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

sfcpiet said:
Killed it... >:(

Bad day at the office for me at Paul Ricard.  Works SFC750 engine threw a rod and smashed the unique cases big time.  :o

We were warned... :(

piet
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:( FFS ............... you said it might be a bit suss, almost exactly 12 months ago to the week.
 
Great tank, beautiful work.

And then followed by news of Piets troubles. Really sorry to hear that news. Hope it is repairable.
 
sfcpiet said:
Killed it... >:(
Bad day at the office for me at Paul Ricard.  Works SFC750 engine threw a rod and smashed the unique cases big time.  :o
We were warned... :(
piet
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Oh no!  There goes a piece (several pieces?) of history, bummer.
There is a significant incentive to repair, since they are impossible to replace.
It will just add some extra colour to the bike's interesting past...
 
A case of give me the good news first.....lovely job on the tank , and then the bad news....real bad...other than an accident where the rider gets hurt, a broken crankcase  is  next in line.
 
Looks repairable at first glance.  I'll be able ti assess the damage when the bike returns to the workshop this week, pics will follow.  Be prepared for a horror movie preview... :D

I certainly am gutted, feel like I accidently shot the last of a species.

piet
 
sfcpiet said:
Looks repairable at first glance.  I'll be able ti assess the damage when the bike returns to the workshop this week, pics will follow.  Be prepared for a horror movie preview... :D

I certainly am gutted, feel like I accidently shot the last of a species.

piet
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I wish you every success with saving the crankcases, Piet.

Yogi
 
sfcpiet said:
I certainly am gutted, feel like I accidently shot the last of a species.

piet
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The last male northern white rhino was euthanased last week saving you the trouble of shooting it.  :( :( >:(
 
Tippie said:
Rotten news, Piet.
Were you riding it?
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Yep.  My first Lav rod... not proud of that.  Quite pissed actually. >:(

Happened at the end of the Mistral straight, which was interrupted by a chicane 2/3s of the way, so a long way from Vmax.  Not sure if I had already gone from the throttle, pretty close to the 100m mark when it went bang.  Was taking it easy, so possibly preparing to brake.  It was the final lap of the afternoon and I was due to enter the pits after the next couple of corners.

piet
 
That?s shit Piet. Another works 73 SFC crank threw a rod, assume the original (tooj slim rods were still in there?

Marnix
 
Yep. 

Well, you did warn us...  Going to be a bugger of a job to fix, already looking for a knackered donor crankcase!  A fist-sized chunk missing from the front left side and a small vent stamped through behind the barrel.  Didn't find much at trackside, only one quite large bit.  A lot of oil though.

piet
 
MarnixSFC said:
That?s shit Piet. Another works 73 SFC crank threw a rod, assume the original (too slim rods were still in there?

Marnix
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Did the works SFCs run a narrower rod than the 'standard' SFC rod (similar to a triple rod, but polished)?
 
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