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

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Finished the CAD of my fake Laverda. Tank holds 19 litres. Wheelbase 1640mm rake 28, weight = a lot!

 
Keep an eye on those plastic caps on the shock reservoirs,there hard to replace.Seat looks clean and simple but the test is how it relates to the tank.Whats holding it on.Only a light going in the cavity
 
Them there shocks is only on till maxton's go on, then in the bin marked ebay, they only ever had one plastic cap with them. The seat will be held on by 3 duz fastners.
 
Made lots of swarf as well...

A couple of short rides up the road has convinced me the forks of the 100 are not up to the job for the forthcoming Milano-Taranto event.  Oil pisses out quicker than I can re-fill, when braking, the only movement of the axle is fore/aft instead of up/down.  Thought I could make the knackered stanchions and loose replacement bushes work half-satisfactorily, but it just wasn't happening.  Have now adapted a pair of 27mm Honda stanchions to fit the original sliders and yokes.  Big bonus will be the adaption of the Honda hydraulic damper, original damping was mostly through friction.  On hold till the M11x1.5 thread die arrives, the bike is covered with wierd threads!  Quite used to M7 and M9, but M15x1.5 ??

Never imagined having to take such measures just to get the tiddler going properly.  Once the fork's sorted, I'll need to search for a bit more pep, although the engine sounds really healthy, it's a lame slug...

Then through T?V testing and registration, still a long way to go.

piet
 
sfcpiet said:
Made lots of swarf as well...

A couple of short rides up the road has convinced me the forks of the 100 are not up to the job for the forthcoming Milano-Taranto event.  Oil pisses out quicker than I can re-fill, when braking, the only movement of the axle is fore/aft instead of up/down.  Thought I could make the knackered stanchions and loose replacement bushes work half-satisfactorily, but it just wasn't happening.  Have now adapted a pair of 27mm Honda stanchions to fit the original sliders and yokes.  Big bonus will be the adaption of the Honda hydraulic damper, original damping was mostly through friction.  On hold till the M11x1.5 thread die arrives, the bike is covered with wierd threads!  Quite used to M7 and M9, but M15x1.5 ??

Never imagined having to take such measures just to get the tiddler going properly.  Once the fork's sorted, I'll need to search for a bit more pep, although the engine sounds really healthy, it's a lame slug...

Then through T?V testing and registration, still a long way to go.

piet
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Talk about funny thread sizes ......... my Du :-X rear wheel uses a M10 x obscure pitch. I have thread gauges .......... but this one has me stumped. I'm dropping into the bolt shop today to see if they know what it is. Also, the nuts that hold the sprocket on are flanged and fit into a recess in the sprocket to locate it ..... ie it's not the studs locating the sprocket.

Off to Bundaberg for a few days work up there, so will be off the forum for a few days, don't think I've bailed out too!  ;)
 
sfcpiet said:
A couple of short rides up the road has convinced me the forks of the 100 are not up to the job for the forthcoming Milano-Taranto event.  Oil pisses out quicker than I can re-fill, when braking, the only movement of the axle is fore/aft instead of up/down. 
piet
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Reading your posts about the 100 with great interest Piet.  I've assembled the rolling chassis on my 75 but I am struggling with the suspension.  Forks are unconvincing, and I suspect I overfilled the rear shocks with oil when I rebuilt them.  I will continue to watch and learn :)

Chris
 

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