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

Went outside, pulled the cover off the Jota. Thought about taking the forks off. Thought about which way round to put them back on. Thought about using a set of Gold callipers i have , thought about the clock wiring and decided its too cold to do anything. Put cover back on.

I suppose i need to make a new loom for the front to convert the 120 plastic clock unit back to ND clocks and their idiot lights. Paradies despite saying they had parts in stock when i ordered have now said delivery will be end of Feb....... :'(
Paintwork is at the sprayers who want a couple of months anyway.
Bike has been standing for a year so i need to strip and rebuild the carbs sometime. wondering what to do about suspension which is stock at the moment but seems to be working ok. Think i will get it on the road first and then think again. Found a nice rear mudguard (stainless) and got that polished, Dont know whether to put the rear indicators on stalks off the light bracket or stick them on the grab rail..Took cover off bike, sprayed it with WD40 ( the bike) put cover on bike. Yawn. :)
 
Well its been a few weeks but I appealed to my "other" side and got the 120 Jota out, a 1982 year model bike with 49,640kms planning to spin her over 50,000 km.
The 120 Jota is the most unique Laverda in my opinion I didn't say the best but the most individual.
 

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Lovely bike Maurice! Sure is a smart colour scheme.

I took my red one out yesterday for a winter blast, brrrrrr - was a bit chilly but the adrenalin kicked in and cheered me up.
 
10 into 8 does go.
Had to haul them all out of the garage to rejig it to get 2 more in.

Some of the beauties.



All safely back in again



Look what I found up the back, common as...  :D

 
As far as the smoked colored 120s go I have been led to believe there were 16 and BMW got upset and that color scheme was stopped to avoid having legal action against Moto Laverda, mine was originally a red with gold pin line, but I painted it in the smoked scheme as it pisses Pat off :D But dont worry Pat the original red bodywork s ready to bolt back on. :D
 
To day I filled my Jota with some fresh (ish) petrol and fitted 3 new B9ES candles.
After fitting the new DMC ignition system that included an optical pick up trigger system along with new coils etc I had a problem with it banging and farting so naturally assumed I had done something wrong on the install.

With new fuel and plugs she runs as god intended.  I am a very happy bunny.

I'd like to thank Keith Nairn for his help as well as Hamish Renfrew for his advice.

Just got to change the oil and clean the filter and fit new hoops along with a nice shiny new 530 chain and sprockety things.
 
Took out the 3C for a 2h ride today. Probably last Laverda ride this year, as the odometer passed away a few weeks ago , finally paying tribute to the long storage time. Clocks will go for an overhaul, so will use the downtime to change brake fluid and fork oil. Seems legit as the bike is more than 2yrs in service now.

Haven't seen any other bike during the entire trip, albeit the weather being still fair over here, no freezing temps and no salt on the roads. Seems I'm hosted to a country full of whimps by now. :LOL:  At least the caged bastards where able to enjoy the Laverda symphony w/o distraction. Field day for the trio infernale, I'd guess... :D
 
Finished assembling the roller starter for the race bike.
Need to get that one sorted after a very lousy sorting out year.
SF 2 out tomorrow maybe for the last time this winter.
Saturno about to be relauched.

Paul
 
After living on the work table for the past 13 years, my 1958 Laverda 100 Turismo finally burst into life this weekend!

Starts easily and runs sweetly, a pleasnt surprise, as I was expecting a couple of mechanical issues.  The engine was but a tired, worn out lump of metal when I started, from a worn Turismo and a knackered Sport engine I used the best bits to build a 4-speed, hopefully a bit quicker, Turismo engine.

Time to get it registered, do a couple of serious shakedowns before putting it to the ultimate test, the 2015 Milano-Taranto over almost 1900 kms!

piet  :D :D
 

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Green, deep, deep, green with envy both for the bike and for the ride. You are one very fortunate puupy Piet.
 
Thanks Davo.

M-T is going to be in stark contrast to the 2014 Scottish National Rally I rode on the RGS.  M-T goes over a week, reckon I'll be pretty buggered by then!  Anyway, another tick on my list of "crazy things yet to do".

Preparing my next projects, a 1951/52 (not quite sure exactly which) 75 Sport and a 60's 125 Sport America, both for wifey!  Hopefully, they'll be done a bit quicker...

piet
 
sfcpiet said:
After living on the work table for the past 13 years, my 1958 Laverda 100 Turismo finally burst into life this weekend! <snip>
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Love it, Piet - super job you've done there.

Milano-Taranto, eh?  And why not?!  Change your mentality, and little bikes can be such fun!

Craig
 
Great Piet. It's always moving when metal a long time cold goes vroom and warms up.

I'd love to do the MT or the Giro on one of my tiddlers. We'll see.
Paul
 
Um, I think you will be encountering some actuation issues if the rose joint is at the pedal. Leverage and flex will have the pedal going over center and no braking will happen. You will need to a lever rigidly mounted to the pedal with a pivot on the same plane as the master cylinder piston to make it work.
 
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