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

[Dellortoman]

Sometimes it's easier to make a tool (or modify an existing one) than it is to find the tool you need. I often cut, weld, bend or grind spanners to fit into odd places. I try not to do that to good spanners, but the cheapo Chinese ones from hardware shops are good fodder for that sort of butchering.

I made a tool a while back for exactly the job you're talking about Vince. A spanner to go inside the tank to tighten the nut on the breather valve. Probably still have it somewhere unless I recycled it for another job.

 

[Vince]

What would help is a stunningly attractive blond with tiny but very strong hands that fit inside the fuel tank opening. Not very likely to happen.

 

[Paul Marx]

Looks in total control.... who is that?
Just needs to get the rear to hook up for some drive.  8)

Mamola?
Paul

 

[Vince]

If you right click on the image you can google it and it comes back as .
virginio ferrari le mans crash

 

[Paul Marx]

I did hesitate.

Paul

 

[Tippie]

"Where are all those Engineering Shops that were around when I was a kid?"
Withered up and died, left to rot by government policy. Support the ones that you can while you can.

 

[helicopterjim]

If you right click on the image you can google it and it comes back as .
virginio ferrari le mans crash

Did he save it .....???

No.

 

[andre g]

So you got it, it wasn ?t me, it was Virginio Ferrari and it also wasn ?t a RGS but a Suzuki!

 

[helicopterjim]

So you got it, it wasn ?t me, it was Virginio Ferrari and it also was an RG Suzuki!

Corrected that for you .....

Jim

 

[piranha-bro2]

There's a small feline's head inside his helmet!!! Might be a 'nine-lives' connection there?!

 

[chrisk]

Took delivery of my new second hand SF frame from The land of Trump. It has a side stand mount, down near bottom of the j section. Is that common?

 

[Tippie]

The side stand mount is the lower part of the plate that is the left hand centre stand mount. It is welded to the rear of the main downtube (is this what you mean by J section?). Post a pic of your frame.

 

[seagreen]

There's a small feline's head inside his helmet!!! Might be a 'nine-lives' connection there?!

Must be a cheetah.....
Ciao,
Charles

 

[The Sock]

Renewed my MOT'd (yes, I know I don't have to).
6,000+ miles since the previous one was done, largely because of the six month extension.

 

[Schurminater]

Renewed my MOT'd (yes, I know I don't have to).
6,000+ miles since the previous one was done, largely because of the six month extension.

6,000+miles good effort Hamish........hope your m.o.t went better than mine!  :'(

 

[The Sock]

Sailed through, as always, Steve.

 

[CLEMTOG]

being local, am interested to know where you went for that MOT?
CLEM

 

[The Sock]

https://mot-testers.co.uk/garages/view/813

11 DARTFORD ROAD
DARTFORD
DA1 3EF
Closed Wednesdays. Ring Phil for appointment.

 

[Rob]

Took a photo of one - just hope Andy's badge didn't fall off on the way home

 

[piranha-bro2]

Managed to use my wunderhausen little Emco once again for something it was definitely NOT designed to do. Found a broken generator clamp stud in the donor cases being used on the SFQ ... only just noticed it as I was fitting the exhaust, and very glad I didn't discover it after building the bottom end and closing the cases. A rolled stud, and very hard material it is too. I was starting to think of the alum trick ...

I was able to use 2 M6 allthreads into nuts in the cross slide slots and use alu and stainless sheet to get the correct height for chuck centre (needed two layers of Cornflake packet cardboard to tweak it!!). Milled the end flattish then went in with a 2.5mm carbide drill bit (brilliant stuff, carbide), to a 3/16 end mill (bad idea, a piece chipped off and nearly ended the show!), then a new 4.5mm drill and a not so new 5mm drill bit.Was left with a smooth hole but I could just see the threads in the cases at the outside edge and careful use a an M6 tap and it's came up tutto nuevo as Luigi intended!

There's that distortion factor again! Bugger - someone tell me why?!