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

Theres a nice line in the Green book about plugs...religiously take em out and inspect annually..then bin and replace!
Mine are the platinum type..been in a few years...am going to bin as have new set..think iridiam tipped now. Ngk.
 
finished doing the repairs to the Jota cans (s/s) and then removed the whole exhaust and took it to the loacal polishers for a full on, all over shine, to be just like new, cost 200GBP, seemed a lot to me, but is it? I mean a new full system might be a bag of sand by now for all I know, and when back new it will certainly look almost new, and no chain, centre stnd springs or footbrake fowling.
pictures later.
CLEM
 
nick7 said:
Theres a nice line in the Green book about plugs...religiously take em out and inspect annually..then bin and replace!
Mine are the platinum type..been in a few years...am going to bin as have new set..think iridiam tipped now. Ngk.
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There have been interesting discussion in regard to 2 points from your post.

1. The amount of fake NGK plugs on the market, including on store shelves. (Could also be the cause of Cam's misfire)

2. The lack of benefit gained by using Iridium plugs in our bikes. In fact Paul had a dyno run done comparing normal plugs to iridium which demonstrated a significant power drop with the iridium plugs.
 
Found a bit of a major disaster today. I have a 3 inch Morad rim laced to the rear wheel of my 3C and lately I have been checking the spoke tension as it was feeling a little loose in the rear. I bought the rim years ago from Central Wheel and it was pre-drilled, the wheelwright who assembled it was far from happy as the drillings were not correct for the hub size and spoke pattern but he said he would do his best, and its lasted 15 years. Today I found at least one spoke has pulled through the rim with others looking not good. So its new rim time, just spoke to the importer of Borani Rims and the 3-inch rims are $569. He tells me he might know someone who can drill it, hopefully, correct this time. And its 6 weeks from point of order. Where is that Pantah.
 
Vince said:
the 3-inch rims are $569.
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That's a crazy price Vince ........... at that price, I'd be taling my chance with one of these knock-offs:
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/wheel-rim-like-borrani-record-alloy-aluminium-WM5-3-00-x-18-holes-36/253378281490?hash=item3afe85c012:g:MOQAAOSwCtJZ6MNJ

 
If thats the Boranai Importer in Newcastle and I think it is, the $569 is his price, and thats a 3 inch rim, not the usual 2.5inch.Not in stock, needs a special order from Italy. I am off to see a wheelwright who might have a cheaper fix tomorrow.
 
finaly managed to send my M1R out to HH-Racing.de for getting the fork upgraded to full adjustment, better allignement and a second set of slider-rings (lower end of the stanchion). Had one fork done by them years ago, worked very well. Sold it with the bike unfortunately, should have simply exchanged the forks of the bikes...  :-[

Nevertheless: that was - I think - the last piece that kept me from getting the bike back together. delivery time for the fork is 4 weeks though...  :o Hope I'll get it sooner, want to have the bike back on the road this year...
 
Laverdalothar said:
Nevertheless: that was - I think - the last piece that kept me from getting the bike back together. delivery time for the fork is 4 weeks though...  :o Hope I'll get it sooner, want to have the bike back on the road this year...
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Surely there's more than 4 weeks left in the year Lothar?

Paul
 
Seems no one in Oz has the rear rim I want in stock or even knows when it might arrive. That's why I didnt use Distributor Titmans in Queensland 15 years ago when I fitted the bigger rim, it's lucky if you get them to answer the phone. The Wheelwrights on the job, small world, he himself races sidecars and has a mates race chair there for work to be done.So I wait for a rim to appear. BTW he has used a few of those Chinese rims and hasn't had any issues so that's the way its going, hope it works out
 
Vince said:
Seems no one in Oz has the rear rim I want in stock or even knows when it might arrive. That's why I didnt use Distributor Titmans in Queensland 15 years ago when I fitted the bigger rim, it's lucky if you get them to answer the phone. The Wheelwrights on the job, small world, he himself races sidecars and has a mates race chair there for work to be done.So I wait for a rim to appear. BTW he has used a few of those Chinese rims and hasn't had any issues so that's the way its going, hope it works out
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You could ask here: http://www.asw.com.au/
Talk to Jack.
 
You would think but no, the bloke I know who races sidecars is Doug Chivers Nephue Jason, the wheelwright I am using is a bloke called matty who lives right at the Top of the razorbacks, old hume hwy and also races sidecars. Seems Jason's sidecar is at his workshop. Got 2nd at the Island last week. Just like the small Laverda world seems the racing sidecar world is smaller.
 
I am hoping a bit less than that Maurice, Chinese rim $200, drilling $100 and lacing with my original spokes the same. Yes mud catchers, hope the delivery time is quick. That's what has been on the bike for the last 15 years, it's the wrong drillings that has caused this issue now. It was delivered from Central Wheel drilled already, I told them what it was going on but it seems it was a more typical drilling that was done, smaller hub not 2x2 lace pattern and was fudged to fit back then. Anyway, its lasted 15 years so not so bad in the long run. It was looking pretty unsafe with gaps around sections of the spoke holes, happy I caught it before it broke.
 
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Borrani-Wm3-19-40-Hole-Made-In-Italy-Undrilled-Nos/282820457471?_trkparms=aid%3D333008%26algo%3DRIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D49923
 
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