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

Anyway, it's been culturally appropriated (new UK buzzword/phrase) by KTM, to the point folk think I'm trying to ape KTM colours on my old clunker.
 
Too bad guys don't take it to heart  - Ian Rider 668 got complemented on his orange kit the other day by the plastic KTM brigade  :D

In marketing speak its a USP for Laverda - they were the first !

its a bit like Led Zep fans saying they are fed up with Stairway to Heaven    :P
 
Rode 250 miles on my 3CL this weekend. Found out that the battery goes flat after 124miles with the headlight on (can't beat stopping to say hello to someone then needing a push start) but it recharges after another 125miles with the lights off, a tank of petrol is good for about 126 miles (thick end of nothing left in the tank when I arrived at my destination 125 miles away from home), steering head bearings too tight, fuelling/carb setup is awful, clutch slips, 15 year old tyres do not inspire confidence in the rain, comfort is good for 3 hours without stopping, bloke on BMW R1150GS seemed very keen to ride alongside and have a look, the bike looks just as good filthy as it does clean and I loved every minute of it!

I had to smile on one stretch of road when I was on my Laverda overtaking two Deloreans while a Vincent Black Shadow was coming the other way. Nice.
 
I found on my 3C that the battery only goes flat if I ride for an extended period (1 hour) with the high beam on, if the low beam is on there is no issue. I've upgraded to LED bulbs in the instrument cluster which has helped and plan to do a charging system upgrade when funds permit.
Wayne
 
Did some work on POP over the last couple of days.
Fitted new mkII m-Unit as the old one wasn't waterproof. Having moved back to the soggy country recently I thought it prudent to upgrade. So it got fitted and reprogrammed today.



I also had a think about the screen. I like it but it was stopping me resetting the trip mileometer at fuel stops. So, after some pondering I came up with the following. It pivots on the top bolt, held in place by a friction washer. Bottom bolt is a glued-in dummy. Time will tell if it is a workable solution but for now it allows access to reset the trip.



 
Neat work around for the trip meter adjusting... I like it,
but tell me more about the mkII m-Unit is it some kind of hi tech fuse box or something ? reprogrammed it ?
 
The m-Unit is basically an electronic relay system that connects brakes, lights, starting (but not on our bikes), horn, indicators and other functions. It was principally designed for customs with dramatically simplified wiring possible. But when I bought it several years ago I did not realise this and proceeded to construct a standard-ish loom utilising original switch functions, so it became more complicated instead of simpler. The mkI as I found out was not waterproof so I bought a mkII version which is.
It's a clever piece of kit and allows such things as standard or soft glow indicators, indicators at varying levels of brightness as daylight running lights, flashing brake light or standard brake light, self-cancelling indicators (with various seconds until switch off), headlight permanently on but switched off until engine fires and so on. You have to go through a program step to dial it in to which functions you want. It can also be combined with their m-switch which is a multi function button running a single wire to the m-Unit. But that is for custom jobs, not for me.

All you need to know, and more:
http://motogadget.com/en/

 
Referencing Dave I's 81 3CL, it's even more interesting as IIRC it has a series 1 engine but is an 81 bike.  Original.
Who would know with Laverda, just before they start cranking out 120's, throw together some old spares and sell them off.  They certainly did it with the very late 750's.
The truth is out there...
 
breganzane said:
Referencing Dave I's 81 3CL, it's even more interesting as IIRC it has a series 1 engine but is an 81 bike.  Original.
Who would know with Laverda, just before they start cranking out 120's, throw together some old spares and sell them off.  They certainly did it with the very late 750's.
The truth is out there...
Click to expand...
Well it seems as though the plot thickens as back in the day at the get go it had a series 2 engine and black barrels...

The original owner Tim managed to dig up a photo of the bike when he owned it.. .he is looking to see if he has some more. The quality is not brilliant as was scanned from the original onto a PDF and I have pulled it off the PDF and uploaded here.

It was fitted with the fairing ( colour matched and all ) along with the Slater pipes at Dynotec back in the mid 80's ..now. looking at the front axle fitting I can categorically say it twas not I who fitted the front tyre officer... you will also note that bike came with cable clutch  :o
The picture will get Vince's interest as the bike had a rack on it... best guess is the photo is out Gunadah way by the looks of it.

Tims%203CL%201981_zpsx3fqy4ga.jpg~original


 
No idea if its Gunnedah Brett,kerb and guttering with that elevation.There are high spots out there but not kerb and guttered in the 80s. Beautiful spot, be great to pin it down
 
Be great to start putting up old pics from the bad old days,now who do I know with that tech ability? Time to start digging out some pics.
 
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