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

[3CBRG]

There's 15mm clearance. Maybe 140 miles an hour on a rough road might cause damage to fins.
Airflow? Beats no cooler a' la first series. Besides, They can be easily moved further apart for summer temps.
From an engineering standpoint, whatever cantileverage (is that a word)? is likely less given the distance of original versus current. mounting points. Similar load on silent blocks.

 

[Ian D]

Is it possible to mount the horns on the front engine mounts like the later models eg. series 2 ?

Just asking,

 

[3CBRG]

Absolutely! Wires may need an extension. I like mine where they were originally, or close to it.

 

[Legs]

Not to mention airflow to radiator.

Was going to mention that as well but one constructive 'comment' per post was enough.

 

[piranha-bro2]

Little bit of welding on the instrument bracket for the GPS speedo lugs and dropped a swag of stuff to Bell Powder-coaters for satin black. Be done in 10 days! No serious delays there. That means some things for the SFQ will be ... FINISHED!!!

In the shed till 2am last night, creating a fixture method to secure the baffle tubes inside the end of the reverse cones. Today, welder man tacked the two halves of my baffle tubes together, so now the exhaust is ready for baffle stuffing and that too will be ... FINISHED!!

Few more things to do around the frame-wiring and seat, then it's paint time for frame and bodywork. While that's happening I do the easy bit - port the head, assemble the motor!

 

[Exmoor beast]

Just fitted my newly rebuilt seat, big moment for me as the seat pan got sent to wrong address and was missing for couple of months , with a lot of help from the lady at the post office it finally went to the right place and safely back.

 

[Tippie]

Just fitted my newly rebuilt seat, big moment for me as the seat pan got sent to wrong address and was missing for couple of months , with a lot of help from the lady at the post office it finally went to the right place and safely back.

Nice seat job. Is there extra foam added?

 

[Thomas aus LAU]

Just fitted my newly rebuilt seat,.....

Nice patina!
Which frame number?

Thomas aus LAU

 

[Exmoor beast]

Nice seat job. Is there extra foam added?

The original foam had disintegrated - it was refoamed from scratch using pictures- all the restored ones I’ve seen have shrunken foam . It looks better in the real- picture taken in my packed out workshop makes it look bigger at the back.

 

[Exmoor beast]

Nice patina!
Which frame number?

Thomas aus LAU

#2550 I’ve owned him since 1990 and pretty much as found. I’m not going to restore but I will go back to the original colour which was a light metallic blue . I have removed the original Pirelli tyres/tubes and the original Regina chain, brakes were relined, new cables And taps. I too bought a 3.9mm endoscope ( where did I get that idea?) and have had a look in side- never been apart , genuine 23,000km all looks fine. Actually feels right to sit on now with proper seat.
This was an Italian home market bike until ‘87 then to Germany ( Painted black) then to UK .Over the years ( since I was 22 ) there have been many occasions where “ that bike will have to go” - I have been so skint but I had the Lav before I met the wife- first in last out ,as I like to remind her.

 

[Thomas aus LAU]

#2550 I’ve owned him since 1990

Not so far away from my #1673. I was told, that this bike was build in the first week of produktion in 1969.
Two years ago i met in Breganze the person, which paintet in 1969 the white stripes to the tank and the panels.
That was my second meeting with him. Already about 42 years ago, during a visit to the factory on the way to Greece, I admired him as he drew the lines free-hand and looked at us (and my girlfriend) with a smile in the face.
With a break to pick up paint, he had hit the beginning of the decorative line again exactly - he was an artist.

Thomas aus LAU

 

[Exmoor beast]

I used to take customers on Triumph factory tours, the pin stripe man was the only guy who worked at the original Meriden factory, then Hinckley . He would stop a line and dip the brush then join it all in one flowing motion, amazing to watch.

 

[lavgert]

... new tires for my 1958 100 Sport!
Ciao, Gert

 

[Paul Marx]

Riding weather in Northern France so went out with my wife and a few friends.
200 leisurely km and time to get cold.
Will have to look into that bike, it's really shaking its head a lot.

Paul

 

[chris78jota]

Nice tyres Gert, are they from ICT in Italy? I bought some 2.25 x 20 tyres for my 75 from ICT but I haven't managed to fit them yet as its impossible to get my hands or indeed an inner tube inside them, they're so tiny

Chris

 

[lavgert]

Hi Chris, yes the tires are from ICT: https://italianclassictire.com/
I am very happy because the profil is nearly the same as on the original tires I had on my 100 Sport.
Ciao, Gert

 

[Paul Marx]

Put tyres from ICT on my 100 Turismo during rebuild.

 

[Legs]

That's a neat little machine.

 

[Paul Marx]

That's a neat little machine.

It's the first resurrection. I would have preferred not to have to restore it. A few more to do yet.
Paul

Paul.

 

[Dellortoman]

Is the lever arm on the front brake fitted on a spline that you can adjust? You'd get better braking if the angle between the cable and brake arm was closer to 90°.