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

Dellortoman said:
OK, thanks guys. You've convinced me. I'll buy an Airhawk cushion. Reckon I'll go for the "cruiser" as it's pretty much a universal fit so I can use it on all of my bikes.

I rang around the local bike shops and nobody has them in stock, so I may as well order it on line. Plenty of time now as our trip has been postponed for 2 weeks due to a shitty weather forecast.
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Cam my friend.. have you forgotten the old 'tried but true' sheepskin method.. ::)
I had for both the Jota and Argy, makes a heck of a difference.. Bris to P.I. a breeze..
Of course you could always just get the seat re-done with modern padding.. ;)

8)
 
Cam what will Tim say if you use an air hawk seat.. how about I get Maurice to send you some whitish powder and you can mix with some water and sand  :P

Those letter box seats are the ducks guts  as they are. Just ride it and save your money Cam you'll be fine.
 
Cam, I drove 13 hours yesterday in the car - sat on a slab of memory foam. Worked wonders for my sciatic nerve problem. Spreads the pressure evenly. So maybe memory foam (with a neat gingham check or Jacquard cover) would work? Cheap to try and won't punture. I think memory foam is usualy closed cell, but worth checking otherwise it'll be a sponge.
 
LaverdaIan said:
Cam my friend.. have you forgotten the old 'tried but true' sheepskin method.. ::)
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I tried a sheepskin years ago. Made bugger-all difference to comfort. It got soaking wet one rainy day and went all slimy and disgusting. I was passing through a town where people had put their rubbish bins out for the garbo man, so I left it in someone's bin.

Anyway, your suggestion is too late. I already have an Airhawk on order.

Brett, Tim's solution is more about seat height than comfort. Evidently he has no nerve endings in his arse.
 
This week i tidied up the garage with a lick of fresh paint and some new rubber flooring to tidy it up make it more comfortable and hopefully a tad warmer on the feet.......been meaning to do it for a couple of years now but with the new year came fresh vigor to get the job done  (bigthumb).

With the laverda sitting happy in her new surroundings it was then time to get on and carry out an oil change on her......firing her up again brought  joy to the ears, and springtime can't come soon enough for me.

Whilst she was ticking over i also tested my new pilot (daytime running) bulb (20W halogen) which i fitted recently and was surprised to see it go out with the main headlight switched on.......didn't expect that and thought that i would have to modify the wiring to prevent overload when running both.........looks like it may well have been done :)......so happy days i guess.....now if it would only warm up just a tad (sunny)  (bigthumb)





 
 
Schurminater said:
This week i tidied up the garage with a lick of fresh paint and some new rubber flooring to tidy it up make it more comfortable and hopefully a tad warmer on the feet.......been meaning to do it for a couple of years now but with the new year came fresh vigor to get the job done  (bigthumb).

With the laverda sitting happy in her new surroundings it was then time to get on and carry out an oil change on her......firing her up again brought  joy to the ears, and springtime can't come soon enough for me.

Whilst she was ticking over i also tested my new pilot (daytime running) bulb (20W halogen) which i fitted recently and was surprised to see it go out with the main headlight switched on.......didn't expect that and thought that i would have to modify the wiring to prevent overload when running both.........looks like it may well have been done :)......so happy days i guess.....now if it would only warm up just a tad (sunny)  (bigthumb)


Where's the pic of your mancave so we can see if you have been busy ! :LOL: nothing like a good shed shot
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Well nothing on my bikes but yesterday went up to the big apple and headed out on Brett's Cico.
We took off towards Warangamba dam with CIMAA and had a good blast then on the way back swapped bikes and I finished the ride on his RGS.
Not having ridden a 120 for sometime it made me appreciate the mighty 180 triples.
Thanks Brett as always you are a great mate and always there to lend a hand.
Now if I can just get ride of this hangover☹️
 
Picked up the latest copy of 'Classic Bike' (Nov issue) from the news-agent this morning. You beauty, thicker than normal, I was happy...until I opened it up and found an issue of hipster shit in the middle; complete with turned up jeans, beards and fucken man-buns. Please Classic Bike, if you persist in including this section, could you add perforations so that it could be easily removed and disposed of. Thank you. ;) ;)
 
Legs said:
Picked up the latest copy of 'Classic Bike' (Nov issue) from the news-agent this morning. You beauty, thicker than normal, I was happy...until I opened it up and found an issue of hipster shit in the middle; complete with turned up jeans, beards and fucken man-buns. Please Classic Bike, if you persist in including this section, could you add perforations so that it could be easily removed and disposed of. Thank you. ;) ;)
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Hang'em Terry.
 
Didn't I mention that all hipsters must hang? Getting slack in my old age. :D
 
Winter wear only. If you care to step outside you may notice it's summer :-[ :LOL:
 
I took a punt on the rain not falling (turns out it was going to snow 5 minutes after I got home), got the Jota off the work bench and took it for a short test ride.

After a bit of a switch around trying to find an advance curve that it would run on, I had to settle on redax 3CL curve no. 3.

Time with a strobe light and some head scratching is required, I think. Maybe after it stops snowing.

 
Legs said:
Bought one a few years ago but never tried it, might give it a go for the Curdie Vale trip next month.
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Had a look at the long range forecast for the Curdie Vale trip, should be about the same as last year. bit of rain and coolish.
Reakon you'll need to get that flannel shirt out to go with the air hawk.  :D  [All jokes aside the air hawks are good].

Replaced a leaking fork seal and cleaned both forks up,with new oil. this time I trimmed the top seal to use as a spacer.
Its bloody frustrating fixing recurring problems.

All polished and gleaming waiting for a test ride.
 
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