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

RGS1000RGS said:
Interesting. The parts manual diagram shows the cam cover oriented at 180 degrees to the head, then.

The Sprint is fitted with the RGA instrument console, and the tachometer drive cable was present and attached to the tacho drive and console, without any problem. The fuel tank fitted is the standard RGA item with pop up cap and the Sprint fairing attaches to attachment points that the RGA chin bar fairing fitted to..

I'd imagine that if the cylinder head was severely damaged, the cam cover would also have been, hence the earlier 180/120 cover, if the RGS ones were rare in 2005.

A previous owner was supplied with a set of used F1 cams in 1998.

Where is the cam ID on the cam shafts?

It is possible that the previous owner who had the headwork done, had the 120 cams reground, but that I don't have a receipt for

I'll have to have a a look at the cam cover relationship to the head/cams, on the weekend.
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Definetely 120 cams with the drive off the inlet cam. If I could find what the lobe dimension of the 120 exhaust and inlet cam is, I can measure a lobe to see whether the cams have been reground. Presumably, the F1 cams don't have a drive gear cut on the inlet camshaft.
 

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Fitted the starter clutch, all cleaned up, used the original pegs but fitted new springs and rollers. Spinning the motor nicely now. One step forward. There’s a fat spark, but lots to do before I tempt letting it have fuel. Need to find a welder (West Midlands), there’s a crack in the frame below the rear of the seat, and one of the mounting lugs for indicators is snapped off. Mudguard stay needs a weld as well.
 
Try my mate Malcolm Shepherdson, Metal Malarkey, Bishops Castle, Shropshire. Check their website Metal Malarkey Engineering for contact details. Not far from you, wherever you are in Shropshire ? Has done great work on my Jarama and created some gorgeous motorcycles. There’s a special Laverda/BMW copy of an original prototype being built.
Steve.
 
not my bike but just finished this 81 Jota, again
is one of the Serbs we found in our big Laverda haul way back in 2010, found sitting in an attic above a still
bare frame, engine scattered, boxes of fairly useless parts

Move forward to 2014 and we had restored the bike with help from our mate Paul and it went on to win Best Bike in Show at our Laverda Concours
Very impressed by that win, always believed 81 Jota's are the best motorcycle Laverda ever built

Few months ago new owner drops it so it is back in for an insurance job, ready to leave now
Photos attached

How we found it way back in Serbia, poor thing not seen love at all
And then two shots, left and right, big bore 81 Jota with all the good shit, Ross Racing pistons, Mikuni carbs, Carrillo conrods, Racetech front end, braced frame, Redax/Ignitech ignition, billet Cam blocks, AV&V Valves, no expense spared on the build
And now fresh paint, Alternator cover, Jota cans, Mirrors etc from the crash
What could possibly go wrong

81 Jota 7677

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SteveRocker62 said:
Try my mate Malcolm Shepherdson, Metal Malarkey, Bishops Castle, Shropshire. Check their website Metal Malarkey Engineering for contact details. Not far from you, wherever you are in Shropshire ? Has done great work on my Jarama and created some gorgeous motorcycles. There’s a special Laverda/BMW copy of an original prototype being built.
Steve.
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That’s great thanks Steve, just what I was hoping for. I’m just outside Much Wenlock.
 
Approximately 20 years ago I was sick of the detrerated rat's nest of wiring so I got the local custom wiring harness bloke Phil The Wire to rewire my bike. It was very satisfying to get this done. Fast forward to last years 5 day Snowy Run and I had nasty issues on 4 of the 5 days. This was a culmination of adding bits and bobs to the bike, repairs after tip-overs stretched battery wires and 3 different ignition systems stitched in over the years etc etc. Lots of wear and tear. The lastest issue had the bike suddenly die after an hour or 2, I would pull over and the bike would start after a minute or so, this would repeat 4 or 5 times and then it would run great for the next 5 hours. On the last day, it started and ran great all day doing approx 600ks. Not fun with 7 other blokes wondering why I am causing all this trouble. So I bit the bullet and got Phil back for another full rewire. It's very nice to see, much reduced in hacks and so much more tidy. And hopefully reliable again.
 
Nothing worse than that feeling of not being able to trust your bike, Vince. It's definitely worth making it as bulletproof as possible. I carried the new replacement regulator with me on the last weekend's 600km Curdievale run. The std used ND reg I fitted from a spare alternator after battery and reg failures is functioning perfectly, but the replacement RM Stator isn an easy fit on the roadside if absolutely necessary. Probably be the same story on the High Country ride mid-March.
 
My added nightmare is being surrounded by long tunnels that are hard to avoid, and minimum breakdown lanes in said tunnels.
 
Ever thought about getting the fuck out of Sydney Vince?
You house would fund a beautiful couple of acres on the outskirts with a garage with electricity and driveway.
 
I like it here, nice and close to The Harbour, great restraints,traffic is a bit tough at times. It's home to me. We started in Guildford, the drive-by capital of Oz, spent my young teenage years in The Blue Mountains well before it got built out. Every weekend deep in the bush and then moved to Northbridge and Versinity for the last 50 years. It's nice to own a house with the biggest backyard for miles.
 
piranha-bro2 said:
Nothing worse than that feeling of not being able to trust your bike,
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Yes, I traveled for more than 25 years with a spare Bosch ignition coil unit. The original Bosch unit never really stranded me but one time on a ride back from Melbourne to Perth somewhere down Esperance way, it quit working, done!. I was getting ready to load the 3C into a farmer's truck when I hit the starter button one more time YEAH the 3C started, it started got me home to Lesmurdie and it ran for another week or so, then it died forever. Bosch dealer in Melbourne replaced it free of charge but while waiting for a replacement I purchased a new unit from Hartley Motorcycles the Lav dealer in Perth. That unit did a lot of miles wrapped in rubber under the seat for travel through multiple countries, and finally forwarded it to a member of this Forum.
 
Didn't actually do much, other than my dad commenting on how the 750 looks now in it's GT-ish form. He casually remarked "if you want to turn it completely into a GT, the original shrouded front fork that was in it in 1980 is still here".... No idea why he kept it so long, and and not sure if I'll fit it it but good to know it's still there 40+ years later :D
 
6450km ... out with the Sportmax Q3s (excellent dry road tyre ... was NOT enjoying them in the wet!) and on with the Roadsmart 4s ... hoping for double the mileage, usable wet weather traction and excellent grip. Also reduced the ratio of my rear brake (ie less sensitive) by longer distance from pivot at pushrod lever). Yet to test ride.

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Fitted a new tyre to the Jota today in preparation for for the high country ride with the Victorian Laverda Club. Five days of dancing on the gearshift and hauling on the brakes as we dash all over the alpine roads😂👍 Going to be an awesome five days😀IMG_2493.jpeg
 
Picked Daughter up from Yeovilton ( she wanted to go on the bike!) set off at 7am, freezing bloody cold foggy.
“ Youll have to up over the moor the roads closed..” says the wife. Bit of wheel spin going up Raleigh’s didn’t inspire me, roads frosty and covered in mud. 95 mile round trip and back for 10…must wear full face lid next time! Shame the Jump jet is just sat there doing nothing, probably as old as my Lav!
 

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