steering lock stops

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chaz

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sorry to ask a dumb question but do SF750's have steering lock stops?

I put a Harley sportster ironhead in for mot today and he remarked that it had a big turn circle , no stops until the bars hit the tank. Ive just picked up a 1974 750sf and noticed the switchgear hits the tank badges.
is this normal??
 
Howdy Chaz,

Just have a look at the bottom crown, triple clamps, and see what shape the engine side is. Most Marzocchi and Ceriani clamps have moulded lugs that are intended to hit stops. It's pretty obvious once you have a look. Mine has the lugs but no stops because I'm using a mixture of Ceriani and Marzocchi parts. I was missing the originals so I made my own.

Cheers
Chris
 
yes

steel plate with ears fits underneath lower yoke
located through hole by protruding end of center stem and tab bolted to frame
lugs/protrusions in lower yoke casting stop against ears

switches should not touch tank
its possible bars are pulled too far back, wrong bars, etc
steel plate may have been bent so yoke does not touch stop ear

cheers,
scott
 
thanks for input.
no steel plate, is this the steering damper on parts list?
seems to be a couple of flats on bottom yoke, you know, this bike seems more like a BSA A65 every time I look at it :o

how can I easilly tell the difference between fork makes?
 
Easy way to tell with forks is if the bolt holes for the brake caliper mounts on the sliders are just drilled = Ceriani, if they're threaded (with undrilled holes in the calipers) = Marzocchi.
Unless a DPO drilled out the Marzocchi sliders, has been known to happen. I did it once, although not on a Laverda, aftermarket forks.

Ken
 
Ken, you nearly had me out checking then ;)
its twin leading shoe no calipers, so is that definative or still a possible one of two?
 
Chaz, sorry, I just assumed disc brakes, should have looked closer at the post. There was a post on this forum fairly recently about this topic, which forks had what type of steering stop bosses, but I just looked and can't find it. Take a look at http://laverdaforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,71493.0.html, best I could do.
One of the people who knows more about twins than me should be able to help out with a definitive answer.

Ken
 
chaz said:
how can I easilly tell the difference between fork makes?
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Front drum-brake Laverdas had Cerianis only.  Early models may have the yokes marked "Arces", still Ceriani, though.  Twins and triples had identical sliders (except for most GTs, these had steel shrouds instead of the rubber dust boots, the sliders were a bit different), only the stanchion length and spring differed.  Some were painted black, others were polished....

piet
 
ok, thanks better pic than I have.
next question, does anyone have a spare one they dont want? pleeze
 
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