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

About a hundred and sixty miles and got sunburnt while chatting, at a safe distance, with the estimable David Finch.

Is that another Laverda that I see glistening in the sun, or is it a Mirage?

Yes, to both questions.
 

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got a call yesterday from OCT, 1000 SFC is perfectly running and pumping oil to the head!  (Lavflag)

seems, the oil pump went dry due to the engine standing for a year or so between getting it back from OCT and starting it (overhaul of the other parts took some time...).

One other thing needs fixing though which will take another 2 weeks I guess, then I can  collect it...  ::) Some more time for my body bio tuning so hopefully I can get back into my leather to actually ride the thing before the tires get hard again...  ::)
 
Sent my A11 camshafts and buckets up to Wolfgang in exchange for some Axtells and refurbed buckets..

Redax GSXR  Wheel spacers and brake adapters well under way !

Cylinder head soaking diesel hoping to shift the backed on crud prior to sending it south.

Still looking at the case halves..loctite or pin the bearings
 
My Forks arrived, a 5 day delivery from Budapest. The next thing is to see if any one has made a brake adaptor bracket for Ceri forks to suit a brembo P430/34 calliper , with 40mm mounting centres. If anyone has and they want to share their drawing i would really appreciate it, if not, I will make one and share the drawing, so anyone going this way can have a set machined up for themselves.
Just waiting for the steering head bearings and clip ons  to arrive, so I can start putting the front end together.
 

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Laverdalothar said:
Damned - they look lovely! Are they a direct replacement for the Marzocchi or the Ceriani? So - bolt on without any adoptions?
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So far so good in regards to not needing adaptions , this weekend I will learn more when I start putting things together, I think im pretty good with the Marzocchi triple clamps. I will be using Tomaselli clip ons, they will fit as well. One thing I do know is the front mud guards that Boba makes fit these forks, as the mounting holes all line up, I had that guard in the shop yesterday when then forks came in. so all going well, aside from the brake caliber adaptor they should be plug and play.
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
Look!! Parallel yokes!  :D :D

My god, look at the length of that tank! The SF behind it has a tank about half that!
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Perspective.
Rediscovered by Italian painters during the quattrocento.

Paul
 
mcnicol said:
I think BevelHeaven in California has 2 pot to 4 pot adapters too. And they're probably taking orders, although international shipping is hopeless these days.

Ken
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Thanks Ken, Red has reached out.
 
I stole a few hours in the shed and finally got round to dry fitting the fairing, and the Marchal head light bracket. For those keen eyed you can see im waiting on the silent blocks for the head light bracket . Thanks for the help from the guys I picked the brains of today, their help with datum measurements from their bikes has been a great help to me, to get things in the right place . The rear tire only turned up on Friday, so that got fitted, hopefully the front will turn up this coming week, so I can assemble the wheels with their hardware and discs.


if someone has a smiths left hand side rev counter bracket for an SFC that fastens to the fairing , that they could lend me, I would pay back the favour by returning it with a carbon fibre bracket as payment. I want to take a mould and make a few.

 

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I had a nice full day in the workshop, after quite a long lay off, I have been in and out of it many times doing small things and getting things finished and sent out (if for someone else) and all is now clear, so yesterday I farted around in the garden and had a (distanced) visit from a special little 14 month old, he is called Philip, and I haven't seen him for 12 weeks, that is not far shy of 20% of his life!.

So into the garage I go, TOG has been on the ramp for a while waiting attention, I had a blown head lamp bulb and also the main beam as well, I had thought of overcharging or voltage spikes, as no sooner the main beam blew, I switched to high, obviously and that popped in two seconds, so I fitted the original fuel tank, gassed up and fired her up, tested the battery voltage (dead engine) at 12.5V or sonme such and no more than 14.5V at 5,000 RPM, so not overcharging, dropped out the headlamp and fitted a new H4/472 bulb, tested out and all ok, refit headlamp, refit fairing (always a fiddle, even though I have done it zillions of times, and stood back to admire a road ready bike, very pleasant sipping my tea in the sunshine, with radio going, no visitors or callers and turned my attention to the rear brake, Paul Haggish has suggested fitting a PO9 calliper and this will be a dramatic improvement, one of which I had available, it looking to me like a rebuild and never used (cant really remember its been here for years) , new looking seals and pads/pins etc, but I didn't "look" inside, such an easy thing to do is remove that unit and fit the replacement, it was almost like working on a Honda (one of which I have) bleeding caused the usual problems and I am not entirely done with it yet, I didn't want to have to get the vacuum pump out, but tomorrow will tell if I have to do that or not., still to do is lighter throttle return springs, then ride it and return change the oil and do a service.
thoroughly enjoyed myself and as I sit here, she's all ready to ride!
CLEM
 
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