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

Dartmore seems to be a boring area like the great plains, but maybe it is good for the drumbrake, as brakes are not needed.

Now, no kidding.
How are the brakes if you compare with a disk?
 
andre g said:
Dartmore seems to be a boring area like the great plains, but maybe it is good for the drumbrake, as brakes are not needed.

Now, no kidding.
How are the brakes if you compare with a disk?
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I imagine that Laverda only put discs on it because they were fashionable.
They still are.

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
I imagine that Laverda only put discs on it because they were fashionable.
They still are.

Paul
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No Paul, fashion does not have anything to do with it. Disc brakes are a huge improvement over drum brakes, do you see any GP bikes running drums. You couldn't pay me to replace the disc brakes on any of my vehicles with drum brakes. Are you still running drums on your vehicles and bikes, it's nice if you want to keep the classic look but if you want stopping power discs are a no brainer.
 
Paul Marx said:
He should have inflated it.

Paul
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Sorry, Paul, but there's a time and a place for 'wit', and this isn't it - I visited Dave in hospital after that crash and there was nothing fu#&*ing funny about it. Sometimes it's better just to keep it to yourself.
 
Did a 'Stay Upright' course at Amaroo years ago, there was a bloke on a mint 10 year old Kwaka 750 with the original tyres. The instructors (Max Withers and Warwick Schuberg) warned him of the dangers but sure enough he binned it. Needless to say he wasn't a happy chappy.
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
Sorry, Paul, but there's a time and a place for 'wit', and this isn't it - I visited Dave in hospital after that crash and there was nothing fu#&*ing funny about it. Sometimes it's better just to keep it to yourself.
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I didn't say it was funny, I was trying to point out that coming off a bike because it has an old tyre doesn't necessarily incriminate the tyre and what's more, a freshly mounted tyre is more likely to go wrong than one that's been on a while.

Paul
 
78jotadave said:
No Paul, fashion does not have anything to do with it. Disc brakes are a huge improvement over drum brakes, do you see any GP bikes running drums. You couldn't pay me to replace the disc brakes on any of my vehicles with drum brakes. Are you still running drums on your vehicles and bikes, it's nice if you want to keep the classic look but if you want stopping power discs are a no brainer.
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Sarcasm

And yes, I have drums on some of my vehicles and my brand new Dacia estate, made in Morocco.
If I want maximum stopping power, I wouldn't use a bike with a set of FO8s. There's one domain, braking, where progress can be felt.

Paul
 
78jotadave said:
Old tyres can be deadly even ones with lots of tread life. As a pillion on my mates 3C we experienced a near fatal get off, the result of him using on old K81 that was laying around the garage for years, plus it was a 4:10 on the back. He was short on funds and the bike was his only form of transport. Woke up in the hospital days later with multiple broken bones and internal injuries between us. The 3C was totaled big time, even the engine was bent. He put the tyre on the same day we crashed.
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Been there, done that, no money, scrounged a rear tyre for my Mirage from a mate just to tide me over, he did warn me to be careful but I wasn't. Next stop hospital. I was lucky I wasn't killed, the bike spat me off in a corner and I hit an oncoming Audi. Broke my ribs, shoulder and nearly my neck. Incidentally the consultant was Australian and I said to him at the time that's me finished with bikes but he said no, don't give it up, you have to live your life. Top man. The Mirage survived relatively unscathed and when I got it back I could see the tyre had spun by the melted ridge around the edge.
 
Mate re-ritted the old Pirelli that came with his 750 GT because it was "still good" and looked period.  Fell off at the second corner because the tyre lost the tiny bit of grip still left in it, thankfully at a very slow pace.  Didn't do the freshly restored GT much good, not to mention his ego... 

piet
 
eeeegaaaads 17 years old........................lost for words,
Last summer (2019) a mate inherited a very nice R90S, owned from new by the previous incumbent and with about 80,000 miles showing, I helped with the carbs a lot as they are PHF36ers but when on the road he told me it felt horrible and would I take it out for a spin, which I duly did of about 40 miles using a route to extract the best from it in all conditions from farms tracks to 3 lane motorways, back at base all the usual checks were done again and then the tyres!!!!! 13 years old Continentals, new Bridgstones transformed a horrible, dodgy, feels like you are on the very edge bike to a super high speed and long distance traveller that can also manage walking pace in traffic, very pleasant, it is bequeathed to me, but I doubt that he will die first as he is 20 years my junior, but still a very nice thought of him, it seemed that not many of his mates appreciated the bike, which I think is superb., and I am not even a member of the Murray Walker fan club.
CLEM
 
motoddrob said:
Note to self, change the 17 year old tyres on the SFC :o
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FFS!  Hope you're joking there, Rob ...  :o

Don't know about elsewhere, but it's a legal requirement in the UAE to change car tyres every 5 years.  Legislation brought in because of lessons learnt the hard way.

Causes of tyre/tire degradation include include high ambient temperatures, UV and exposure to marine air.  So Queenslanders: you have been warned ... :-*
 
r90s = 38mm
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Last time that I took the SFC out at Francorchamps, I realised that the front tyre was 23 years old. Well, it was an original Comp K.
Braking stress on the tyre was diminished by the fact that one of the fork seals was shot and was spurting oil on to one of the discs.

Lean over? You're kidding, there may be some black ice on the road or a tractor just around the corner.

Paul
 
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