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

Dellortoman said:
Spent today making up some fairing brackets and mounting the SFC-style fairing on the track bike. It'll look better when it has the bubble screen on.
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It would look better still if you drop the front of the fairing by four or five inches. To make them look fast and sleek the bottom of the fairing should be parallel to the road, that is why 1980 Jotas look gawky and stupid and 900ss's  look sleek and fast, they both use essentially the same shape of fairing its all in the angle of the dangle  ;)

    Keith
 
laverdakeith said:
It would look better still if you drop the front of the fairing by four or five inches. To make them look fast and sleek the bottom of the fairing should be parallel to the road, that is why 1980 Jotas look gawky and stupid and 900ss's  look sleek and fast, they both use essentially the same shape of fairing its all in the angle of the dangle  ;)

    Keith
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Interesting observation.  Has anyone got a photo of a 1980 Jota fairing with this done to it?  I'm assuming you are talking about race bike fairing, not road bike with headlight, Keith.

Reminds me of a certain photograph of a man and his dog that once graced the pages of our esteemed forum  :D :D :D


Yogi
 
Davo said:
Got it out for her first decent ride since rebuild, rego and Red's recommended alteration. Only 60km to see what would fall off. Apart from a leaking seal under the top cap of the front mastercylinder all went very nicely. Longer run next time.

Oh, and that green really stands out from the crowd.  8)
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Your weather makes me green  :D

Very nice looking  8)
 
Davo said:
Got it out for her first decent ride since rebuild, rego and Red's recommended alteration. Only 60km to see what would fall off. Apart from a leaking seal under the top cap of the front mastercylinder all went very nicely. Longer run next time.

Oh, and that green really stands out from the crowd.  8)
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Look great Davo, does sort of scream out for a hump seat doesn't it?
 
laverdakeith said:
It would look better still if you drop the front of the fairing by four or five inches. To make them look fast and sleek the bottom of the fairing should be parallel to the road, that is why 1980 Jotas look gawky and stupid and 900ss's  look sleek and fast, they both use essentially the same shape of fairing its all in the angle of the dangle  ;)

    Keith
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I reckon you're probably right Keith. During the process of mounting it, I thought it looked a bit wrong myself. So I went and had a cup of tea while doing a web search for photos. Nearly all of the SFC-style fairing photos I could find show a similar angle. The only photos I found showing the bottom edge parallel to the road were of a somewhat different shaped fairing.

The angle of dangle (as well as the fore-aft location) was determined mainly by the position of the clip-on handlebars. If I were to drop the front of the fairing, the bars would clout it on full lock (which is very much reduced lock anyway). I don't want to drop the bars any further down the fork legs or I'll end up a bloody hunchback. I'' have a look at raising the back end of the fairing a wee bit. but I don't want it above the bottom edge of the tank.

Check out the photo of Team Lavergnac's Renata below. It uses the same frame and bodywork as I'm using. I think her fairing has more of a nose-up attitude than mine. Perhaps that's because she's a haughty French lass  ;)

 

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Keith is probably right,mine cocks down a bit but I was using the original TT Montegi fairing mounts on my SS Bevel,to lazy to make new ones.Cam have a look at allowing the cam cover to come off with the fairing still mounted.Make life easier with maintenance jobs.
 
chrisk said:
Cam, that fairing sits way forward too.
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I'll re-check the clearance between bars and fairing on full lock. I might be able to shove it back a bit. Maybe I could reduce the steering lock a bit more. It's presently about 5/8 of fuck all. I could probably live with 3/8

Vince said:
Cam have a look at allowing the cam cover to come off with the fairing still mounted. Make life easier with maintenance jobs.
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It's not going to be a problem. I have Red's assurance that the motor will be maintenance free  ;)
Just in case he's wrong, I've designed the fairing for quick detachment. The tank, fairing and rear fairing mounting bracket can all be removed in about one minute.

Thanks for the feedback guys.
 
Here's my bike with sfc fairing.

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Sunny day at the Broadford track. And a few quiet ones on the way home at Toolangi pub.
 

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Finally beat the swingarm bearing races out... with the help of a washer and some very poor spot welds.  Thanks to Paul LeClair for the tips on how to get this done.
 
mucked around with my sfc fairing a bit-ended up reducing steering lock ,have magura clip ons -was happy in the end
 
aebbern said:
Finally beat the swingarm bearing races out... with the help of a washer and some very poor spot welds.  Thanks to Paul LeClair for the tips on how to get this done.
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That just doesn't look good....
 
aebbern said:
Finally beat the swingarm bearing races out... with the help of a washer and some very poor spot welds.  Thanks to Paul LeClair for the tips on how to get this done.
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Normally a 5-minute job... ok, 8, with fitting of the new bearings. :D

piet
 
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