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

Got my exhaust collars back from the work colleague  who turned a groove in them for the 1/2 rings so I can put my straight through stainless Armours pipes on.
I'll dress the head end of the pipes a bit since they aren't perfectly flat, the solder leaving certain irregularities but I think I'm being a bit of a perfectionist since there's certainly less than 1/10 th of a mm in it which the copper gasket would deal with.

I unfortunately won't get the bike finished before the weekend through lack of time.
Will set the timing as well. I'm waiting for a new set of points to come through the post.
I bought ten set of Bosch points maybe 10-12 years ago but can't find them. They're languishing at the bottom of a box as are all my parts since divorce proceedings started 6 years ago now.

I think I'll check the TDC mark at last using the oil column method. I've hollowed a spark plug but the 8mm drill bit I use down that hollowed plug tends to snag a bit.

Paul
 
Cam,
Bear in mind that with stock wheels, ride heights and fork offset the RGS frame has something like 30deg of rake and 130mm of trail.  Not exactly ideal for a racebike to say the least!
Cheers
Steve
 
Hi Steve.

The frame geometry is easily adjustable with angle grinder and welder.
I've reduced the trail a bit anyway with the BMW front end. I'll see how it goes as it is before I do anything drastic.

Cam
 
When I had new rear dampers, I had them made 375mm long. Helped a bit turning ;) Surely worth doing.
Just beware of the centerstand if it's there.
Cheers,
Jacques.
 
Here's the stuff. You will want about 3m of each , ie 3 lots of what's shown. If I did it again I think 22awg would have been adequate, however the 20awg does bundle up and goes through the relevant holes fine
             
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171446451436?_trksid=p2059210.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
 
I took a rack from John Akay on here and have been mincing about getting it chromed and as some know had quotes from ?250 quid plus which seemed excessive - so I did ask in the local industrial estate how much to powder coat and he said ?35 so I had decided after 4 or 5 chrome quotes to do this as I was fed up with spending that much on a item that was worth much less so after going down there he says oh the oven isn't working go down to so and so just round the corner ( actually nearer home )- so they did it ?15  :D cant go wrong alloy colour plus a lacquer layer . Not sure if it will show here but the finish is impressive

going to get him to do my clock mounting plate - not bothered if its ?15 that good value in my book 
 

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From previous experience, powder coating racks is better than chroming them.
Reason is that chroming can result in chemicals getting trapped in the tubes, which then rust from the inside.
And, it is a lot cheaper...

Steve
 
Nothing today, but, if goes as planned, tomorrow I get to have whole day in the shed so finish connecting up the wiring and balance the carbs and start on masking the pin stripes on the Boba carbon parts.
 
Took the frame and swinging arm etc to the painter and while I was there dropped off to see Phil Todd for a chat and a tour of his sheds - (industrial units-more like :o). Got shown the present project underway and sight of everythingelse under the covers. Although he didnt seem quite certain what was under each cover!  Isnt that where we would all like to be?..........So many bikes youre not sure what's where :D
Thanks, Phil.
 
Got the exhaust back on the SF2, ie, junked the under engine 3rd silencer in favour of a set of Armours straight through pipes.
Not quite plug and play but nothing drastic.
The silencers I purchased off Phil Todd, Godstone Road, Whyteleafe, Surrey, sometime in the 90s wouldn't slip onto the exhaust tubes far enough. I seem to remember Phil mentionning that the silencers he sold came from Armours.
The problem was that there's a 42mm ID tube welded on to the silencer for coupling to the exhaust tube proper. The weld seam inside the silencer stops it being able to slide up the exhaust far enough for fitting. So out with the Dremel to grind down the seam inside the silencer. No big deal but transforms the fitting into an afternoon job.
Tomorrow, after checking TDC after 25 years of ownership, I'll set the timing and off for another year.

Oil is seeping past the big oil seal behind the starter freewheel, again. Bugger. I changed that seal 2 years ago, ie about 20 000km.

Paul
 
Fitted a new M1R fork in the 3CL. Together with a set of calipers from a 668 to replace the black 4-pots from a Duc 851 I had previously.
Also replaced the headlamp by a new one from a BMW R1150R which I found on the web and is exactly the same as the original Bosch one. Together with a nice new 130/90 bulb, I expect some improvement to the original one that was still fitted.

Hans
 
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