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

laverdakeith said:
I had one of those drill a hole in the chaincase of a triple this year but the crank was cock on. The sleve had spun previously on the end of the crank before I rebuilt it and the new one was a bit loose but I thought it would be ok with a bit of loctite and re peening. Bloody wasn't.... ended up making a new slightly undersize sleve which fixed it.

  Keith
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Getting used to making under-sized sleeves too.  About half the 750 cranks I get in the shop have them loose, often the shaft end has had the buggery peened out of it, or tack-welded in place... nicely square or triangular, depending on how many spots are applied!  Lots of covers with witness marks on the inside, some have slight markings on the outside as well. :o

piet
 
Dellortoman said:
Spent some time balancing the carbs on the Jota today because the bike was a bit rough on the first little crack of throttle off idle. Blimey these Mikuni carbs are sensitive. It only takes a tiny little tweak of the balancing adjuster to throw the vacuum gauges all over the place. It's about as good as I can get it now, and the transition off idle is a lot better, but I reckon I might need to go up a size in idle jet. Got #17.5 in there at present with the mixture screws at about 1 turn, so might order a set of #20 idle jets.

One advantage of Dellortos is that they're a lot easier to balance.
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Here you go Cam, my Mikuni adjusting doo dad, made from an old socket and a bit of silver steel.

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  Keith
 
Looks like the gadget I made to do Bonnie tappets a hundred years ago.Handy as I have some carbs coming with the engine rebuild.Love to see this stuff shared
 
laverdakeith said:
Here you go Cam, my Mikuni adjusting doo dad, made from an old socket and a bit of silver steel.
  Keith
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I bet you can get them for bugger all at LIDL or ALDI..... but would they be as good? :D :D
 
Thanks Keith

I did notice that with the Philips head locking screws that the vacuum gauges would get upset when I pressed the screwdriver down onto the locking screw. So I'd tighten it, take the screwdriver off and let the gauges settle, then readjust if necessary. Bit of a trial and error process.

I usually replace Philips heads with socket type wherever I find them, but forgot about the balance adjuster locking screws. I'll get some socket head screws next time I have to adust it - and make up a doo dad like yours.

Cheers,
Cam
 
sfcpiet said:
It wanted to show you the crank is out of true...

Gluing it back won't keep it there for long.  If you're really lucky, it will work a hole straight through the case.  :o

piet
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Cranks been out of true for tens of years I think. I've given up changing the oil seal in the cover long ago. I just clean the oil out of thz points cover during yearly service.
Crank will be out for a rebuild when I retire so just over 20 000 km to go.

:D

Paul
 
The ignition runs outboard of the oil pump not the crank so an out of true crank shouldn?t affect the seal. There is no sealing on the bolt that holds the advance boss in place though, only the seal outside the boss.
 
Tippie said:
The ignition runs outboard of the oil pump not the crank so an out of true crank shouldn?t affect the seal. There is no sealing on the bolt that holds the advance boss in place though, only the seal outside the boss.
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You're right!
:(
Paul
 
Took The Mirage for its MOT today, passed no problems, but a few problems getting the DVLA system to work. The tester (who MOtd the bike last year) couldn't find the bike on the system, despite having last years MOT computerised certifcate in front of us, entering the details from the certificate, 'No Record of Vehicle on System'. He tried to enter manually, couldn't do this as apparently according to the DVLA system the 1200 wasn't produced until 1980. He phones the Helpdesk....much to our surprise they didn't say switch the computer on/off, but apparently between last year and this year they have changed my VIN from LAV12001627 to 1627....WHY ? ......no explanation....I need to contact my local DVLA office....don't think I will bother.

It was  a balmy 0c here today....to winterise or not to winterise....I have never bothered on basis I can usually get out every 6-8 weeks over winter, had one of my nicest runs last year in February, when it hit 12c...remember it can be 12c here (Scotland) in mid-summer....if only they didn't put salt on the road. If  we don't get a nice day before....next outing is the ILOC stand at The Scottish Motorcycle show, first weekend in March.
 
2 years ago when logging my Mirage in for its MOT it came up as a Mitsuibishi (?) excavator!!! My friends who think of my Laverdas as old tractors found it hilarious. Could at least of come up as a combine harvester! :D
 
Look what arrived in the post this morning. :D  from Philpots hard chromers in Luton 01528 571234.
Collected, straightened, chromed, ground and delivered back for ?165.
Look the business and back in less than 3 weeks, when they quoted 8 weeks at the start!
In the jargon, I think that's called ..Under promising and over delivering.
 

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I hate bleeding brakes. Spent an hour trying to get the back brake on the RGS track bike working. I was using a pressure feed to pump the fluid through, but I put a bit too much pressure in it and blew the feed hose off bleed the nipple, spraying brake fluid all over the workshop, the bike and me. So I gave up in disgust before I threw something across the workshop. I reckon I have post brake fluid deluge disorder. I need a rum to relax. Maybe I'll tackle it again tomorrow.
 
FFS, how many times do I have to tell people, get these!!!! Solves all bleeding troubles. US$7 each and they turn up in a week to OZ. http://www.speedbleeder.com/

Went for a ride, joined the unbelievable chaos on Mt Mee where pretty much every SE QLD bike seemed to be. Had to dodge 2 total dickheads overtaking around left hand corners totally blind and a moron on a sports kwaka on Shineys corner totally on the wrong side of the road. Seems like every fuckwit on the planet was up there today and no I'm not including me......

On the northern end of Mt Mee where the nice uphill windy bit is there appeared to be an unofficial time trials going on with 2 way radios and large groups of sports bikes at each end, plus 3 or 4 photographers along the way. I was overtaken by a retard motard doing a wheelie around the corner. Wouldn't be surprised if there's major police action up there for a while.
 
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