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

Vince said:
So if I did buy a new Demon its kind of a waste of a tyre.Like I said I am overthinking this. My best guess is I have a 1000ks on this tyre so fingers crossed it will do the 4000 for the trip. I hope. The bike shop said 6 to 8000ks. Farrk.
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:o I think the pertinent info is you saying it only has 1,000kms on it so presumably it has only been put on recently. Don't see the sense in changing a fairly new tyre, should easily do another 4,500kms - presume you fellows aren't racing all the way................ (Touring kms lot easier on the tyre than weekend blasts through the rev range)

(Yeh, I know, you're all gonna say you only ever travel in excess of 200kph ::)  :P)
 
Some of The Snowy is kinds fast, and can be outside my comfort zone. I like to see what ahead before I open it up but I expect lots and lots of 35kph linked bends. That's the plan I hope.Wear it out on the sides.
 
It will be well fucked by the time you get back Vince, 6/8k out of a sport demon is well let's just call it bullshit, 5 is it for the rear, less  for the front , but they will get you home and then you can put some Dunlop gp300s on it... I will be inspecting all bikes at broadford for chicken strips....
 
Nearly a case of 'what did your Laverda do to you'.

I found a false neutral on my SF as I was hooooning along and changing down into a known bend yesterday afternoon. The kinda bend you know well and can max it for speed & lean and 'style'. Where you fell like Mr. Rossi as you exit. No hook up gave the bike and me no sense of direction at all. Damn near shit myself and ended up on the other side of the road, front wheel kissing the opposite kerb. If anything had been coming the other way it would have been a head on.

So job #176 on the SF's fix list is to make the box and its change as good as it can be. I'll leave it until the salt is down and spanner time kicks in.

Paul
 
Paul H said:
Nearly a case of 'what did your Laverda do to you'.

I found a false neutral on my SF as I was hooooning along and changing down into a known bend yesterday afternoon. The kinda bend you know well and can max it for speed & lean and 'style'. Where you fell like Mr. Rossi as you exit. No hook up gave the bike and me no sense of direction at all. Damn near shit myself and ended up on the other side of the road, front wheel kissing the opposite kerb. If anything had been coming the other way it would have been a head on.

So job #176 on the SF's fix list is to make the box and its change as good as it can be. I'll leave it until the salt is down and spanner time kicks in.

Paul
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Spoilt by the Suzuki 'box?
Buy a bigger boot and shift it like you mean it!

piet :D
 
I'll try that Clem. I'll probably spray the cogs over the road at that speed. This was the 2nd near miss of the day, first one was caused by the wibbling backside of a lycra clad jogging lovley and a stationary car. I was concentrating, but on the wrong thing as it turns out.

You are right Piet, I think I may well have pussied that change. Realised early on not to tickle it, but to boss it. When I got the bike I would get falsies all the time. Habit. Riding the SF is a real blast from the past IMHO. Everything (apart from the general sweet handling) is a world away, even from my Jota, which admittedly has many many years of care and cash aimed at precise setup.

First SF mod is to isolate the seat somehow from the vibes. It's setting off a ringing in my ears. I'll blame that for my incompetent riding.
 
There should be 4 rubber bungs on the base of the seat if its the same as my 3c that should line up with the frame, funny you should be looking at this as I have drilled out the rear frame mount and squeezed a rubber grommet for the bolt to pass through for the same anti vib thing as well. Don't have a solution for the front flat blade seat mounts. I do use an Air Hawk as that helps as well as padded pushy shorts on long days.Thats 50/ 50 vib control and arse comfort. That's all there for the 10 day ride we have coming up starting next weekend.
 
Dellortoman said:
What happened to this thread? All posts for August, September and October are missing.
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It was splitted and someone posted to this old thread.
The new one is this one:
http://www.laverdaforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,97052.0.html

Some other forums add a running number or some kind of date to the title when threads are splitted.
 
Cam - I split these long running threads to ease the load on the server. Sadly Hag managed to dig up the old end.  ::)
I'll have a go and reattach these recent posts to the current thread....
 
Ooops, sorry, no idea how I did that. Feel free to delete my posts if it helps - nothing important, just chat.
 
Discovered why my SF takes ages to pick back up after running dry and moving to reserve fuel tap - reserve fuel route partially filled with flaking tank sealant. Bugger.
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In with some dry-walls. A 1 minute shake got these flakes out - much more to come.....
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I Cremed a tank years ago, what a bloody nightmare. It ended with the bottom of the tank cut out to get the huge lump of loose creme out and then the rust blasted.
I had blocked taps as well, Triumph tank.
 
Washed all the rubber brake dust and crap off the racebike and packed her up for the end of the racing season.
At least this is one of my Laverda's that did get a bit of use this year!!
 

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