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

Changed the oil.
After reading "Laverda Expert" Paul Jayson's comprehensive list of all the inherent faults the Factory had made, after all what did they know about building motorcycles? I did consider drilling a hole in the primary chaincase to drain the sludge out.
After that nanosecond passed, I decided to carry on doing it the same way I have for the last forty-six years.
 
The Sock said:
Changed the oil.
After reading "Laverda Expert" Paul Jayson's comprehensive list of all the inherent faults the Factory had made, after all what did they know about building motorcycles? I did consider drilling a hole in the primary chaincase to drain the sludge out.
After that nanosecond passed, I decided to carry on doing it the same way I have for the last forty-six years.
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I understand Ted is preparing a Paul Jayson pin doll !
 
Made my exhaust roller rocker prototype last night,
not to design the cam so I can get the correct cam timing / lift pattern.
J
 
We were discussing fuel consumption when fully up your Laverda at last Wednesdays club night. They do drink lots when your fully up them.
 
This air cooled engines need the petrol to cool the engine. My triples use abut 8 literes on normal roads, on race track I assume 12 and more.
I don’t know what is the use of the petrol indicator in the Autobianchi dash board of the RGS, my one is always on empty and does not work since years, but I have reserve as normal at other bikes.
And I know look for a petrol station after 200 ks!
 
andre g said:
I don’t know what is the use of the petrol indicator in the Autobianchi dash board of the RGS, my one is always on empty and does not work since years, but I have reserve as normal at other bikes.
And I know look for a petrol station after 200 ks!
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You can fix them, André, but it takes quite a lot of fiddling and patience in my experience ... So like you, I just use the compteur :)
 
andre g said:
This air cooled engines need the petrol to cool the engine. My triples use abut 8 literes on normal roads, on race track I assume 12 and more.
I don’t know what is the use of the petrol indicator in the Autobianchi dash board of the RGS, my one is always on empty and does not work since years, but I have reserve as normal at other bikes.
And I know look for a petrol station after 200 ks!
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Wolfgang had nos sensors but I use the trip - would be nice to have it working but it would only introduce range anxiety 😃
 
It's quite easy to get the RGS fuel guage working rather accurately. The bend in the float arm needs to altered so the float sits a little lower in relation to the pivot, maybe 15-20mm, this prevents the warning light from flashing after only 120-150km.

My reserve light starts to flash at around 180km and becomes solid at 210-220. Reserve taps need to be deployed at 230, another 40km left in the tank... I've managed to stretch that to a total of close to 300, very sore arse by then!

piet
 
I once tried to repair it, found the mechanism working well an one cable was broken. raipaired the cable but it does not work. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Should have tested it with a multimeter but now the tank is closed.
 
sfcpiet said:
<snip>My reserve light starts to flash at around 180km and becomes solid at 210-220. Reserve taps need to be deployed at 230, another 40km left in the tank...

piet
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Snap! My warning light works just the same 👍.

The gauge, however, is another story. 3/4 'Full' when full. And then the needle swiftly drops to around half before gently descending ever lower. Re-fill at 210 +/- seems to work ...
 
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