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

Dellortoman said:
Jota started running a little rough last weekend. Missing and coughing. I put a new set of plugs in it yesterday and it's running nicely again.

The plugs that came out of it looked perfectly OK. All were a nice colour and clean. I presume only one of them was playing up, but I dunno which one. Seems a waste to chuck out 3 plugs when in all probability only one of them is fucked. This has happened before. Maybe I should build a spark plug tester.
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I think I recall you saying that one of your coils is a dual output with one lead earthed down. That will double the voltage to the other lead. Is it possible that by doubling the voltage to that plug it's life is shortened? I don't know the specs on plugs, I might be way off track...
 
Pulled the spark plugs and found some plugs I'd never seen before. Plugs are Bosch WG250T28.
This plug grounds to the side of the electrode which means ground does not protrude past centre electrode and the gap down into the plug past the centre electrode has some sort of cover (with holes) (Seems like it would be hard to clean if sooted up)
The plugs also have a red rubber collar around the insulator body, not sure if this is for additional insulation or grip?

Were these common back in the day?
(I know, I know, I've lived a sheltered life.............)
 
IIrc, "gold alloy" electrode, hence the "G".  Quite an expensive plug back then, but a bit on the cold side for general use, "250" would equate to somewhere between a Champion N3 and N2.

The red rubber actually belongs to the water-proofing of the steel-shielded suppressed caps that were common.

piet
 
sfcpiet said:
IIrc, "gold alloy" electrode, hence the "G".  Quite an expensive plug back then, but a bit on the cold side for general use, "250" would equate to somewhere between a Champion N3 and N2.

The red rubber actually belongs to the water-proofing of the steel-shielded suppressed caps that were common.

piet
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Thanks Piet, knew you'd know............
 
Took the 3C out today on the monthly CIMMA ride down to Thirlmere, poor thing was surrounded by V twins but it held its head up high flying the Laverda flag.  A lone Ducati also arrived to help ward off all the Guzzi's, interesting as it was 40 years to the day since it was purchased... so a one owner bike and the pipe has been on it for 35 of the 40 years of its life.

Had a bit of a chat with Brett and Gary regarding the club plates and the log book scheme to get the latest.

Dennis Fry rolled up on his old Honda, now he is 85 and still riding though as previously noted, he had to sell his 750GT was was getting to hard to start. Anyways another old timer, Andrew, a Guzzi guy pulled up on his scooter and being an ex racer the two of them got to talking. Then Andrew said about how all his velocettes ending up cracking frames as they were brazed in the day. Well Dennis goes mine never and I've got 14 and used to race many a Velo.. So the rest of us were waiting for Andrew to suggest to Dennis he wasnt trying hard enough back in the day... but that would have been fraught with danger and Dennis always used to whip his arse... and the legendry Hailwoods to, at Bathurst anyways.

Wow we must have chatted for a good couple of hours.. what a way to spend a Saturday. He calls me the Laverda man and reckons he'll be there again next month. To be honest I cant wait and some of his stories.......Andrew asked if he wanted to go to the legends dinner and Dennis said no I stay away as there are too many bullshitters there.. what was it he said.. oh yeh, "the old buggers there the more they drink the faster they used to go down Conrod....but there all full of shit "

Interesting mod to the gear lever and foot peds... a result of many a broken foot/ankle... oh and Andy will get a hard one at the tyre on the thing.
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Dismantled the forks on the AE today. One was very rigid so took them completely apart. Needed to use a hammer to get totally apart. Turns out one of the damper pistons had "grown" and was now too big for the stanchion. Definitely bigger than the other one which fits fine (in both stanchions) Remembered reading about this issue on here previously.
Anyway, good opportunity to get everything cleaned up nicely. Actually the stanchions are in great shape and what I thought was marks on the chrome turned to be just stuck on old crud.
 
Shajota said:
Dismantled the forks on the AE today. One was very rigid so took them completely apart. Needed to use a hammer to get totally apart. Turns out one of the damper pistons had "grown" and was now too big for the stanchion.
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Yep, Cerianis do that. If the piston isn't full of cracks or distorted by your hammer blows, you can turn down the OD on a lathe. Otherwise just grab a bit of Al bar and make new pistons.

Here's the earlier thread on the subject http://www.laverdaforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,96832.msg391443.html#msg391443
 
I got a text from the Wheelwright last night, I was prepared to use a knockoff Chinese copy of a Boranai 3inch 36 spoke rim, but he tells me he has found and ordered a Morad Akront undrilled for $265 locally and he should have it done early next week. I am a very happy boy. Hope it comes together strong with better snugger drilling than before.
 
went to the polishers (exhaust system)  on the agreed day that they would be done, with bangers and mash in hand, and found that he had put them on a shelf in a store room and didn't seem bothered, I would like them soon I said and with that he carried the box of bits to his working area.

Oh dear God what is wrong with these people and their prioritisation? I ASKED when they would be done, not demanded, and I respect that bigger and more important customers can "get in the way" but if anything changes, I wish I could be told as soon as the change happens, just told, that's all. Its not a new problem and Laverda dealers themselves have been and are some of the worst offenders in operating a queue and dealing with work as it comes in or is booked in.At least polisher man hadn't started, if he hasn't started by Friday, then they come away with me undone.

CLEM
 
I feel your pain Clem,I hate handing any of my bits over to anyone and prefer to do as much as i can myself, sometimes we just have to do it though and i'm never happy until i have it back in my hands again.

Hopefully your visit will kickstart them back into life.
 
I think auto body shops are the worse for taking along time to do motorcycle paint. Especially here in Canada it easy to put it off during the winter when they know you are not riding. I gave them my  bodywork in November and not started yet. They do good work at a reasonable price .....thank God we have 6 months of winter!!!!!

On the other hand only 10 days for a machine shop to true the hub on my rear wheel (RGS Corsa) in their lathe. The surface the brake disk bolts to was not true causing disk run out up to .012" at the out edge of the disk (.008 variation at the outer diameter of the hub).

Chromer is typically 2 months.

Thankfully Wolfgang is fast with parts. However as I get older I seem go be slowing down putting it all back together anyway.
 
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