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

I'm sure there are, but can't talk from experience :-[e
I'll just follow Ian, with a rope, just in case ;)
 
Finally got the first of the 2 Ducatis back to finish off.
This has only a few small things to do before it's done. Next one arrives next week hopefully.
Nice looking bikes but I'll be sticking to Laverdas after this I think.



 
Rescued this  8) 8)
 

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Grant said:
I don't lend* bikes and I don't ask for rides* on others' bikes, but happy to see you if you are in the area.

* Too many hassles in the past.
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Aha! I shall name thee Polonius!

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,"

And that's very true, although some of my most terrifying interesting rides have been on other peoples' death traps motorcycles and my RS250 in particular has coaxed grins out of the most miserable b*stards.

H.
 
Fitted a charge warning light to my Jota 120. Its a perfect fit in one of the spare lamp holders and shines through the red lens which I polished the grey blanking paint, off. Wired direct to the battery via a relay switched by the ignition key switch
Universal fit Charge Warning light
from
http://www.improvingclassicmotorcycles.com/products.htm

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"And that's very true, although some of my most terrifying interesting rides have been on other peoples' death traps motorcycles and my RS250 in particular has coaxed grins out of the most miserable b*stards"

In the 1980s the original owner of my Monty bought an RGV250 Gamma as a replacement as he reckoned it had a similar character.
If I remember correctly this was the base engine donor for the RS250.

Addictive things these little Aprilias, a local lad I did some work for put his through a hedge in the Borders.
Before his arrived back on the trailer he had been into Alvins and signed on the line for a Chesterfield liveried one as it was the only one ready to go.
 
sonicboom500 said:
Addictive things these little Aprilias, a local lad I did some work for put his through a hedge in the Borders.
Before his arrived back on the trailer he had been into Alvins and signed on the line for a Chesterfield liveried one as it was the only one ready to go.
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Indeed. Like Monty's they're "once ridden, can't do without one" motorbikes. Total waste of time on most roads though - just too capable through the bends to be safe. Borders may be an exception - there are some good fast roads there.

Keep meaning to sell my RS.....but never really get around to it.

 
Got the SFC's log book back from DVLA showing Historic Vehicle status - recognition of its iconic status at last  :LOL:  And no road tax to pay now either!
 
stevepm2011 said:
Trying to figure out how to drain a full tank, so I can replace the leaky fuel taps.
Both cars are diesels. Bugger.  :-X
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Into a jerry can then you can refill the tank when fixed.
 
Been riding to work on the SF2 every day nearly for two weeks.

Did 600 km two up on small roads this weekend during the Britalia rally open to 40 classic british and 40 classic italian machines. The rally was held in the Champagne region, not far from home but using small roads makes you discover all sorts of things you don't suspect. The area is of course known for it's wine but also for some of the bloodiest episodes of WW1. We were based not far from the "Chemin des Dames".

The SF2 was a pleasure.
I'm still fine tuning the straight through exhaust which sounds nice and healthy once outside town. Even with two exhaust gaskets in, there was a leak since I got some oil out of the LH exhaust port and it would pop a bit when cold, before the metal dilated. I've shimmed out a bit the 1/2 rings so as to apply more force on the exhaust flange.
I wish I had personnal machining facilities since I'm going to have machined a shallower groove for the 1/2 rings in the collars.

What I have found out is that the flange on the end of the Armours pipe is 4mm shorter than the original Laverda pipe and the 1/2 rings supplied by Andy Wagner are 4mm whereas the original are just this side of 5mm.
Nothing complicated but a pain in the ass when you can't just pop down to the shed to cure the problem.

Paul
 
Dug my blue SF1 out of the garage and amazingly, it fired up first time and settled down to a steady tickover, so I took it for a quick spin.

Especially pleasing as I'm pretty sure I neglected to either drain the carbs or put in any fuel preservative last winter.

Weirdly, I'd thought the transmission on this bike was feeling rough last summer, but it felt fine today. I'm probably wearing thicker soled boots :-)
 
Weather is lovely. Rode to work. Was able to ride home at lunchtime for once then rode back to work.
Went up the inside of some Honda on the last roundabout then on the outside of some fast(ish) car.
Paul
 
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