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

[nick7]

Jeez! Any pics of whats in the actual sludge traps?

 

[LJ-2]

waste of good caviar for that shot Red

 

[AJ]

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!

Hey Chris did you find out what caused the problems with your motor? I saw the bike and met you at "not the Barry" in March.

 

[chrisk]

Hey Chris did you find out what caused the problems with your motor? I saw the bike and met you at "not the Barry" in March.

Pistons nipped up. Reason unresolved. Red has had a batch of new ones made by Ross, that should sort it out.

 

[mauricejota7604]

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

Faarkk!

 

[chrisk]

What looks like a bit of MIG wire stuck to the mesh mush, surely the piston hole wasn't welded up while still in the barrel?

 

[Lee87H]

What looks like a bit of MIG wire stuck to the mesh mush, surely the piston hole wasn't welded up while still in the barrel?

  Chris you know they did, fucking morons!

 

[markQLD]

Fired up Miss J and rode in to the Ricondi grand opening day of their new store
https://www.ricondi.com.au/
https://www.facebook.com/ricondi/
Mr Ricondi, Smarty, races #86

Ya gotta support ya mates and a handful of Lav's, race and road, were there.
Sweetas looks excited and indicates his pick

In the background are a few of the late great Greg Hansford's Kawasaki factory race bikes. & today they still look bloody evil

 

[Tippie]

Great shop, is it just Leathers he sells there?
#22 was Murray Sayle so Smarty has the whole team covered, it was unreal watching those guys race.

 

[Vince]

I spent 10 Easters watch the Bathurst racers and Greg was the fastest down the mountain I saw, he was on the gas where everybody else was braking.

 

[markQLD]

Great shop, is it just Leathers he sells there?

reckon Ricondi's core product is their custom design & fit race suits, which are second to none.
https://www.ricondi.com.au/products/custom-design-custom-fit-for-men-and-women-racing-series-suits-be-yourself
These days, it's great to see a lot of the local racers grid up with most wearing Ricondi suits.
Now with the shop, they can offer a lot of other riding gear available, as shown on website.

#22 was Murray Sayle so Smarty has the whole team covered, it was unreal watching those guys race.

Yeah, Lakeside, in the late '70's, I was also there on the hill.  Hansford, Sayle & Doyle, what a team!
http://www.deejay51.com/lakeside.htm
& 'twas good to be young ay!

 

[drikko]

Sweetas looks excited and indicates his pick

You spelled prick wrong.....

 

[blab]

And he's a 

 

[Paul Marx]

Got this home at last.
The machine of an old friend who unfortunately can't ride any more. Been after him for years.

Paul

 

[pf1]

Laverda 3C ......still lovely after all these years 

 

[LJ-2]

yes lovely 

 

[CLEMTOG]

got TOG out of the workshop yesterday for a quick blat, and intending on degreasing, cleaning, washing, pressure wash etc, but she wouldn't start!, now she never does that not even if the battery is tired and the cranking rate worryingly slow, but yesterday? she wouldn't go, she popped a few times, stuttered for a second or three then nothing, as the battery was giving out, I sussed it! when last returning home she had gone onto reserve! and I was starting her on main, oh well, a short trip out, put in a few litres and soon returned home, not properly dressed and it was cold, too cold in fact to contemplate the washing, which I need to do, because she is going onto the ramp for a few servicing type bits and a thorough polish, cant do either of those with her looking grubby.
CLEM

 

[Haggis]

Great news Clem. Fuel is good. It's quite a nice realisation isn't it when you relaise nothing is wrong and it was just the organic dimwit in the seat causing the issues. Happens to me a lot.

I spent the day in the cave, as there are 10 inches of show outside. Fashioning a bracket for an experimental trial of MP08 coils on my SF (yes, I know the orig Bosch coils are excellent, just wanted to see if this was better).

 

[chrisk]

Nice work. Do the gland nuts fit on still?

 

[Dellortoman]

Glands and nuts? Jeez Chris. You have a one track mind - a dirt track