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

Got them on fleabay. Just look for bike handlebar grips and scroll through and you will find them.
Left thumb was getting aches and pains with gripping the thin grips tightly.  These give a fatter grip to hold on to so might ease things.
Piet, it's the plethora of screw and bolt types and sizes plus the chronic quality/reliability/oil leaks that put me off Brit bikes. As I don't need spanners and they don't leak oil I think I'll be ok with these Chinese grips.
Cam, these grips are a lot softer than the last Beston grips I had years ago. Super grippy, even when they were still covered in the WD40 I used to mount them so I would hope they will be ok in the wet. Even the last ones I had were ok in the wet.
 
I have these gadgets called grip puppys,thin,5mm,foam overcovers.Lots hate thick grips but these do cousion and dampen the vibs.Take care fitting them,they go over std grips but tear easily.As soft as they are mine have lasted a good 3 or 4 years,need replacing as they have got harder.They slide on with hair spray and that glues them as well
 
Grant,

Hopefully they'll last a bit longer than the crappy indian Amal pattern grips I fitted to the Thumper.  Worn out and perished in less than a season.  Now swapped for classic Maguras.  These don't last forever either, but don't just fall off after 6 months...

I guess it is once more a case of "you gets wot you pays for" :D

piet
 
Now my grips are in place they are solidly fixed. The WD40 eventually disperses/evaporates/is absorbed and they are now going nowhere. Plus the fact they are soft helps the grip too.
 
cbertozz said:
Took the Jota to the man today to look for my charging gremlin. Fingers crossed just a misplaced wire.
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You are going to have to sell the Jota to cover the "man's" bills if you keep this up  :LOL:
 
Davo said:
You are going to have to sell the Jota to cover the "man's" bills if you keep this up  :LOL:
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Cheap compared to racing, and anyway you blokes are solving most of the problems, perhaps you should get a commission  :D
 
Not a Laverda but hey my Lav tool board is in the background. Got the 900 home today, had a play with it, it does sound awesome. Likes to walk aroind the garage..... spent the afternoon drinking lots of beer and fitting the seat and fairing.  Need to get it finished and out to get rhe SF3 in!

https://youtu.be/JednO9Eice4
 
Vince said:
I have these gadgets called grip puppys,thin,5mm,foam overcovers.Lots hate thick grips but these do cousion and dampen the vibs.Take care fitting them,they go over std grips but tear easily.As soft as they are mine have lasted a good 3 or 4 years,need replacing as they have got harder.They slide on with hair spray and that glues them as well
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I'm going to try those, saw some recently. Will be easier and cheaper than taking off the Maguras.
 
When you fit the grip puppies, there's probably no reason to trim them, even though the may appear to be longer that the grips you now have on the bars.  The grip puppies are elastic and easily accommodate varying lengths of grips. I've used them for many years and quite like them.  They are especially welcome if your hands or fingers are oversize; the increased diameter of the grips becomes more comfortable for me. 
 
Well, that was partly the reason. Doc recommended it as good physiotherapy. Other reason is to try to get fitter and shed a bit of weight. I'm actually enjoying riding it. That knife-edge seat is a punisher though. Might need to shove a cushion down the back of my pants to sit on.

Haven't quite gone all out. I don't have any lycra clothing. 

It's interesting to experience the car vs bicycle enmity from the other side. There are some car drivers out there with serious anger management issues. Yesterday I kept mostly to dedicated bike tracks but had to do about 2km on public roads to get where I wanted to go. In that distance a bloke started blaring his horn at me and giving me the finger, which was a bit odd because I was waiting at the lights in an intersecting street to him at the time. About 2 minutes later a woman wound down her window and screamed "Fuck off" at me as she went past.
 
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