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

It was more of an assembly job on this one.
Just needed some time and some TLC.
It does look crisp in silver, but gold is still my fave.

 
Lovely bike Grant.

I have to say I agree about Gold Jotas - I confess I wasn't keen until my last Jota build - even the missus said she liked it  :o

 

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Not Laverda but got the Bmw R80 sidecar mot'd and got my tickets to the Dragon rally feb7th.Good run around today,managed to get the chair wheel up in the air on the fast left hander going up to the Valiant Sailor pub on Dover hill,much to the amusement of my passenger and rally partner in crime, :) happy days
Neale
 
redax5 said:
cut stuff off of a Mk3 Motodd frame today, seemed too heavy  :o
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welded stuff on a Mk3 Motodd frame today, seemed too light  8)
been making lots and lots of swarf, slowly coming together

 
Fitted the 750SFC battery tray to the 3C project. Just need to weld a plate to the frame for the third silentbloc now and that's another job off the list  :)

Got the mounting plate (to fit an SFC mainstand to the 3C frame) back from the welders.  Next step - tack it to the frame and work out how much too short the legs are  :o

'kin taters in the garage today. I must sort out some heating soon or my hands will freeze to the cold metal. Very jealous of you Aussies sweltering in 30 degree heat!
 
nealebms said:
managed to get the chair wheel up in the air on the fast left hander
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Flying the sidecar is something that should be practiced at every opportunity.

If I don't get the chair wheel in the air on left handers, I feel like I'm not doing it right.  :D

I like it when you power through a long left hand corner, maybe going up through a gear or two while flying the sidecar, so that when the sidecar wheel comes back to earth the bike is going twice the speed it was when the wheel took off, and it does a chirp as the tyre hits the road, like an aircraft landing  :D

I've also taken right handers with the (left mounted) chair in the air, which is not quite so stable and feels a bit un-natural. Speed when doing that is limited by cornering clearance on the right of the outfit.

I once got pulled over by a cop for riding the outfit along a city block with the sidecar balanced in the air. He said I was obviously out of control and lucky not to crash. I said in that case he'd better book me for riding a motorcycle on two wheels, at which point I think he realised he was being a dickhead.

Sidecars are a ridiculous form of transport, but a lot of fun. I'd love a classic sidecar race outfit, but there's little opportunity for sidecar racing in Tassie these days.
 
Well, I reckon if a job isn't going right, it's best to leave it and come back to it later. After my brake bleeding fiasco last night, I had another go at it this morning and had it done in 5 minutes.
 
Dellortoman said:
Flying the sidecar is something that should be practiced at every opportunity.

If I don't get the chair wheel in the air on left handers, I feel like I'm not doing it right.  :D

I like it when you power through a long left hand corner, maybe going up through a gear or two while flying the sidecar, so that when the sidecar wheel comes back to earth the bike is going twice the speed it was when the wheel took off, and it does a chirp as the tyre hits the road, like an aircraft landing  :D

I've also taken right handers with the (left mounted) chair in the air, which is not quite so stable and feels a bit un-natural. Speed when doing that is limited by cornering clearance on the right of the outfit.

I once got pulled over by a cop for riding the outfit along a city block with the sidecar balanced in the air. He said I was obviously out of control and lucky not to crash. I said in that case he'd better book me for riding a motorcycle on two wheels, at which point I think he realised he was being a dickhead.

Sidecars are a ridiculous form of transport, but a lot of fun. I'd love a classic sidecar race outfit, but there's little opportunity for sidecar racing in Tassie these days.
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Cam, how the fuck do you get the chair up in the air on left handers?? First time I rode a sidecar the first left I came to I ended up in the gutter on the wrong side of the road. Decided I should take a series of rights to return the bike and have never ridden one again. My crazy sidecar mates are pretty good at throwing them around.
 
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