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

Testing is coming to Norway within a couple of years. It has been fought against by the MC organisation, which managed to delay it a few years, and the state agrees with them, however "Brussels" has demanded it. Roadworthiness is a practically non existant factor in investigated mc accidents here, and the road authority agrees that owners here are generally enthusiasts who keep on top of maintenance. On the practical side, mc workshops are few and far between in this long stretched out decentralised country. It is going to be very hard for lots of people. Either organising transport in the icy road non riding 7 or 8 months of the year, or getting booked in during the riding season. It will however be a great financial boost for the bike shops. The mc population is ageing and many have a collection of several bikes. It will be interesting to see if people consider it worth the bother, when they only ride a few thousand km a year between their prides and joys, and if there a sympathetic testers who appreciate old bikes.
 
Yet ironically the UK has just exempted vehicles over 40 years old.
They are now also exempt from road tax as well.
 
No test on bikes in France. I'm all against it. I very much doubt that the state of the motorcycle park is responsible for a lot of trauma.

Cars are supposed to be tested every two years as from thier fourth year. The tests have become more extensive and stringent as from this spring. My old diesel Citroen will end up being legislated off the road due to emission tests.

Then again, there's a certain amount of corruption involved meaning some unfit vehicles pass the tests.

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
No test on bikes in France <snip>.
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One of the good aspects of living here - for the moment.  With 5 bikes in the stable, going thru the annual MOT test in the UK was an expensive, time-consuming and pointless exercise as far as I was concerned.

But as Tippie says, that's likely to change in 2020, thanks to something called 'Brussels'.  All done on the grounds of safety, nat', despite the fact that the statistics don't prove the case.  Guess I'll be 'reviewing my options', as and when ...
 
Switzerland: normal vehicules every 2 years, classics (+30 years) every 6 years

Also group of classics on the same number plate, hence 1 time insurance and tax for several motorcycles or cars. 
 
building a 750 for a customer and he gave me a set of Fucked Feked headers to use with his mufflers, unfortunately they didn't match up as headers are made from imperial tubing and mufflers are metric tube
I could have used tube expanders on the muffler to open it up which I have as needed to find 1.4mm all told but decided to modify the headers instead
machined up a split tube holder and used that to clamp the headers in place in the mill, worked out well in the end

29th June GG exhaust 1

29th June GG exhaust 2

29th June GG exhaust 3
 
So you were able to remove .7mm of metal from the OUTSIDE of the header?? Very clever. Are they stainless custom headers? Or std that have been coated?

Wish I had a funky milling machine!
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
So you were able to remove .7mm of metal from the OUTSIDE of the header??
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Not an easy thing to do. It got me wondering whether there's such a thing as a tube shrinker, like an expander in reverse.  It turns out there is. Dunno why Red didn't make one of them.  :D


 
Very cold but sunny in Melbourne so took a trip out to the Pine Grove Hotel in Upper Beaconsfield for a pint of White Rabbit dark ale.
 

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You Aussies would not know cold if it bit in you in the ass....but if you need an excuse for a beer, I'm sure it was colder than a witches tit.
 
Ok it gets to -40c where you are but riding stops at 0c. Well, guess what, it still stops at around the same temp here in Oz. It's the black Ice that stops you all around the world unless your running spiked tyres. So to recap, we ride when its as cold as riding can still be done in Oz just like everybody else where they are. And get just as cold. I love my heated grips, and am looking at these just like Toby wears in The Dakar.
http://www.mx1west.com/avade-heated-jersey.aspx
 
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