Right to left gear change kit for a 1974 3c with rear drum brake

iLaverda

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Hi everybody:

I am a pretty new owner of a Laverda 1000 3c from 1974 and still have problems with the original lever configuration.

Could you give me hinds where to get the whole conversion kit, parts of it or where to get technical drawings with dimensionings for it?

Any help would be great
Dominik
 
Hi there,

I was in the same situation 17 years ago and just got used to right foot shifting, as my Morini had a left side configuration. Nowadays i just get on a bike and shift either left or right, it has become second nature. Very similar mindset to a manual or automatic transmission in a cage. Wagner sells the conversion, but it's pricey and gets sloppy over time...

HTH
Gerald
 
I converted my bike and the shift was really good for 40,000 miles.  Try Wolfgang for the kit if Andy W's price is too salty.
 
Replacing the rodends when they get a tad loose is the answer.

Don't get the ones with nylon type eye runners, the bronze eye runners last much longer. I found that once you get the linkage/lever position set, remove the rods and rod ends and do up the lock up the nuts off the bike, I put them in a soft jawed vice, holding the ends (not the eyes). This way you can ensure the rod ends are parallel to each other, if not, they can tend to bind against the arms, I pack the rodends out with a couple of stainless flat washers, keeps them from rubbing on the lever arms when they twist a bit during shifts.

You are going to have to nut (figure) out a good way to mount the rear brake cable mounts too, can't help there, master cylinders make things easier.
 
chrisk said:
You are going to have to nut (figure) out a good way to mount the rear brake cable mounts too, can't help there, master cylinders make things easier.
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Some triple frames have the cable lugs doubled on the RH side.  Perhaps initially destined for the US?

piet
 
I seem to recall that a kit to swap sides of the foot controls is available, Cam had some photos of his brother's 3C which was fitted with it. Somewhere on the forum!

bazzee
 
1975 is the first year for the left shift requirement in the usa
it is completely different than the '76 on left shift
cross shaft goes through a tube with tabs to attach to lower case studs
'75 usa bikes have two longer engine studs to accept the tab thickness
'76 on have bosses cast into case and gearbox cover
'75 does not nor would a '74

if i recall the RH brake cable mount is outside of the frame tube
with LH brake cable mount facing inside the machine
can't fathom why some would have two cable mounts on one side

afaik the usa bikes had both cable mounts

wolfgang should be able to provide the kit parts
but you may need to weld on the cable mount and change studs out
or make special nuts for the crossover mounting
 
Thanks for the many statements and hinds.

Andy Wagner from Laverda Shark sells only the conversion kit for the later models with the already prepared interfaces to mount the gear shaft.

Does anybody has the current email address from Wolfgang Haerter. The one he has published on his website 'laverda@lightspeed.bc.ca'  doesn't work.

Attached is a photo from another forum member which shows the shaft and both levers. Maybe that helps to figure out where to search next.
 

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Somewhere in the wasteland I call my garage I have the leftovers from converting my 76 3CL back to RH shift.It is the early style described by Scott,it attaches to two longer case studs.I know I have the shaft[tripped on it the other day] and the pedals are around in a box somewhere.If memory serves, the linkage might be AWOL I'll have a look this weekend. It is a disc rear brake on the bike so the left side stuff may be different.
Bill
 
Bill, please stop searching; I had contact to Wolfgang Haerter in the meanwhile, he is really corresponding fast and could help with a complete conversion kit for USD 480. A pic of the whole set is attached below.

His current contact data are:

Columbia Car & Cycle
Wolfgang Haerter
357 Shakespeare Road
Nakusp, BC, V0G 1R1

Hours: Mo.-Fr. 9:00-17:00h Pacific time
office: +1.250.265.4502
shop: +1.250.265.0165
laverda@lightspeed.ca
www.laverda.ca

Thanks to everybody again
Dominik
 

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