetie and basic.........
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"Get her.."? "Get her...."? Nothing to do with me guv'nor. Her bike, her money, her choice. I was just helping out for a mo'. See if I could sort it before it gets chucked at the dealer.

She's eyeing up a Street Triple in a sort of matt orangey colour at the mo'. Which I look forward to a spin on :-)

I darn nearly bought a drum brake Morini Sport the other day.....her interest was at the "nice antique for the living room" level.

H.
 
The project continues.
Just threw the engine in the frame to save space in the cave.
Also to help motivate me to keep the project going.
Not much more I can do until proper money is spent on it.

 
New chain and sprockets to be fitted , found one of the rear sprocket bolts has a stripped thread, new headlight switch and connectors fitted . Sasch ignition fitted by Red Monday before rally and new shocks fitted on Tuesday . Fixed the neutral light and next job is rebuild the front suspenders.
Gotta love owning a Lav
 
Went to Trafico this morning, collected papers and bought number plate for POP.
Now all I need to do is get it insured.
It's only taken 10 years from start to finish...  (bikebend) (Lavflag)
 
Would have been a perfect day if I hadn't returned to the van and found it had a flat tyre.
Madrid city centre is no place to get a flat in a van...
Turned out to be a split tyre valve.
 
The 'special' swing arm is away for a minor update and new paint. This will simplify future ITV tests.
Fitted the new numberplate.
Job's a good 'un!

 
POP was much easier than the Corsa as I knew all the steps, where to go to pay the ransoms, and in the end I only had 2 trips to Trafico instead of 4 last time. Plus I didn't waste 15 months with a fraudulent gestor.
Just the Fatlas to build and get registered now.
 
Got my 1200 closer to being fully stripped down - will have the motor out this weekend: 


Also discovered near zero clearance (less than .05 mm) on all 3 exhaust valves, and this on the #1 exhaust valve:




Obviously I may have some head work to do, but won't know what needs to be done until it is pulled off.  Any ideas on what would cause the shim to scar up the valve tip so badly?  It was firmly seated on the valve tip when I pulled the cam follower (no visible damage to the cam follower).
 
Maybe a collet has popped out, floated around and gone back in or something?
To cause the damage shown something has to have come adrift.
Some sort of lucky escape which ever way you slice it! :)
 
By the look of the old scarring there it appears at some stage a cam lobe has worn through the bucket and destroyed a shim and the top of the valve. New shim, new bucket and damage is hidden underneath.
 
A local luxury bike dealer, read expensive, announced Monday night that he was bringing in an SFC Electronica to his shop.
I announced that I'd come and have a look Tuesday after work. No photos apart from a shot of the inside of his van with an orange bike hidden behind 2 Vincents.
Wrong rear light, no Smiths or ND instruments visible and a hydraulic clutch. My curiousity was wetted!
Funnily enough, the bike was announced sold in the afternoon before I could turn up.
Paul
 
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