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

[twinweb]

did the same yesdy mo-then i got pissed with her

 

[CLEMTOG]

I lined the tank on TOG (a recessed badged Jota tank painted in TS livery) 5 years ago with "Slosh" which I bought from the AJS/Matchless owners club, the tank was soaked in DE-OXc for a fortnight, with plasticine covering the only known pinhole. then the tank was emptied, and dried using compressed air, then left on the hot water tank for a couple of days to dry totally. Slosh installed  and "slooshed" all around as directed, using old fuel taps  (no filters no standpipes) to close the holes. and then left for another fortnight, all has been good since then with no sign of flaking or blocking lines/ filters of anything
BUT
another pinhole (opposite side of the tank, to the first) sprung a leak overnight while in Spain, very quickly repaired on site with chemical metal and allowed me to continue for another fortnight, and still remains today 10 weeks later, cant even be seen

so what am I saying here? it seems to me that slosh is a very good product works well and adheres well, but it may not prevent further pinholes, unless I failed to coat a small internal area, which I seriously doubt, but is possible, I wont cut out the bottom of the tank and let in new metal, until I am going to repaint it.
CLEM

 

[Shajota]

Had previously painted my chain guard black, but seeing all the shiny bikes on here thought I'd join the polishers and have it re chromed.  Also had a small corner section near one mounting hole which previously was broken repaired.
Just got it back, all looking very flash..........

 

[Alexb83]

Wheeled it out of the garage.
Took off the old koni shocks and replaced with new maxton twinshocks.
Determined that the securing nut on the rhs shock at the bottom was fouling against the nuts on the sprocket carrier. Probably because I reinstalled washers in a different configuration?
Anyway, promptly dropped the bike (thankfully poffers crash bars were still on it)
Lamented my now broken clutch lever and took a moment to reconsider my life.
Replaced the voxbells with new ones and marvelled at the mismatched fixings applied to the bike over the years.

Tried to sound the new horns. Interesting thunking noise from both.
Seems like optimate died at some point in the last 3 months.
Enough juice for the neutral light but otherwise seemingly flat as a pancake.
Ordered a new odyssey battery...

 

[laverdas]

you may know but its a slim nut on the rhs lower shock mount

 

[Paul Marx]

you may know but its a slim nut on the rhs lower shock mount

I love slim nuts.

Paul

 

[LJ-2]

8)

 

[Alexb83]

you may know but its a slim nut on the rhs lower shock mount

I retained the one that was there before. It wasn't fouling the carrier when the konis were installed but was after. Go figure!

Temporary fix is to use a standard nut with some thread lock until I can find one of those lovely slim nuts

 

[Dellortoman]

... until I can find one of those lovely slim nuts

Get a fat nut and put it on a diet.

(or you could just grind it down a bit)

 

[laverdas]

Get a fat nut and put it on a diet (banghead)
or just do it properly

 

[Laverda SF]

Agreed - Every Nut, Washer and Bolt is special on your Laverda and torqued to your specs ;o)

 

[Alexb83]

Agreed - Every Nut, Washer and Bolt is special on your Laverda and torqued to your specs ;o)

After 40 years a lot of them do seem... unique  ???

 

[Alexb83]

New Odyssey battery in the bike. New voxbells honk as desired but whilst the engine turns over it doesn't fire! Spark plug inspection tomorrow.

Also, front wheel off for a Speedo drive replacement.

 

[hooksey]

Day on Track with the young Bloke  8)

Shredding some rubber alongside Cam Donald on the Horner Vincent 

Jota still does it for me  But boy that tt 500 has some poke 

 

[mauricejota7604]

Day on Track with the young Bloke  8)

Shredding some rubber alongside Cam Donald on the Horner Vincent 

Jota still does it for me  But boy that tt 500 has some poke 
Bewdy looks like another BEARs competitor stepping up

 

[chrisk]

Not today, but heard from Red my motor might be ready soon. 
How cool  8), I might give Santa a little peck on the cheek .......  don't even think about it Red, grow your beard a little more first!

 

[redax5]

Not today, but heard from Red my motor might be ready soon. 
How cool  8), I might give Santa a little peck on the cheek .......  don't even think about it Red, grow your beard a little more first!

had a number 3 through the beard only 2 days ago so believe you are safe
machining your crank web this weekend

 

[redax5]

did some work on a triple engine today, gives you a nice warm feeling working on a well maintained engine 
in a way this was the best bit we found inside, did not take a photo of the welded up piston crown filling a previous hole or the worn out cam lobes and numerous other issues

poor bloody engine, was still running though we believe, no signs of seizing

well serviced engine

 

[Grant]

Fark!
Is that sludge or old bits of silicone?

 

[Lee87H]

Fark!
Is that sludge or old bits of silicone?

Looks like a lot of both, that is outright abuse and the previous owner should be drawn and quartered!