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

mauricejota7604 said:
Today I started to reassemble my next 3C project, since shifting I have limited access to my tools and the workshop is an open air deal this could be a challenging operation!!
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Feel for you Maurice, I am in the same position since shifting house.
 
Looked at it sitting on the hoist (still) longingly, rode the Triumph out with the boys. Met another "new to me" Laverda owner who thought he had the only Jota in Perth  :LOL: His is a 79, black with gold pinstipes, owned it 15 years and is unaware of the crankshaft bearing problems in his model, and yes his number is right in the guts of it. Was complaining about the poor electrics and esp battery charging, and no, he was not aware of the Redax upgrade available.

Got home, Laverda still on the hoist and looking unloved. Will have to wait until I have spare time in the wet because if it is fine and I have spare time I will be riding.
 
Managed to get a ride in round the back of the vineyards here in Sonoma, California. The bike is still new to me and fresh from Grant's shop, so I am understandably taking it all in and taking it easy.

Tim / Laverlesmains had ( note past tense ) a 1000 3C and lives 20 miles away but he sold the bike over the Xmas period, otherwise there would have been at least another Laverdista and Forum member within shouting distance.

So next up is to try and find some local - ish Laverda owners.

ALEX
 

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sonomalaverda said:
Managed to get a ride in round the back of the vineyards here in Sonoma, California. The bike is still new to me and fresh from Grant's shop, so I am understandably taking it all in and taking it easy.

Tim / Laverlesmains had ( note past tense ) a 1000 3C and lives 20 miles away but he sold the bike over the Xmas period, otherwise there would have been at least another Laverdista and Forum member within shouting distance.

So next up is to try and find some local - ish Laverda owners.

ALEX
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Alex, is it the light, or, is the right header pipe discoloured, and the left not?
 
Had a great ride to Bragg Creek with the RGS.  Running perfectly!  Explored various roads on the way back, not even sure whjat the roads were.  I just knew that little by little I had to make my way in a sort of eastern direction if I wanted to make it back to Calgary eventually.  The 3 into 1 exhaust note is a great travel companion!!!!!

Cheers,

Francesco
 
I received about a half dozen personal notes. Thanks, all, I look forward to this adventure.  Just wait til we touch onto religion and politics.....JUST KIDDING!
 
... back from Vallelunga racetrack near Rome - 4 hours Classic Endurance racing - was there as a helper not a racer. Yesterday a visit to Breganze - a coffee with Piero Laverda - together we visited Giuliano Cogos workshop, to pick up three crankshafts for a friend - another coffee - and a visit to Riccardo Oros shop and fantastic Laverda collection.

Ciao, Gert
(no more sitting in a car this week)
 
catseye said:
I received about a half dozen personal notes. Thanks, all, I look forward to this adventure.  Just wait til we touch onto religion and politics.....JUST KIDDING!
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Don't mention teddy bears for Christs sake  :o
 
SF turned up :D unannounced from Chas Mortimers ,lucky I was in, great service despite a lack of communication and trying to charge me an extra ?60 ! Started first push on the button :D

Nova"d it online, pretty straightforward ,apart from asking which it was r/h drive or l/hand, wouldn t except a blank so went for right hand drive!
 
Left Perth at 7.30 am on #6522, arrived Donnybrook ~220km later at ~10am, dropped off some odds and ends at friends & had some biscuits and a cup of tea, mounted up again, headed south, arrived at Motoddrob's at Walpole ~another 200kms down the road, had another cup of tea and a chat, checked out the critters in the shed, on the road again, via the test track to Bow Bridge, Denmark for more fuel, up the Denmark Barker road, left along Muirs Hwy to Rocky Gully, right turn up to Frankland, left turn on to Boyup Brook, fuel and food stop, onwards and right run at Mumbellup to Collie, then steadily (because the sun had just gone down) along Mornington Rd to SW Hwy, right turn, up through Wokalup, Harvey, Yarloop, Waroona, across on Greenlands Rd and up the freeway and hone just after 8pm. 1,002km on the oddo. A beautiful day for riding, temp in the mid 20's. Bike didn't miss beat.

pete
 
2volts said:
Left Perth at 7.30 am on #6522, arrived Donnybrook ~220km later at ~10am, dropped off some odds and ends at friends & had some biscuits and a cup of tea, mounted up again, headed south, arrived at Motoddrob's at Walpole ~another 200kms down the road, had another cup of tea and a chat, checked out the critters in the shed, on the road again, via the test track to Bow Bridge, Denmark for more fuel, up the Denmark Barker road, left along Muirs Hwy to Rocky Gully, right turn up to Frankland, left turn on to Boyup Brook, fuel and food stop, onwards and right run at Mumbellup to Collie, then steadily (because the sun had just gone down) along Mornington Rd to SW Hwy, right turn, up through Wokalup, Harvey, Yarloop, Waroona, across on Greenlands Rd and up the freeway and hone just after 8pm. 1,002km on the oddo. A beautiful day for riding, temp in the mid 20's. Bike didn't miss beat.

pete
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I hope Rob gave you a cup of tea, and some of his home grown and produced cookies.
 
2volts said:
Left Perth at 7.30 am on #6522, arrived Donnybrook ~220km later at ~10am, dropped off some odds and ends at friends & had some biscuits and a cup of tea, mounted up again, headed south, arrived at Motoddrob's at Walpole ~another 200kms down the road, had another cup of tea and a chat, checked out the critters in the shed, on the road again, via the test track to Bow Bridge, Denmark for more fuel, up the Denmark Barker road, left along Muirs Hwy to Rocky Gully, right turn up to Frankland, left turn on to Boyup Brook, fuel and food stop, onwards and right run at Mumbellup to Collie, then steadily (because the sun had just gone down) along Mornington Rd to SW Hwy, right turn, up through Wokalup, Harvey, Yarloop, Waroona, across on Greenlands Rd and up the freeway and hone just after 8pm. 1,002km on the oddo. A beautiful day for riding, temp in the mid 20's. Bike didn't miss beat.

pete
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Quite a few kays for the day hey Pete? Loved the sound of the jota when you left, could hear you for several kays later to!! Jota pipes on a 180 has to be one of the best sounds coming out of an exhaust.

Ck, have no idea what your talking about, I don't have a oven at home so can't bake cookies and besides I don't cook!!
 
Seems you are using your Jota at what it does best Pete, sounds like a 'good day out'.

hey Chris, here in Aus we have biscuits, septics have cookies. (Name taken for indulging in Unaustralian activities ;).
 
Terry Dymond said:
Seems you are using your Jota at what it does best Pete, sounds like a 'good day out'.

hey Chris, here in Aus we have biscuits, septics have cookies. (Name taken for indulging in Unaustralian activities ;).
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::) Who's ever heard of hash biscuits? I thought Rob had a recipe .........  :o maybe it wasn't Rob, my memory may be failing. :-[  I've got to pop over to 'How do you know when you're getting old'
 
chrisk said:
::) Who's ever heard of hash biscuits? I thought Rob had a recipe .........  :o maybe it wasn't Rob, my memory may be failing. :-[  I've got to pop over to 'How do you know when you're getting old'
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Fading memory CK, nothing like that in my neck of the woods. The only thing I bake is bread and that's only because I have a machine to do it, just add ingredients!
 
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