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

Got up and out on the 78 Jota today on the Palms to Pines Highway( a 2 lane rural road) up into the Santa Rosa mountains before the sun or my wife was up. Cool clear mountain air replaced the smoke-filled air of the valleys below, California is burning in many places. The bike is running beautiful and even though the fork seals are leaking and have for a while the bike felt great in the turns.
A cup of joe up in the mountain town of Idyllwild at around the 6000ft level, social distancing still the norm sun shining cool air life is good.
 

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78jotadave said:
Got up and out on the 78 Jota today on the Palms to Pines Highway( a 2 lane rural road) up into the Santa Rosa mountains before the sun or my wife was up. Cool clear mountain air replaced the smoke-filled air of the valleys below, California is burning in many places. The bike is running beautiful and even though the fork seals are leaking and have for a while the bike felt great in the turns.
A cup of joe up in the mountain town of Idyllwild at around the 6000ft level, social distancing still the norm sun shining cool air life is good.
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Bike looking good Dave.
 
Rescued a Letterbox Seat to carry the mail. Not sure why anyone would want to seal the door? Fortunately it was only sealed with Bondo, so a little heat broke the bond.

As found from PO:
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After Stripping and a little fiberglass repair:
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Primed:
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Happen to have a lock & key that will work hiding in a tool box. Looking for the trim ring now.
 
3C-Wayne said:
Rescued a Letterbox Seat to carry the mail. Not sure why anyone would want to seal the door? Fortunately it was only sealed with Bondo, so a little heat broke the bond.

As found from PO:
thumb_Sealed2.jpg


After Stripping and a little fiberglass repair:
thumb_Stripped2.jpg


Primed:
thumb_Primed2~0.jpg


Happen to have a lock & key that will work hiding in a tool box. Looking for the trim ring now.
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Where those seats originally fiber glass made or metal base?

Regards,
Miguel
 
3C-Wayne said:
Rescued a Letterbox Seat to carry the mail. Not sure why anyone would want to seal the door? Fortunately it was only sealed with Bondo, so a little heat broke the bond.

As found from PO:
thumb_Sealed2.jpg


After Stripping and a little fiberglass repair:
thumb_Stripped2.jpg


Primed:
thumb_Primed2~0.jpg


Happen to have a lock & key that will work hiding in a tool box. Looking for the trim ring now.
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Door probably sealed because it vibrates and buggers up the paintwork.

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
Door probably sealed because it vibrates and buggers up the paintwork.
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:o And there I was, laying in bed the other morning, looking up at some paint pealing away from the cornice in my bedroom.
??? I must ask the Mrs to turn it down a few notches in the future.
 
I've been looking for a L/H SFC header pipe for years, to replace my dented/twisted one. Just bought one that was listed on Ebay US.
Found on UK site while looking at the SFC gauges seen elsewhere here ............ Thank ye Laverda Gods :-*
 
Bit O maintainance for tomorrows breaky run to the Putty, oil change done. That Penrite is so hard to see when new on the dip stick. Adjust the rear drum brake as its gotten suprisingly weak. I think its now more of a single leader and the other shoe is out of adjustment. Green book says dont generaly touch this and then gives a vage couple of paragraphs that are not to clear. Thought about washing it but just scraped the flys off the headlight from last weeks Orange run. Fitted a set of new plugs as it had a small high speed miss last ride. And I filled in the log book for a 15 minute test ride arround the block to see if the miss was missing. Upped the Icon shock damping to No3 as well. All seems good, but even with the sun out it wasnt smart wearing a T shirt. Still quite cool here.
 
Excess No1, I know the risks and have the scars to prove it, No2 its suburbia and I bearly got out of 2nd gear, No3 to lazy to tog up for a swing around the block. But watch me bitch if it turns to shit. I do love giving it a rev past Millionaire's row down on the harbor.
 
Finally changed the front brake flexible hoses on my Triple. Or, to put it more accurately, I lumbered around moaning and cursing while Clem changed them.
Next job: fit a new pair of discs. Modern sintered pads don't half get through them, the pad material feels like Carborundum, the old pads felt like a cue tip!
 

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