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

Laverdian said:
Simon check the  contact faces on the fuse are clean, especially since the bike has not been used for some time. The fact the one horn worked when you disconnected the other suggests the current draw for two horns was insufficient across the fuse. Encountered the same problem with the RGS last year and this was the root cause.
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I had this issue with mine too,they seemed to work okay then when i really needed them at the m.o.t test they didn't work.....remove one wire from 1 horn and the other one worked okay,I couldn't work it out as occasionally they would suddenly work again....it kept happening and in the end it was down to the horn relay that i had fitted incorrectly so that the full voltage wasn't passing through to the horns.
So worth checking on that if you have one fitted.
 
andre g said:
?Andre, tell Eva she would be more comfortable on the back, if she put the footrests down.?

I thougt Chris, somebody would see it- Eva likes to make some gymnastics when I? m riding. The footrests would limit her free movements.


the photo was from an other trip, but the thread was so empty without photo.

Andre
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:D :D
 
Thanks for all the suggestions with the recalcitrant horn!

Luckily the UK government has re-scheduled the due date of my MOT from May to October this year, due to COVID19!
Even so, I like a challenge so I will take the Left Hand switchgear off for a looky-looky at the horn button + the earth path, and perhaps even use one of the spare LH switchgears for a while!

I get the bit about the horn unit jamming up, it looks like usage and/or knocking is good enough for mild sticking!
 
SimonR501 said:
Thanks for all the suggestions with the recalcitrant horn!

Luckily the UK government has re-scheduled the due date of my MOT from May to October this year, due to COVID19!
Even so, I like a challenge so I will take the Left Hand switchgear off for a looky-looky at the horn button + the earth path, and perhaps even use one of the spare LH switchgears for a while!

I get the bit about the horn unit jamming up, it looks like usage and/or knocking is good enough for mild sticking!
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Simon,

With age, the wiring loom loses a lot of its efficiency, simply too much resistance in the old wires to reliably power both horns at once.  The horns pull serious amperage, resistance will rise instantly as this attempts to flow.  I'm guessing you won't find a single fault in your wiring. :D

I often come across the same symptoms when fitting a new pair of Voxbells, one or the other work OK, but rarely both!  Easiest solution is to fit a relay.  Even when new, the stock set up was only marginal.

piet
 
Simon, a relay sorted mine after years of buggering about. Keith Prentice can show you how. And what was occuring..you were overtaken by a truck?? Deep shame😄
 
nick7 said:
Simon, a relay sorted mine after years of buggering about. Keith Prentice can show you how. And what was occuring..you were overtaken by a truck?? Deep shame😄
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You have trucks in the UK now?
We used to have lorries.

Paul
 
nick7 said:
And what was occuring..you were overtaken by a truck?? Deep shame😄
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Ha ha! Not quite! Truck was in left lane of dual carriageway doing about 30mph up hill. I was in the right lane going considerably faster. Truck decided he wanted to change lanes right in front of me. The horn didn't work and I had nowhere to go, so I zipped past him by skirting the central reservation.
 
The horn on my Jota sometimes fails to work. It's always the same fault. The female connectors that connect to the 6mm spade tabs on the horn get loose. I crimp them up with a pair of pliers and all is good until the next time they stop working. I reckon it's the vibration of the horns on their flexible mounts that gives the spade connectors a hard time. One day I'll do something about it. Perhaps solder wire tails to the horns and put the connectors a few inches away.
 
Dellortoman said:
The horn on my Jota sometimes fails to work. It's always the same fault. The female connectors that connect to the 6mm spade tabs on the horn get loose. I crimp them up with a pair of pliers and all is good until the next time they stop working.
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Are they brass?
Try plated steel ones, much tougher. The brass ones open up too easily.
 
My original horn connectors are these pretty crazy insulated black plastic 90 degree female connectors. The fixer ordered some for me as a couple of mine had broken their connection to the copper wire. There a complicated gadget compared to your typical straight female crimpable connection. Don't know if there steel or brass internally. Hope he still has some as I didn't fit them at the time
 
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