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

If that's the back way to St Albans Pub, it used to be a shocker. Corrugated very badly in the bends and very dusty. The last time I did it was at night after working up there for 2 days and then hearing the Webs Creek Ferry was out. It was far from fun. Much better dirt heading the back way to the Bridge to Nowhere and the  Sackville Ferry. Thats the other side of the river to where we did that big scary dirt downhill. There is some interesting dirt out there.
 
So far I still have a working throttle, snaps back good and sharp. Had some Araldite creep, luckily had the greased cardboard stop any glueing the grip to the housing thing happen. Got half a dozen other little jobs to do including an oil change, having to do lots of oil changes on the Laverda lately.Go for a couple of thousand k ride and its oil change time. Doing lots of ks makes that happen.
 
Spent the day at DAM Laverda yesterday. Great to catch up with Greg, boy, hasn't he got lots of goodies to play with.
:o Mountains of parts I thought were unobtainable.

He's sorted out my starter issues, can't wait to get home and play Laverda. :D
 
Bugger, went for a ride with my submariner mates yesterday and the Yellow Peril misbehaved; started spitting and clanking at slow speed through towns, thought it might have been dodgy fuel so drained the tank and carbies this morning and put some fresh fuel in and went for a spin around the block (20kays), lucky I got home, running like shit but seem to run at normally highway speeds.
Will have to investigate when it cools down, not the bike, the weather; 40 today and 41 tomorrow.
 
chrisk said:
Spent the day at DAM Laverda yesterday. Great to catch up with Greg, boy, hasn't he got lots of goodies to play with.
:o Mountains of parts I thought were unobtainable.

He's sorted out my starter issues, can't wait to get home and play Laverda. :D
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Well........... he is the Wolfee + more over in Aus  8) his new parts site due to be launched SOON will blow ya mind  ;)

Now get back to that 750 CK..... gotta be runnin by FOS  :o
 
Put 650kms on it yesterday and today. Up to Tocumwal for some water skiing and beer. Mananged about 5 metres of waterskiing before pulling left hamstring. Made the return trip home today pretty uncomfortable. Bloody hot too, 37C
Photo is the Merton to Euroa rd. Pretty bumpy but good mix of tight stuff and fast sweepers. The alternative is dead straight highway all the way. Tried the Shepparton to Euroa rd coming home, wasn't a bad option. Didn't see a cop the whole time. (Hope they didn't see me  :o)
 

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Lucky Pat :)

Also did this whilst putting the bike back together again for the electrician.

Rob said:
Try using an LED pilot lamp instead of the headlight on - they're bright enough to do the job but agree with Vince's comment!  I use OSRAM LED type BA9 / T4W - pricey, but cheaper Chinese parts don't enjoy the vibration
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Changed the front pads for EBC HH sintered ones.  Was using carbon/Kevlar which have a nice feel (and definitely good on o/e discs) but I wanted more initial bite.  Should work well with the EBC discs.

Filled up the sump with some Silkolene Comp 4 20/50, which is getting expensive, but it's good oil.

Not much else to do really. ::)  Roll on spring.
 
rolled the Old Duffers Anni off the ramp and out of the workshop today, covered it up with a proper  err ......bike cover,its now in the car port/ fabricatuion department, all tied on and nice and cosy, while I wait the outcome of some parts that I have returned.

Its manic now on the ramp with Toms home framed flat tracker under going conversion to ice racer, this means different and longer forks, bigger diameter front wheel, smaller diameter rear wheel and a new exhaust because that was causeing clashing problems last year when Marco Belli beat him in Thunderbike class, hope we don't make it worse, because Belli will probably return unchanged, since I cant see what he can change.
CLEM
 
Put the 880SFCK back together, hit the button and would only run on one ........ then after almost flattening the battery, remembered the rag I had covering the right velocity stack  :-[

Fired on two and dropped the choke too soon and it conked out.... on charger overnight so play time again tomorrow.

Reason for starter clutch wobbling around on crank end is that the tappered bore was machined wrong. Shaft is 10. Poofteenth degree tapper, Wolfgangs new item was about 9 degrees or less

So only grabbing up the wide end. Greg Parish sorted that out quick smart.
 
Plenty surface water here and road closed signs out, so took the front end off and changed fork oil..........
(don't say I didn't need to, wanted to get at the whole show and clean it up as well so easier just to whip em off - also don't have to take the bars off to get at the caps)
 
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