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

No, that's an official MOT station 2x4- not as nifty as my ice hockey puck for the GS's side stand.  ::)

Quite a tidy bike with everything there, but needs the details sorting- calipers were hand painted, rusty chain, the centre stand, that sort of thing.  Has a nasty 'Jota' in a sort of hand writing script on the tank.  Not sure if the colour is original- I thought they were darker green.

Doubt I'll see him on the road, but you never know.
 
TBH the motor sounded good- just a bit reluctant to start.  It's in better shape than my RGS was when I got it!
 
Took my old faithful RGA for it's first lap of Carlton Park with its new front end finally all fitted up - sublime!  Nearly got blown off the road when I ventured out onto the highway later on, the wind was unbelievable.  At least the horizontal rain had abated an hour or so earlier.  Head up to the Barry tomorrow to meet up with the usual suspects and and pick up a crank.  Fun times.
 
Grant said:
Finally got the carbon Jota finished. Just need to give it a clean and polish.
Passed it's ITV test (MOT/T?V) easily.
100.6dB at 3000rpm on their sound meter. Cox chromed steel silencers.
Interestingly a similar spec Jota but with stainless silencers made 95.5dB during the same ITV test.

https://youtu.be/iLmnv0BRJM0
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Hi Grant

lovely bike!

couldn't tell from the video, did you go for Boba's carbon fiber headlight bucket and carbon fiber tail light/licence plate mount? Looking for feedback on those as considering ordering them.

Paul LeClair
 
Metal headlamp shell, but I used the carbon fibre tail light bracket.
Might help as there is a lot of weight supported by the carbon rear mudguard.
 
Reamed my Brevetato handlebars  :o
I must admit this was a first for me.

I bought two sets of 17 mm bar end plugs, to replace the knackered items on the Jota and 1200.
On the Jota, they went straight in, tighten the cap screw and job done.

On the 1200, no way would they go in. Root cause: bar ID 16.7 mm ???
Enter the adjustable reamer and a can of cutting oil.
Twenty minutes or so later, and they fit.
Italian motorcyles... :D
 
My faithful SF2 has been in the garage the last 3 weeks since I've been looning around running in my Aprilia 750 Shiver.

I've changed the neutral switch which was leaking and the primary cover gasket which was also leaking.
To drop the primary cover, I needed to drop the whole exhaust system.

A few years back, the clamp maintaining the under engine cross over had rusted through. I ordered a replacement at Andy Wagners, he sent me a pair of stainless collars that broke within the first year, so I sourced a nice large stainless clamp. This thing will never break only to drop the cross over box, the clamp needs to be opened out and reassembly is then a problem, since the clamp is closed by an 8mm bolt threaded into one side of it. Catching the thread turns out to be a real bastard of a job with a clamp that has been opened out to drop the exhaust. Last time out it took me a few hours of cursing. This time, I gave up, putting a 6mm bolt through the 8mm holes, the leeway making it easier to work.
All done and clamped up.
Tappets, timing and carbs to do over the next week. A good clean and off for our classic bike club rally first weekend of April.

Paul
 
Offered up my Keith Nairn reworked wheels wi new tyres, then remembered Joe's rear sprocket carrier nightmare, sure enough my bearings were scrap! Off to the "hill" for new ones in the morning. Getting there, slowly!
 
Mine...the only Laverda at Wistanstow Bike Show in the Shropshire Marches on a beautiful sunny day in March.....England......
 

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roughly 20 years ago, my brother built a "cafe racer" out of a 3CL which made 3rd place in a magazine's competition (readers choice award). He used that very same fairing (well - not really a fairing in my eyes, more a windshield really...) and did hide the Atlas instruments behind it. Nice feature: he used a car's key-lock for starting the engine instead of the starter button. An Idea I am thinking to copy for the Motoplast, would free up one button for other operations with the Motogadget m-unit...  ;)
 
kate n guy said:
It is indeed a replica Mk1 Lemans fairing....and surprisingly effective...
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Finally, a 'fairing' which suits the earlier triples (and probably later ones too):  (bigthumb)
Who makes them? I might get a couple..

AndyW 8)
 
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