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

G'day Bruce

I did that calculation myself and was likewise alarmed at the price.
Although it would be nice to be able to do one finger stoppies, I reckon I'll stay with the old solid cast iron disks and F08 calipers on my Jota. They work well enough.

Cam

 
Having been inspired by the guys about to ride the Milano-Taranto, I've been doing a bit to the little Laverda recently.

Took the seat base to the welders to have the seat mounts glued on today (bolts just to hold them in position while welding).

Fitted the newly welded rear guard (brilliant job, thanks mate) in position yesterday too.

Chris
 

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Boxed up a 180 triple crank and helped the owner carry it out to his car across frozen snow....it's going for a holiday in sunny Queensland...
I wouldn't mind going myself, no sign of a thaw for some time yet.
 
GregT said:
Boxed up a 180 triple crank and helped the owner carry it out to his car across frozen snow....it's going for a holiday in sunny Queensland...
I wouldn't mind going myself, no sign of a thaw for some time yet.
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should only need one person to carry that crank when it returns home after it's diet is finished

 
Rode it to the club meetings yes understand that for the NSW club it is not the done thing but well when you have an Orange Lav sitting there gathering dust and a scarf to keep the neck warm on a cold winters night with the chance of rain... then what else is a bloke to do ???
poor thing didnt have any mates to keep him company though outside next to the palm tree ( substitute for a tree fern to keep Drikko excited )
 

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The one on the left is Doug Rouch, definitely unforgettable if you have had the pleasure. Don't know the 2 on the right,maybe with the back to camera,Brian W?. There has been a few blokes buy Laverdas lately who live in Sydney and have made contact via this site. I always tell them about joining the club and turning up.Its a good feed, Laverda talk and swapping of great info and who knows some furns might be seen on a ride.
 
I spent a good amount of time cutting and shutting my 2 into 1. I was sick of laying on the ground, so put a sling on bike and lifted it up with the forklift. So much easier working at head height  8)

A bit more welding, then off to the blasters, coated on black and it's ready to go.  :D

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chrisk said:
I spent a good amount of time cutting and shutting my 2 into 1. I was sick of laying on the ground, so put a sling on bike and lifted it up with the forklift. So much easier working at head height  8)

A bit more welding, then off to the blasters, coated on black and it's ready to go.  :D

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What is the swing arm from ?
 
Rode her to work today - dodging trucks/illegal immigrants everywhere. What a shambles! This has been put in the 'too hard' basket for yonks. French Port workers on strike.
Apparently there are at least 3000 'potential migrants' at Calais trying smuggle themselves to the UK.

Apart from that a van came towards me with the driver steering with his elbows playing with his smartphone, then a white car (same sort of thing) - wandering all over the place.

Then to top it off I had a stroke of luck, I passed a few cars in an 'enthusiastic' manner but noticed brake lights ahead, thought about giving it 'the biggun' but tootled past a speed van at modest speed - that was close! Sneaky bastards are using coloured vans with no markings now.
 
'well may you ask'
Jugs_S said:
What is the swing arm from ?
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i do believe Chris has already answered this elsewhere?  but i'm not bothered to search for it, Will.
no, i have no idea why he hasn't created a separate topic about this interesting project in the sub forum 'how to/ etc/ etc/'

but the fact that Chris was awarded with the CLQ DOTY award, gives ya a clue ay.    ::)
 
chrisk said:
I spent a good amount of time cutting and shutting my 2 into 1. I was sick of laying on the ground, so put a sling on bike and lifted it up with the forklift. So much easier working at head height  8)

A bit more welding, then off to the blasters, coated on black and it's ready to go.  :D

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Crikey, great minds and all that. Was only just thinking about how useful a forklift would be for lifting bikes. Plenty of cheap used ones over her at the moment.
 
markQLD said:
'well may you ask'i do believe Chris has already answered this elsewhere?  but i'm not bothered to search for it, Will.
no, i have no idea why he hasn't created a separate topic about this interesting project in the sub forum 'how to/ etc/ etc/'

but the fact that Chris was awarded with the CLQ DOTY award, gives ya a clue ay.    ::)
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Ok ok  Go to how to.
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Started out wanting to change clutch cable on the SF2 since clutch pull had become impossibly heavy.
Theory was that I'd lubed a teflon cable leading to cable binding.
Theory proved exact since with a new cable in without lube, lever pull is quite civilised.
The old cable, once out of the bike proved to bind a bit. Enough to explain heavy clutch.
Whilst I was at it, points cover off to clean points. Found a condenser loose on it's screws. Always replace the condenser rivets with screws. Vibrations make them loose and the condensers earth through there.
Points plate off to tighten screws and the the wire from point to condenser came un soldered. so solder it back on, tighten condenser up and off we go.

Paul
 
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