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

Reggie Clem showed me Duffers Jota with two Triumph items that worked a treat , my (Grants) Corsa also has something different , not sure what as I am away from the garage at the mo , it has the 4 pot units and seems to brake very effectively not of course that I have had much chance to test yet !
 
My master cylinders are off a Honda Firestorm and seem a good match for the 4 pots and the clutch- I like having adjustable levers too.  Wouldn't work too well with the bar pad, but I got shot of that ages ago.  Just nipped out on the GS to get some oil and the RGS's brakes are better- more power AND feel.

I put four pots on with the standard master cylinder and discs and that was a massive improvement.

I think Keith may have radial masters on his RGS, whatever they were an unbelievably light pull, but hellishly pricey.

I know that mucking about with brakes, shocks carbs or whatever is a bit of an anathema to some, but my aim is to make the bike easier and more pleasurable to ride, while retaining as much of the essential 'Laverda-ness' as possible.
 
Rode it up to the highest village in Scotland (Tomintoul) to meet up with the rest of the North of Scotland Laverda Massiv- Ian and Smiddy of this parish.  Absolutely beautiful day, and easily warm enough to sit outside while we scoffed bacon rolls.  Luvverly.  The sandwiches, not the three mugs in the pic.

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Not so lovely was finally properly blowing the left hand shock.  Spots of oil all over the rim, looks as though I'm going to be fitting some Falcons sooner rather than later.

Tried to capture the view of the Cairngorm mountains coming from Bridge of Brown.  Fail.

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Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond said:
Where's the bike pics chaps  :D
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Use your imagination man, there are bits of bikes there. It's probably our stunning good looks distracting you from seeing them 8)
I'm sure there will be some more posted shortly..
Cracking run there & back. Bit blowy up in Tomintoul but glorious weather for the time of year.  :D
 
Discovered on Sunday that the RGS T?V (MOT, WOF) had expired last month. :o
Everything checked out fine in the workshop, so I took it for a run.
Came home with all four indicators permanently on. ::)
Decided the flasher unit was dud, so borrowed the 1200's, problem solved.
Left home this morning at 07:30 to be first in the queue at the test station.
Had a lovely ride down twisty country lanes. I really like the RGS...
Tester walked around it poking & prodding, muttering things like "lovely" and "perfect" then stamped and signed the forms.
Now feeling quite pleased with myself...
Next is the RGS 1000 SFC, but that needs some work - play in the swing arm bearings, and the rear brake seems to be purely decorative.

Steve
 
Naa... Company next door takes 200? for that for all covers. For that amount of money, I will not poison my lungth, cover my workshop with dust and invest my time. The results are far beyond what I could do at home...  Brought the covers over to them last wednesday. Thursday was a public holiday so that they really started on Monday with the work, called me on Tuesday at 4p.m that I could collect the goods.  :o

Seems I need to bring them more business so they actually can afford to STAY in business...  :o

they do nice things also with car rims and other things. see (german only, sorry...):

http://www.polieren-baste.de/content/index_ger.html

I can help out, no problem. Pretty sure though considering the mailing costs, you'll find someone close to you that can do it equally nice.
 
Fitted a new piston and seals to the Firestorm front brake master cylinder.  Still a little air to get out, but hopefully it will stay firm, unlike the old one.

Noticed that one of the choke plungers off the Mikunis has lost it's retaining screw so doesn't work- may explain why it was a bit iffy from cold.  Trouble is, the carbs have to come off to fix that, so I'll check the float levels and also how much the pump is pumping- doesn't seem much at the moment.

Next is checking the valves- really don't want to take the cams ou if there has been some settling, but no chance of getting it down to Keith's at the moment.  Looks like the GS may get some use in the next week or two- shocks gone anyway.

Plugs mid grey.
 
chrisk said:
So it is, pretty to look at.  Makes my attempts at polishing look rather ............ well, you know .......... fornicated.
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It takes the right machines, the right polishing material, a LOT of experience and some other factors I don't have, so I went to that company. The price seemed very reasonable for me and the result is just stunning. I fear though that until I can manage to build the bike up completely, the covers will not look the way they do today anymore...  :-[
 
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