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

[Dellortoman]

left the cosmetics be so it is a bit scruffy

Doesn't look too scruffy to me. It's tidier than my Jota anyway.
Nice job Keith.

 

[tom3c75]

Sweet, Keith.
A sorted 3C does indeed ride lovely. 
Mine still has a triplex primary, a DID, and it's the quietest, ,mechanically, of my three 180's.

Tom

 

[Simonr501]

Lovely bike Keith, many happy hours on that one and nice photography!

Went out on the bike, lovely warm, sunny evening! What a ride!

Zapped around a roundabout, just about to give her the beans on the way out of Dover when for the second time in a few weeks I had 'that strange feeling', I looked in the mirror and there was a police car that had attached itself behind me. So I wound my neck in and tootled along.
They didn't give up though and tailed me for miles, putting up with my gross insubordination in the vain hope I would lose patience.

I suppose my luck will run out one day!

 

[mauricejota7604]

Simon lets face it your a road racer at heart 
Keith its hard not to love a 3C what a beauty I bet she's a delight to ride well done and no disrespect for Poffer but thanks for removing those ugly crash bars!!!!!
Today I was intending to finish the Lucas switch blocks on the Aussie drummer now the switch block on the right has the blinker toggle and the switch block on the left has the light dip toggle, well it is a pain trying to operate the blinker while holding the throttle so I thought I would swap to the left, well that project combined with a howling souwester of Bass Strait and a maximum of 8 degrees and the added bonus of dry July nothing worked as thought, so the blinker stays on the right.
Thanks Prince of Darkness. :-[

 

[2622]

Braved the arctic like conditions this morning and took the Cico for a run up the Putty, was bloody cold but the bike ran awesome..... now on the way back remembered had forgotten to take some photos so just to keep Drikko happy pulled over and snapped a few.

Kieth great looking 3C and well done on bringing another back to life.

Maurice dry July is just a viscous rumor and nothing a shot or two of Whiskey wont sort...

 

[padlock]

104 bhp at the wheel!!! That's sounds jolly nice.!!! Would it still be reasonably reliable??? What are we talking ????? wise and modification to get that, ' cos I want that.

FFF

 

[mauricejota7604]

Brett you have done the Cico justice your bike looks fantastic, well worth the painting practice you did.

 

[Simonr501]

Yes, that Cico is a thing of beauty.

 

[padlock]

This......


  FFF

 

[laverdakeith]

280 odd miles on the 3c today, runs and rides so sweet, nothing fell off, motor never missed a beat or leaked a drop and it returned 44 miles to the gallon. I like my bike.

picture of some timelessly classical heavy engineering parked in front of the Forth Bridge

  Keith

 

[AndyW]

one for the Calendar eh?

 

[markQLD]

i do like that shot. heavy metal !  & that Forth Bridge is still on my bucket list.

..  picture of some timelessly classical heavy engineering parked in front of the Forth Bridge  
  Keith 

ay Keith, how does that direct right-shifter gear lever work out ??  it looks simple and effective.
  Mark
 

 

[laverdakeith]

i do like that shot. heavy metal !  & that Forth Bridge is still on my bucket list.
ay Keith, how does that direct right-shifter gear lever work out ??  it looks simple and effective.
  Mark

  Nice 'n snickety, no problem adapting to reverse shift pattern but I may either revert to a conventional lever and linkage or move the footrest back a bit as the distance between the toe piece and the peg is just a bit short.

    Keith.

 

[mauricejota7604]

Hey Keith all you need is to now win the lotto in order to be able to afford a 200mm Bosch headlight

 

[laverdakeith]

Hey Keith all you need is to now win the lotto in order to be able to afford a 200mm Bosch headlight

  Long way off spending that sort of money on one of my own bikes but I still have a plan up my sleve to make some replicas one day, I know a very good metal spinner and i will have one here to copy soon. Wearing a Suzuki GSX lamp at the minute, looks ok to the uninitiated, light comes out the front and it cost me 40 quid. Times is tough at the moment, can't even stretch to colour film for my box brownie...

  Keith

 

[markQLD]

thanks for the feedback Keith.
i do like the concept, but was thinking my boot may also be too bulky to fit.
since my Fastback in the '70's, i've always been interested to try that shift pattern again.  it was good.

& reckon that as supplied 'scruffy' look suits your 3C.  a good return on investment. 
  cheers

 

[Terry Dymond]

one for the Calendar eh?

Concur (thumbup)

 

[phil37]

Long way off spending that sort of money on one of my own bikes 

Well done squire - my way of thinking too 

 

[mcnicol]

Brett you have done the Cico justice your bike looks fantastic, well worth the painting practice you did.

LOOKS great, but the seat key lock turns the wrong way. A great disappointment, makes it almost worthless  .
Actually, it looks even better in the flesh, especially when you think what it looked like in Red's yard not so long ago. Great work Brett.

Ken

 

[markQLD]

fixed !!

Actually, it looks even better in the flesh, especially when you think what it looked like in Red's yard not so long ago. Great work Brett & Redax.