Unobtainable Spares - Manufacturing Opportunity

How about your friend specialize in left hand shift kits for Laverda, Morini, Guzzi etc.

There?s got to be a market there.

Many people are put off getting a Classic with right shift due to other bikeS in the stable and Instinctive riding habits.
 
CLEMTOG said:
clutch and rear wheel cush drive rubbers have been crap lately, they just don't last like the factory ones did, and they are probably being made by the same company (Ariete?) !
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  I am finding that most replacement rubber parts do not perform like the originals Laverda used and don't last anywhere near as long, that is me being polite but basically the are CRAP. The last tank strap I bought snapped within 3 months I now make my own out of good quality black bungee cords, same with battery straps. Are there any quality cush drive rubbers available?
 
StephB said:
How about your friend specialize in left hand shift kits for Laverda, Morini, Guzzi etc.

There?s got to be a market there.

Many people are put off getting a Classic with right shift due to other bikeS in the stable and Instinctive riding habits.
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They should get a bike with foot clutch and hand change, not to mention throttle lever, if they can't cope with shift on the right.
It's probably best that they stay put off classics.  :D

Paul
 
if they can't cope with shift on the right.
It's probably best that they stay put off classics.  :D

Paul

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The rubber tank strap and battery strap I get from Wolfgang, I feel lucky if they last one year. The rubber dust cover for the hydraulic clutch slave, not even that long!
 
AJ said:
Why not use Urethane for the cush rubbers?
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Perfectly feasible. It's available in various shore hardnesses. Just needs someone to finance the moulds.

I used to make large batches of urethane cush "rubbers" for Honda RS125's. At the time OE ones were hard to get.
Now they're buying off Alibaba.
 
Paul Marx said:
They should get a bike with foot clutch and hand change, not to mention throttle lever, if they can't cope with shift on the right.
It's probably best that they stay put off classics.  :D

Paul
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Let's add manual advance units to the list  :D
 
1200ts said:
The rubber tank strap and battery strap I get from Wolfgang, I feel lucky if they last one year. The rubber dust cover for the hydraulic clutch slave, not even that long!
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Yep, that's me, not Wolfgangs fault I let him know how long they lasted, I will not buy them again unless he changes supplier. It was the same with side covers, first set were absolute crap I pushed my finger clean thru the cover when fitting a brand new cover on the bike, later ones have proven to be better than originals. .
 
Gerald said:
Tell me what you want, and I will inquire if he is interested.
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Blimey, Gerald ...

I don't want anything.  BUT you and your mate might be able to save Jean-Louis a bit of effort.

'Nuff said.  I leave it up to you .. :-X
 
LJ-2 said:
if they can't cope with shift on the right.
It's probably best that they stay put off classics. 
I've shot myself in the foot there! After the '73 Norton I was quite happy with RH, but then a break until the '75 and had to get used to LH.

That was all well and good until the Laverda (so LH was OK too) but now I'd find it would be very difficult to change the 1200 to rear-sets unless I 'change it's specs.' too and go back to RH .... but still have a LH Brit and another LH Italian It's complicated!
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The plastic part of the choke lever recently broke on my RGS. According to Wolfgang, I got the last one he has and no more are available. It appears to be the same lever for all the triples.
 
According too Wolfgang he is stopping supplying to the UK and the end of this year , he will continue too
supply  North America , still , as he is now 67 and hes calling it a day , so too speak . Well thats a blow .
 
1200ts said:
The plastic part of the choke lever recently broke on my RGS. According to Wolfgang, I got the last one he has and no more are available. It appears to be the same lever for all the triples.
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That's a good suggestion.  Repros were available in brass (I think ...?); but don't know what happened to that.
 
1200ts said:
The plastic part of the choke lever recently broke on my RGS. According to Wolfgang, I got the last one he has and no more are available. It appears to be the same lever for all the triples.
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... Ralph Allen/Motalia has it in stock, but very expensive: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/163655026578
... you can find it used on ebay also: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/333182330398

Ciao, Gert
 
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