Stuart Clarke?

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Andy Mac

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Hi,

Does anyone know a Stuart Clarke (not sure of the first name spelling) who used to live in Luton and was, I believe, known as Clarke Laverda?

I have been told that he was pretty good at setting up crankshafts, had all the kit to do it and the results of his work were ultra smooth and reliable.  However, he is no longer at his old location and I do not know if he is still in business or not, or how to contact him if he is indeed still doing Laverda stuff.

Can anyone help?

Regards, Andy
 
There was a Stuart Clark (no E) who ran a Laverda at Bruntingthorpe  along with his brother Martin. Somehow I dont think it's the same one but a coincidence all the same.

He popped up the ILOC forum about 6 months ago. I think if the guy you refer to still did cranks, we'd have heard about him..

Cheers Rob
 
Rob I remember there was a story in Classic Bike re that Bruntingthorpe test,one did 150mph and the other blow smoke so they stopped it early,over filled with oil
 
you had better ask Andy Wagner about Stuart Clarks cranks and crank repairs, then you will get first hand information from a German man who was brave enough to ship cranks in and out of the UK, until........ well you ask him, and he can tell.

I could give you first hand experience of work that this individual did to a triple cylinder head for me, or rather, the work that he did not do, but lied when telling of the progress, and then attempted a fob me off, when I demanded my head back.

He was not pleased when Mr.Wagner and myself banged on his door unanounced, one Sunday morning at 8am, Andy got his parts and a big pile of cash returned, I got my head, after a (feeble) attempt at giving me somone elses.

But we are not allowed to talk about these things here are we?
CLEM
 
I sold Clarke  my 1st crank repair business - although he was extremely good at engineering and picked it up very quickly - he had a huge problem doing the jobs as he should for various reasons - do take serious note of the previous two comments. Keith Nairn has bought all my later crank repair equipment and does a fantastic and professional job - go to him!! - Regards - Phil
 
+ 1 for Keith
great job done quickly and very reasonably priced, dont be put off by the location, he will send you a very strong plywood box, and get it courierd, to and fro
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
you had better ask Andy Wagner about Stuart Clarks cranks and crank repairs, then you will get first hand information from a German man who was brave enough to ship cranks in and out of the UK, until........ well you ask him, and he can tell.

I could give you first hand experience of work that this individual did to a triple cylinder head for me, or rather, the work that he did not do, but lied when telling of the progress, and then attempted a fob me off, when I demanded my head back.

He was not pleased when Mr.Wagner and myself banged on his door unanounced, one Sunday morning at 8am, Andy got his parts and a big pile of cash returned, I got my head, after a (feeble) attempt at giving me somone elses.

But we are not allowed to talk about these things here are we?
CLEM
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I did send Andy Wagner a crank that went from France, to Germany, to the UK, from the UK to Germany and from there back to France.

I got my money back!

Ciao
Paul
 
It seems I had a lucky escape, I think I was one of the first if not the first to have a crank rebuilt by Stuart Clarke, He had just finished training after taking over the business  from Phil. I rebuilt my engine with the new crank  and then after reading an article in ILOC I decided to ask a certain Mr Winterton If I could drop it off and get him to strip it and check I had put it together properly. I foolishly expected this to take a month or two not the decade it actualy took ;-).  However one of the delays was because Steve said he had to get the crank redone because it was not quite right. Having been ripped off a few times I hoped I could trust that Steve was telling me but it was at the back of my mind that it might not be so. It seems however that I really did do the right thing as I am sure now the crank and engine now is really built correctly.
 
There have been similar cases of this in OZ  quite a few years back.But what with Red,Keith and Piet doing cranks and lots of forum suport around the world is a good time to own a Laverda
 
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