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

Got my, new to me, Corsa recommissioned and as of today UK registered. (Hope you approve of the finished job Beat.)

To finish the recommissioning I'm in need of a good Corsa silencer - I've posted an Ad in the Wanted section so I really hope someone can help.

Cheers,

Ian



Well done Ian! It's good to see her back on the road. I hope you will have as much fun with her as I had.

Cheers
Beat
 
Took it up the road after fitting extra plain clutch plate and tying down the choke rod.  Felt extremely good- wierdly enough gearchange felt better, less baggy all round and no slip. :D  Yee haaar!
 
I had a glance at the Mikunis on my RGS Mongrel the other day, and they do get a similar vibration going at low revs. Two out of the three carbs have the spring/ball detent on the choke rod and haven't seen any wear on any of the components. I'll have to check the Jota's similar carb setup to see if it vibrates too (Jota doesn't have a battery at present - will sort that soon). I suspect the Jota won't shake the carbs around as much because of the solid mounted engine.
 
Yeah,putting the detent spring and ball has stopped (or reduced) the sideways shaking of the rod.  I used a couple of O rings adjustable with tie wraps to reduce radial vibes- basically what Keith does.  Works fine.

Still chasing a slight hesitation off a closed throttle, but I'm not sure I ever managed to sort that on the 180 either, on the vid I made it hesitates slightly when I blip the throttle. 
 
Woke this morning such a lovely morning decided to go on the CIMAA second Saturday of the month run to Thirlmere. Got to the meet point ( interestingly the same place we leave for the Snowy run ) and there was only Tim on his 850 Grisso. He said ah an early triple those softer engines are a joy to ride.... Turns out that Tim is an Ex Club Laverda NSW member from the 80's at the time he owned a Green '81 3CL remember working on it when he owned it at Dynotec as it was one of only 2 at the time in Aus, He ended up selling it to Dave Illingworth... We had a good old chat at the Railway museum cafe and Laverda NSW member from the 80's.  Dave Illingworth ended up  buying it from him so we had a good reminisce about the good old days of the club when it was a powerhouse.
We then headed back via Burragorang.  As always the 3C was a joy to ride.

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Brett said:
... he owned a Green '81 3CL remember working on it when he owned it at Dynotec as it was one of only 2 at the time in Aus,
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Really? This interests me. Only 2 green 3CLs, only 2 3CLs, only 2?
 
Dave Illingworth, there's a name from the past. Do you remember Dan Fahey and yours truly from the NSW mob in the mid-eighties?
 
G'day Davo you need to read Brett's post carefully 2 x 1981 green 3CL's.
I bet you have never seen a 1981 S2 3CL.
I was up on the Sunshine Coast on my 81 Jota many years ago and met a chap on an orange 81 3CL it had undrilled discs black frame cable clutch quiet mufflers and if I remember correctly a round tank badge he bought the bike new so it was as sold.
How many did Laverda make?
 
Terry Dymond said:
Dave Illingworth, there's a name from the past. Do you remember Dan Fahey and yours truly from the NSW mob in the mid-eighties?
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Yep I surely do remember

Tim tells me he has a photo of his 3CL ( one of only 2 X 1981 3CL's originally imported into Australia one being Green and well seems the other might just be the Orange one ) sitting out the front of Dynotec after having a fairing fitted to it,
He took the pic as there were 3 Lav's together,  it was parked next to Leggett's Red 3CL and my mates black Jota.

Damn wish we would have exchanged numbers so could have got a copy of it but will see if I can track him back down. Interestingly he is a CIMAA member but had no clue of what is happening at the Barry next year so seems the word is slow to get out... better we fix that hey  :)
 
mauricejota7604 said:
G'day Davo you need to read Brett's post carefully 2 x 1981 green 3CL's.
I bet you have never seen a 1981 S2 3CL.
I was up on the Sunshine Coast on my 81 Jota many years ago and met a chap on an orange 81 3CL it had undrilled discs black frame cable clutch quiet mufflers and if I remember correctly a round tank badge he bought the bike new so it was as sold.
How many did Laverda make?
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Hence my interest Maurice. Didn't know they were still cranking out 3CLs in 1881 let alone still painting them green.
 
Series 2 unfaired triples were available in Europe up to the introduction of the RGS, in all the usual colours, with black frames and still termed 3CL.  Discs were always drilled by then, with calipers mounted behind the fork legs.  Didn't stop them from languishing on the showroom floor for a couple of years before the dealers flogged them off at bargain prices.  ::)

Not ALL Laverdas triples are Jotas...

piet
 
Bought (and sold) this one a couple of years ago.
Frame was original black from factory. Bodywork was not original, think it was either red or orange from memory.

 
Fitted new rear sprocket and wheel spacer to POP, then new handlebars with more of a bend as the previous bars angled my elbows out too much for my liking. Lets see how this goes.



Also test fitted the Formula body kit for shits and giggles. I know it's not to everyone's taste but I like it. If no one buys it (currently up for sale) I might end up cutting and shutting it a bit as I have never really liked the way the seat kicks up or the enclosed rear indicators. I think it suits POP with the monoshock rear end and wider tyre plus the modern silencers.
Of course the rear mudguard would need to be removed and the rear frame rails shortened by around 6 inches or so if I was going to fit it properly.



 
been out for a meet today and met people who i had not come across before with Laverdas apart from Mark Hastings whose pictures i have stolen here as dropbox wont work on my phone ( apologies Mark ) and Paul 5spotLav who turned up from camping - great ride back on the Corsa down the back roads ! nice little 100 miles 
 

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