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

That was my thought when you could run around at 145kph, that was like doing chin-ups for a couple of hours. Not so much now as that's handcuff manoeuvres.
 
Brett said:
Alan obviously you have never ridden old faithful, its the same so he'll never know the difference... or is it that he is sending over the shocks from it ???  :P
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Brett, I've never ridden a Laverda with suspension as bad as this one :o
Hopefully a replacement pair of (working) shocks and an overhaul of the front forks will see a marked improvement...
 
Recently got my (much maligned ::)) series 2 fairing back after another bout of repairs. This time used a top notch fixer (who took forever) and paid accordingly :o
Anyway, have been running without it for quite some time and while the bike felt faster (acceleration), more agile and a bit more hooligan, after putting the fairing back on, just made me remember why I really like it, what a difference!
Back in its element on the open road at a decent pace, it is far superior. The only problem is you just want to keep going faster.

So not only do they look great :D :D they work beautifully................(and to make it worse for some on here, it's Orange :o ;))
 
he made me feel sick watching the continually and random rising and falling, never mind riding it!
determined to get to Baskerville, he got trailered the 40 miles back home, got out his 550 Kawasaki and turned up early on Saturday, stupid old git, he was 80 at the time and last week turned 83.
CLEM
 
Cams rant reminded me of the other day I was paying for fuel, a gun holster bloke was in there, everyone including me were like  :o WTF. Until the plain clothes detective said he was there for the camera footage from the night before.

I prefer to have gun laws here.

Nice picture of the freshly squeezed oranges further back
 
Ironically, there are more guns in Australia now than there were before the compulsory buy back. Just not as many semi-auto, pumps and lever actions with high capacity magazines.
 
Reckon it's pretty cool living in a country where you don't feel the need to go armed to protect yourself from your fellow citizens. 8)
 
Legs said:
Reckon it's pretty cool living in a country where you don't feel the need to go armed to protect yourself from your fellow citizens. 8)
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You got hat rootin tootin right, pilgrem.  :D

As for what did I do for my Laverda today: I was on a plane, hence, had a bit of spare time to contemplate how to make my seat base for my new seat foam and cover, coming soon I hope.

I've got it sussed. 
 
Got tired of having to find a spanner every time I wanted to lift the SF seat, so fashioned a captive nut for the inside and an eye for the outside. The eye can be turned by hand, the plate on the back of the nut abuts to the frame and stops it turning.The eye seconds as a luggage strapping point. Let's see if it loosens under the vibes.....
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interesting solution. When I had the 750 SF(0), I used some bike quick release fasteners from bikes:

https://www.bike-components.de/en/Hubs/Quick-Release/

klack - klack - off the seat goes. Worked really well and was almost invisible.
 
Hi Lothar, I tried the quick releases, yes they work OK don't they! But I couldn't get a satisfactory solution for luggage strapping with that, so went along this route. P
 
99% of my time I ride without any baggage, so my main focus was on getting the seat on and off easily.

I agree, yours is definitely better when it comes to storing something on the rear end of the seat. And as it works as intended, it is for sure not much slower or more problematic than the solution I used. So - well done!  ;)
 
nice solution, I use these on the gt, got a pair to fit on the SF ,nip up seem to stay on!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Metric-Thread-Knurl-Nuts-Fasteners-Hardware-Knurled-M3-M4-M5-M6-M8/371488574623?var=640533950884
 
I used something similar to this on my brother's 3C, and welded a nut on the inside of the frame.

The handles can be indexed to whatever position you like (well, in 60 deg increments anyway, so 6 positions). If positioned downward, they can double as hooks for tying luggage onto the seat.
 

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I arranged it very similarly to what you have Haggis on your twin, mine being on a new bike in 1973, but I arranged the loop (on mine it was oval) to be off centre and very heavy on one side, I then tightened the loop so that the heavy side was at the bottom, it took a bit of careful filing to get that bit OK, but this was my solution to it not coming off, on the basis that if it shakes loose it has got to get past 180 degrees before any more can occur, I never saw it move at all, on the inside I made a plate (well more of a thick sheet) with a nut welded on it  that was also fixed by the top suspension mount, new bike! what me weld a nut on??? OK, you guessed it, I welded a nut on! but it was three years old at that point.
CLEM
 
Did the Cima ride to Thurual on my new pistoned 3c, best sausage rolls I have had in a very long time. Bike went great.
 
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