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

I am just into negative entropy man  8)

It can only be better than what I started with.



I'm having a grand time working on the 750 as it is a way to learn about them. Tough old birds they are.
 
Quick test ride this morning confirmed that it was the old coils mucking up the tacho readings- needle is steady in all gears now.

Off idle response better as well, possibly down to setting the pump to come in earlier.

 
Grant said:
My Corsa (with standard ignition) constantly reads low by around 1000 or 2000 rpm (from memory).
Steady as a rock, just low.
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That's interesting Grant, I had a similar issue with a replacement new instrument console recently. It would only register about 200rpm at idle and referencing against the speedo reading was showing 3000rpm when it should have showed 4000rpm. The needle response also seemed a little slow but was steady. The unit was replaced and the latest one reads and responds as it should. Perhaps there are a number of Vauglia units out there that are even more vague than they should be.

Ian
 
Gearing is standard so I'm thinking there's something going on with the instrument panel.
Not bothered, runs perfectly, just low reading rpm.
It's only done around 10,000km so not wear and tear.
 
More than likely your instrument panel was like that from new Grant. My low reading revcounter was brand new or rather NOS, the supplier changed the unit for me and the replacement read as it should. If I hadn't spent a bunch of money on a new unit then I would of lived with it too.

Ian
 
I'm sure some clever sod could fit some in line filter to tweak it, but I can live with it.
 
Not much done today. One of my cats is very ill so I spent the morning with her at the vet. We decided to give her a few more days to see if she starts to respond to treatment. I hate this, been there so many times over the years. Do you prolong their life (and possibly suffering) for them or for you? I am ready to make the call, but I owe her a few more days at the least.

So, this afternoon I played around with a spare screen I had lying around. The small screen on the Atlas is more cosmetic than functional so I cut, heated and bent the spare screen until it fitted. I think it will offer a bit more wind protection, plus it looks cool.



 
GRANT: Looks like you prefer Black Bars - So do I. In that matter your bars look very similar to the ones I used on my old 70 Triumph 250 Trophy - Wish I still had that Rod Bearing Eating bike -  LOL
 
Chris, I found a chip in the paint on the red tank and it looks like it was originally dark blue. I looked up the colour reference chart on Laverdamania and the closest colour there is RAL 5013 dark blue.
I found a pic of a 750 with dark blue bodywork and it looks good.
I know the tank didn't originally belong to this bike, but then again neither did the frame or the engine or pretty much any of it.
So, I will add dark blue to the list.

Ron, the Atlas came with black bars as standard. I like them, don't think chromed bars would look right on it.
 
Took the RGS down to Dufftown, the home of Glenfiddich whisky, to meet up with Ian and Smiddy.  An enjoyable run, apart from a shower or two, and excellent company over a coffee and cakes.

Handsome beasts (the bikes, that is)

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Took the touring gear off the Corsa and fixed a leaking fork seal.
Next weekend I will see if I can get the pannier frames to fit POP, just want to see if it's possible and what it might look like.

 
Reggie3cl said:
Quick test ride this morning confirmed that it was the old coils mucking up the tacho readings- needle is steady in all gears now.
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Thanks for the feed-back, Reggie.  Let many (most?), my rev counter ain't 'right'; but again like many/most, I haven't been arsed to do anything about it ... yet.

But who knows, one day, in a moment of weakness...

Craig
 
25 french towns can now bring in legislation banning motorcycles over 10 years old in town.
Took the SF2 into town on Saturday along with my friend on her 2000 Suzuki 125.
We demonstrated against these measures along with 1500 other motorcyclists.

Great fun was had by all apart from car drivers. Motorcycle police were all smiling and cheering us on.

Paul
 
Not really liberte egalite fraternite is it?

Wonder whether the powers that be would notice my 15 year old BMW GS parked up centre ville?  I'm thinking not.  What is the reasoning (yeah right!) behind this?
 
Reggie3cl said:
Not really liberte egalite fraternite is it?

Wonder whether the powers that be would notice my 15 year old BMW GS parked up centre ville?  I'm thinking not.  What is the reasoning (yeah right!) behind this?
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IMHO they do not meet EU standards for air quality in the cities. Instead of curtailing what is actually the source of the bad air quality (in fact ridiculous heavy and overpowered passenger cars, producing lots of dust from brakes/tires/exhausts and nitrous oxides way beyond what they are certified for, see the recent Volkswagen case), they have just looked for a scapegoat with a small/no lobby, it seems.
 
That's potentially 25 French towns I wont be spending any money in then.
I would have thought apart from vacuous politicians, diesel would be the main culprit for pollution in France, that and chainsaws.
Everybody has a chainsaw there, it's the law and you must practise daily starting at dawn, breaking for lunch at 12:00, resuming at 14:00 and finishing after dark. As an alternative you are allowed to do strimming. Then you have to burn a huge pile of vegetation which can resemble fire in a tyre factory.
Then the bells ring and it's time for bed. Bit like Trumpton  ;)
 
The reasoning behind such stupidity is obviuosly about emissions. Old machines obviuosly chuck out more unburnt fuel than modern ones. It's not taking into account that older motorcycles represent an infinite proportion of traffic and even then, moving traffic at that.

Rode the SF2 into work this morning and will keep on doing so whatever.

Paul
 
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