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

CLEMTOG said:
, need to look out the spare wheel for the Mercedes (has a space saver in situ, much prefer a full size one)
CLEM
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My Audi has one of those spacesaver things. Fucking useless. Why they are allowed to fit the things in a country like Australia is beyond me. Western Australia has a land mass that would comfortably fit all of Western Europe, including UK and Ireland and once out of the more densely habitated areas towns (and service centres) can be over 200km apart and the generously named service centre is often just a roadhouse and does not carry a huge stock of any parts. So if you have a stuffed tyre and don't wish to drive a thousand k on a party balloon you need to wait for a new tyre to be trucked in.
 
Davo said:
My Audi has one of those spacesaver things. Fucking useless. Why they are allowed to fit the things in a country like Australia is beyond me. Western Australia has a land mass that would comfortably fit all of Western Europe, including UK and Ireland and once out of the more densely habitated areas towns (and service centres) can be over 200km apart and the generously named service centre is often just a roadhouse and does not carry a huge stock of any parts. So if you have a stuffed tyre and don't wish to drive a thousand k on a party balloon you need to wait for a new tyre to be trucked in.
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Don't buy Audi.

Paul
 
Davo said:
Damn sight better than the Jeep I had before it. All it needs is a decent size spare.
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Don't know about your part of the world but around here Audi has a high testosterone content meaning they're often driven by maniacs with small balls, 3 day beards and sunglasses.

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
Don't know about your part of the world but around here Audi has a high testosterone content meaning they're often driven by maniacs with small balls, 3 day beards and sunglasses.

Paul
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Maniac - Tick
Small balls - nup, average
3 day beard - nup, had it for over 40 years
Sunglasses - Tick
:LOL:
 
AndyW said:
Malcolm Cox will be your man for that one: I think his Social Climber is still the fastest ever Lav triple to this day...
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well, I am usually goal oriented, what top speed do I need to beat...? ;) ;)

I will have to ask Malcolm. Probably an easier turbo build to do now, modern compact turbo's readily available complete with their own lubrication systems. After all the fabrication I had to do on my six cylinder turbo CBX, a Laverda triple should be only half the work :o 8)

Paul LeClair
 
Davo, Those donut spares were installed solely to reduce weight and meet fuel consumption requirements. most likely your car has room for a full size wheel and tire but the rub is you have to pay for it. The reality is, flat tires are pretty rare these days. I carry a tire plug kit along with a small compressor to deal with the odd nail etc.  But then again I do live in a less wild environment [stray bullets excepted].
 
psg said:
Rebuilt carbs fall of 2015,new brass, etc. incl. new float needles. Nothing but problems with needles leaking and overflowing thought the vents. Removed and checked countless times things ok for a while then overflowing again. This spring opened up the petcocks for the first time and centre and right carbs overflowing like crazy (everything ok when bike parked for the winter last fall). Wolfgang on his euro trip so put the 39 year old original needles and seats  back in and  everything fixed, no overflowing. Going to put the old needle and seat in the LH carb as a pre-caution and leave it. Something amiss with the new stuff so will discuss with Wolfgang when things slow down for him. The Del's may be old tech but those float valves are sure high quality.

Stu
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Well left the new needle/seat in the LH carb and, per sfcpiet's reply#5487, kept the float bowls full by opening the taps every week. Yesterday started leaking from the LH carb and no amount of tapping with a small hammer would stop the overflow, so going to put in the last 39 yr old needle/seat and talk to Wolfgang. Maybe just got a bad set. C and RH carb still no problem with the original needle/seats.

Stu

 
wdietz186 said:
Davo, Those donut spares were installed solely to reduce weight and meet fuel consumption requirements. most likely your car has room for a full size wheel and tire but the rub is you have to pay for it. The reality is, flat tires are pretty rare these days. I carry a tire plug kit along with a small compressor to deal with the odd nail etc.  But then again I do live in a less wild environment [stray bullets excepted].
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Had 4 punctures in the first 18 months of owning the thing.
 
Had a bloke (well known local politician) come up my drive in a new model MX5 the other day with a flat tyre. Asked if he could leave it there until he could get it repaired, didn't have a spare, not even a donut; no jack or even a wheel brace, the only thing that came with the car was a can of gunk. Car ended up staying on my back lawn for nearly a week.
 
My ex has a MX5. Great little car to drive. The spare wheel is in a well under the floor of the boot (trunk). You wouldn't know it was in there unless you lift the carpet. I think it's only one of those crap supermarket trolley wheels, but at least it's there. Hers is a 2004 NB model. I think later models may have done away with the spare wheel to increase boot space.
 
Dellortoman said:
My ex has a MX5. Great little car to drive. The spare wheel is in a well under the floor of the boot (trunk). You wouldn't know it was in there unless you lift the carpet. I think it's only one of those crap supermarket trolley wheels, but at least it's there. Hers is a 2004 NB model. I think later models may have done away with the spare wheel to increase boot space.
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I've got a 2006 NC model, no spare wheel any more.  Mazda claims for weight reasons, quite frankly, there's simply no space for one, without seriously compromising boot space!  Compressor and liquid sealer in case of a flat, but does have a jack and "tool" pouch on board.

Yes, great little car, but does have a girlie/gay/hairdresser image.  Really a wolf in sheeps clothes, can hang in with the best of them in the twisties!.  Sadly, not enough power for longer straights.

Back on topic, took the 3C out for a gallop.  Fun, now that the suspension is set up for road use, instead of track.

piet
 
sfcpiet said:
Yes, great little car, but does have a girlie/gay/hairdresser image.  Really a wolf in sheeps clothes, can hang in with the best of them in the twisties!.  Sadly, not enough power for longer straights.
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The MX5 belonging to my Ex is the SE (special edition) model with factory fitted turbo amongst a bunch of other sports goodies. It has a bit more grunt than the rest of them and is more fun to drive hard. You can feel the turbo come in as the revs increase. It's the last of the NB models and I suspect the factory tarted them up with those extras to get rid of them before bringing out the NC model.

 
I am always interested in the difference between a track setup and a road setup. Did you do much to change between each?
 
Vince,

The bike was set up for Spa-Franchorchamps, awesome grip and 99% smooth as a billiard table.  Nowhere near to what is commonly regarded as a public "highway" here in Germany.  Undulations, patchwork and potholes are the order of the day, I was seeing double through the shocks transmitted by the unforgiving suspension.  Returned home after 20 minutes and let the bkie sit for another 6 months, while I made up my mind if I'd keep it for track days only, or ride it on the road again. ::)  Now that I have #001 and the track triple, road use won.

Mainly a reduction of oil volume and viscosity in the case of the M1R fork to increase fork travel and give a more compliant ride.  There's not much one can do with these, the springs came from a Ducati 851 and are quite OK, oil controls travel and damping.  They're rather crude, the last "tuning" measure was at Spa with high ambient temperatures and consisted of adding about 80cc of 85W gear oil to each leg, actually worked very well!  Maybe, someday I'll get around to installing the cartridges I've kicked around the workshop the past 3 years...

piet
 
I have no experience for what's needed for track suspension but having a think, most adjustments done for road work are to get better surface compliance, bump control. I couldn't see the point of that for track work as you said glass smooth. So I guess what you are looking for is control of fore and after movement made by braking and acceleration effects to keep the tyre on the road, brake and engine effects. Probably basic stuff to some but it's an interesting point in my brain.
 
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