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

Nylon lined cable kits for bicycle work great too. I make my own ferrules from brass bar from the local hardware joint, available in different diameters. Stainless cable needs a different flux to gal or whatever the normal stuff is. I searched Venhill now and the only cable they list for Laverda is speedo type. I have their clutch cables on both my bikes, maybe they have stopped making them though.
 
Chappo said:
Hiya Cam, I bought them from this eBay seller. Near Mildura.

https://www.ebay.com.au/str/bluedogimports1?_trksid=p2047675.l2563
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I buy all my cable stuff off this guy, great service and fast postage and they are good quality.

Use different solder for my cables and a solder pot.
I notice the boss has a way better one than mine. Solder pot and correct flux makes the job a doddle.

Moving into brake cables as cant get one the right length for my drummer.

NB Foot Note to those who choose to ride in front of me and then move across the road in corners without looking,
As I'll have a home made brake cable do you really want to be that guy who causes a crash... use your bloody mirrors or stay left  :o you have been warned  :P
 
Brett said:
I buy all my cable stuff off this guy, great service and fast postage and they are good quality.

Use different solder for my cables and a solder pot.
I notice the boss has a way better one than mine. Solder pot and correct flux makes the job a doddle.

Moving into brake cables as cant get one the right length for my drummer.

NB Foot Note to those who choose to ride in front of me and then move across the road in corners without looking,
As I'll have a home made brake cable do you really want to be that guy who causes a crash... use your bloody mirrors or stay left  :o you have been warned  :P
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Never ride in front of a drummer or very far away, if you don't want to get rammed.

Paul
 
Brett said:
NB Foot Note to those who choose to ride in front of me and then move across the road in corners without looking,
As I'll have a home made brake cable do you really want to be that guy who causes a crash... use your bloody mirrors or stay left  :o you have been warned  :P
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If you run up the arse of the bike in front, you only have yourself to blame.
 
I spend more time checking mirrors than most and regularly move over for anyone arriving fast behind me, but who the fuck does mirror checks mid bloody corner. And what does keep left mean, everybody uses the whole lane available. Are we limited to just the left wheel track now? Since when was this ever a thing. I have never minded being passed in my lane IF I get some notice but don't pass me suddenly and closely in my lane expecting me to not suddenly avoid a road hazard by swerving. It's not hard to make space, it's this space that you will need one day to do your own accident avoidance. Surely most here have been around long enough to know this stuff. BTW if I arrive at an intersection and cannot see if there are cars coming I stop, if you do some other thing and hit me from behind then how is this my fault. I err on the side of caution, I have never had months in Hospital bike accident so I must be doing something right and that's what I intend to keep doing.
 
Tippie said:
Nylon lined cable kits for bicycle work great too. I make my own ferrules from brass bar from the local hardware joint, available in different diameters. Stainless cable needs a different flux to gal or whatever the normal stuff is.
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Yes, I was gonna mention bicycle cable and casing. Compressionless 4mm gear casing would work fine for choke cables. 5mm wound brake casing would probably be fine for throttle (maybe 1mm too thick?). I've bought a Jagwire bicycle kit with 5mm compressionless brake casing to try as a Lav clutch cable but yet to get to that stage of my build so can't comment.

So what kind of solder/flux is required to get a solid grip on those nipples (this is a test, Chris, to see if you can refrain  :D :D :D) with stainless cable? I think someone has already answered this for me somewhere, but this saves me searching for it  :D
 
Didn't say keep left what I said was don't change lines without looking as some tend to get half way through a corner and then suddenly change lines... nearly saw my mate on a Norton hit the rear of someone who did just that on a CiMMA run one Saturday morning.  :o

Marty I would need to catch you first  :o
 
Cosi said:
Don?t ride behind idiots...
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or in front of them...

Even though we generally cruise along rather than 'race', here in the Adelaide hills we tend to take the 'racing line' when cornering. Inevitably this involves using the full width of the available lane: I'd be surprised if anyone did otherwise. I always check my mirrors before starting a cornering manoeuvre and expect others do too.
Can't say I particularly enjoy having someone riding on my shoulder and invariably slow down to let them pass to go find a car's rear bumper to harass.. Also, knowing the limitations of my assorted drummers' braking capabilities, I leave a lot of room between myself and the vehicle in front: regardless of accident 'causes' the responsibility always rests with the following vehicle..
 
What i find hard to believe...... is that you would even contemplate overtaking on the inside of someone who is already into the corner  :o :o "on the road"  he pays his taxes too and can use every bit of his lane allowable  :D  Doesnt count for shit if you got discs or drum brakes.

Now on the track  ;) ...... thats a very different story  8)
 
Now on the track  ;) ...... thats a very different story 
The biggest danger overtaking on the track is slow/lapped riders, as they are in no way restricted by their line and can and do swap lines all over the place, best to just blast past under brakes before the corner, even if you stuff your line they won?t come back past. They deserve respect regardless, everyone has to work their way up to speed. On the road it is rarely advisable to overtake mid corner, I have even almost been taken out by bikes using both lanes of a divided road ("look at me, I know racing lines!") through a roundabout when I was keeping to my own lane, fucking noddies.
Quentin, just search soldering flux for stainless steel, probably comes under different names in different parts of the world.
 
What Hooksey said ...... but if it were a right hander, that?s another story, if grandpa was too slow, I?d pop up the inside if all was clear. Zane Dave on Snowy can attest to that.
 
Tippie said:
Now on the track  ;) ...... thats a very different story 
The biggest danger overtaking on the track is slow/lapped riders, as they are in no way restricted by their line and can and do swap lines all over the place, best to just blast past under brakes before the corner, even if you stuff your line they won?t come back past. They deserve respect regardless, everyone has to work their way up to speed. On the road it is rarely advisable to overtake mid corner, I have even almost been taken out by bikes using both lanes of a divided road ("look at me, I know racing lines!") through a roundabout when I was keeping to my own lane, fucking noddies.
Quentin, just search soldering flux for stainless steel, probably comes under different names in different parts of the world.
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I'd qualify that by saying "slower/lapped riders who don't know their lines".

The key word here is "respect".

An experienced but slower rider that is consistent and follows the racing lines (and doesn't wobble like a Nanna when passed) is not really a problem. (and unless you're some sort of champion you've been this guy).

If you're not keeping consistent racing lines you are not showing respect for your fellow riders either.

The faster riders who have respect for everyone on the track can pass that guy like he's standing still and everyone is happy. I've done track days with a couple of state champions and they are never an issue for me and vica-versa.

The faster rider that has no respect is a danger to everyone on the Track, race or not.
 
Same as skiing, the slower or lower skier has right of way, it's up to the overtaking skier to do so safely.
 
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