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

I've just bought one Norman.
Once again, I have a large stock of parts but due to ongoing divorce, haven't got a place of my own to sort my parts out.
Paul
 
chrisk said:
  :( Poor bastard, I had a divorce that lasted 12 months ............ an ongoing one must be hell. Chin-up.
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My divorce has lasted 17 years so far, ya just can't get rid of them unfortunately.....

Took the Lav apart to add some stuff like proper horns, replace a bit of wiring, fix the dash lights and kill switch yadda yadda etc, might be apart for a while, dusted the beemer off to commute on, forgot how good a bike it was! The brakes on it are phenomenal, handling was more like the titanic though until I realised I had 10 less pounds in the rear tire than I should have. And the exhaust sound is pathetic, typical Kraut niceness.....

Was going to clean it up and sell it....hhhmmm not so sure now.
 
drikko said:
My divorce has lasted 17 years so far, ya just can't get rid of them unfortunately.....

Took the Lav apart to add some stuff like proper horns, replace a bit of wiring, fix the dash lights and kill switch yadda yadda etc, might be apart for a while, dusted the beemer off to commute on, forgot how good a bike it was! The brakes on it are phenomenal, handling was more like the titanic though until I realised I had 10 less pounds in the rear tire than I should have. And the exhaust sound is pathetic, typical Kraut niceness.....

Was going to clean it up and sell it....hhhmmm not so sure now.
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I cant understand why any woman would want to Divorce you Drikko!  She must be crazy!
 
A few years back I discovered a gadget that has made riding a lot more pleasant,I has discovered my Shoei Helmet had the ability to have a pin lock visor fitted.Its a close fitting inner screen with a silicon edge thickening around its circumference that turns the standard visor into a sealed double lens.Haven't had a fogged visor since,that is till last week.One breath and it had fogged between the layers.I discovered that the inner layer could slide up and allow a gap to appear.
So I went off for a fix at the local accessory shop.New standard  visor $80 or so.New pin visor another $40.All up 120 plus.The bloke had a look at the pins and one fell out.
So he order a couple of new pins,no charge and I went back today and he fitted them.It seems they are exconsentric and allow more or less tension to the fit.
Cost to me free,great shop experience,that's Motorcycle Accessory Supermarket in Sydney.BTW Pin Locks 100% re comended to stop visor fogging.

 
I still have the fastest tickover in the world on my SF2. That's 2 claims to fame, the other one being the worlds dirtiest SFC.
Anyhow, spent half an hour in the shed to try and ascertain why my SF2 ticks over at 3 1/2 thou.
Cable from throttle to splitter is free and easy. Slides are free in the carbs, I even took them out to check needle height. Choke cables are free and easy. Slide stop screws have no action on slides when screwed out and these are new carbs from last winter. Conclusion: problem with cables from splitter to carbs not letting slides down freely.
Bugger!
Opening that splitter is real work since it entails freeing throttle cable at either ends, ie handle bar and slides. A fair amount of time which I don't have much of. Will probably have to wait till next weekend.

Ciao tutti
Paul
 
drikko said:
My divorce has lasted 17 years so far, ya just can't get rid of them unfortunately.....

Took the Lav apart to add some stuff like proper horns, replace a bit of wiring, fix the dash lights and kill switch yadda yadda etc, might be apart for a while, dusted the beemer off to commute on, forgot how good a bike it was! The brakes on it are phenomenal, handling was more like the titanic though until I realised I had 10 less pounds in the rear tire than I should have. And the exhaust sound is pathetic, typical Kraut niceness.....

Was going to clean it up and sell it....hhhmmm not so sure now.
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Fitted the choke cable and lever to my Suzuki switchgear- no more reaching under the tank on a cold morning for me.
 
Reggie3cl said:
Fitted the choke cable and lever to my Suzuki switchgear- no more reaching under the tank on a cold morning for me.
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I can understand not wishing to fumble around in the underpinnings to get things going...

You got miks on yours? how simple is the cable choke conversion?
 
Yeah, got Miks :D

Cable conversion pretty simple- there is a clamp on the carbs for the end of the cable* and you use the lever of your choice- in my case the one integrated into Suzuki SRAD600 switchgear.  Bit of careful measuring and some money to Venhill and away you go!

*Mine are new, not a converted set- the ones on my 180 had the conventional pull knob on the carbs, but that wasn't a problem as there was no bodywork in the way.
 
Beautiful morning here in the Scottish Borders, so I hopped on the bike and went to a foreign land.  Well, OK, England.  And then I came back, but not before stopping at Leaderfoot to take a snap of the viaduct over the river Tweed.  Bike running very well, although I think an Odyssey battery is needed for cold mornings- the one in the bike is well past its best and struggles with the compression.

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