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

Davo said:
The mounting holes are larger than the mount bolt by a fair margin as they have a bush fitted with a rubber "O" ring as per the pats diagram here :- https://www.laverda-paradies.de/shop-1000-54-en.html
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Ah thanks for that...

Here's a photo of the hacked up fender mudguard bracket, holes measure 13mm, you can see where 2 are breaking thru.

What size holes should they be?

Fender only has a few small dings, not sure what the plan was by the PO.
 
Blimey. Some owners do strange things. I can't imagine any sensible reason to cut the bracket in the middle like that.

As for hole size, I don't remember, and I'm not dismantling mine to measure it! Someone will confirm.

When I bought my Jota, the bracket was solidly bolted to the forks with no rubber mounts. It wasn't long before one of the struts broke from vibration. I welded it up and re-mounted it with rubber mounts. I found some grommets from an electrical  supplier that fitted perfectly. You also need a little steel spacer tube inside each rubber grommet so you don't crush the rubber when tightening the bolts. Simple job with a lathe.

If you can't find suitable grommets and spacer tubes, let me know and I'll organise them for you.

Regards,
Cam
 
Early brackets were mounted solidly and had 8.something holes for an 8mm bolt.  Later version was mounted on grommets as Cam described. 

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Dellortoman said:
If you can't find suitable grommets and spacer tubes, let me know and I'll organise them for you.

Regards,
Cam
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Hey Cam, I'd certainly be in the market for a few sets of grommets and spacer tubes. I've already had a hoop on the black 3C crack and expect others to follow suit (SF's hoop will probably fail next). Should the single piece SS mudguard of the mirage be similarly equipped with grommets etc? If so I'll take 4 sets off you for starters.. let me know the cost and I'll mail the $$ your way..

rgds
AndyW
 
Nothing really, just thinking it might be ready. Far from original, nor is it restored, but there are a lot of repairs, upgrades, modifications... done, resulting a bike just the way I like it. Routine maintenance from now on and I should have a solid bike for years...
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Its a good place to be,all finished and really for years of pleasure. I washed mine yesterday, had it looking good. Went to put it away and spun the wheel on the wet grass spraying mud and grass up under the guard and wheel. And then stressed my back getting off it. Bed rest for me for a couple of days and antiinflammatories , bike is still muddy as well.
 
cape said:
Nothing really, just thinking it might be ready. Far from original, nor is it restored, but there are a lot of repairs, upgrades, modifications... done, resulting a bike just the way I like it. Routine maintenance from now on and I should have a solid bike for years...
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That looks super - a hybrid i guess but not running on lectric  :D

"I should have a solid bike for years..."

I hope mine is the same ! just the rivet counters to satisfy not
 
Vince said:
Its a good place to be,all finished and really for years of pleasure. I washed mine yesterday, had it looking good. Went to put it away and spun the wheel on the wet grass spraying mud and grass up under the guard and wheel. And then stressed my back getting off it. Bed rest for me for a couple of days and antiinflammatories , bike is still muddy as well.
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Bet you felt like a right Muppet... Lol, (been there too)
 
Washed it cause The Ducati Concourse is on this Sunday in Sydney , hope my back come good for it. I still have one red side cover and one orange,broke mine and Brett lent me one,so no trophies for me. Think I will leave the mud there as well
 
Looks good!

It's similar to what I want from my 180 - SFC100 wheels......but NO fairing please.

What is the story? Is it a 120? Or a 180? Etc.
 
AndyW said:
Should the single piece SS mudguard of the mirage be similarly equipped with grommets etc?
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If that's the Marzo front fender / guard .. No, they don't crack up.
 
Very early 1200s would have had Ceriani forks and Ceriani type mudguard.
Not sure if any Slater Mirages had Ceriani suspension.
I think they came along just at the change to Marzocchi.
 
AndyW said:
Hey Cam, I'd certainly be in the market for a few sets of grommets and spacer tubes. I've already had a hoop on the black 3C crack and expect others to follow suit (SF's hoop will probably fail next). Should the single piece SS mudguard of the mirage be similarly equipped with grommets etc? If so I'll take 4 sets off you for starters.. let me know the cost and I'll mail the $$ your way..

rgds
AndyW
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G'ay Andy

$639 per grommet plus $150 each for postage  :D

I had a feeling when I posted that I might be opening a can of worms for myself  ::)

Grommets are easy to source. I make the spacers on the lathe which is a simple job, so it's not going to be very costly. For my own bike, I bored and turned down a piece of bar because that's what I had lying around on the day. But if I need to make a bunch of them I'll see if I can find a suitable sized stanless tube that just needs to be parted off to the right length (no boring or turning down the OD).

However, you will need to be patient. September has been a shit month for me with a brother and a two good mates dying unexpectedly, only a few days apart. I'm going to Melbourne next week for the third funeral I'll attend this month. It's all been quite harrowing and I'm finding it a bit hard to get my head around (relatively) unimportant things at present.

I'll get to it when the emotional turmoil from these events has settled a bit.

Cheers,
Cam
 
Wolfgang stocks the fender grommets and spacers, just buy them from him

not a good month for you Cam, you need to go racing to take your mind off life matters

 
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