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

Tomorrow is a big day, got my new slides to fit and re-jet carbs, oil cooler lines to fit ............ and a few test runs.  :D

Then next week, dyno run, and get ready for a run down to Morgan Park, via Woodenbong, to meet John Kochany with his newly painted Jota.
MartyMooose, JohnK and myself are staying at Killarney. (cheers)
 
chrisk said:
Tomorrow is a big day, got my new slides to fit and re-jet carbs, oil cooler lines to fit ............ and a few test runs.  :D
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If it's less than 40C don't forget to shroud the oil cooler fins, Chris  :-*

Good luck with the new jetting setup. looking forward to more reports from in the saddle!
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
If it's less than 40C don't forget to shroud the oil cooler fins, Chris  :-*

Good luck with the new jetting setup. looking forward to more reports from in the saddle!
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I have already thought of that. I have a black stubby cooler that velcroes together down the side. I have the perfect use for it ........... and I can put it to good use when stopped at a pub too  ;)
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
If it's less than 40C don't forget to shroud the oil cooler fins, Chris  :-*

Good luck with the new jetting setup. looking forward to more reports from in the saddle!
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Fitted 50/3 slides, 68 idle jets.

Removed oil cooler because it sprung a leak, just where Clems did.

Pulls smooth, rode from home to Reds, about 10klms, to watch him work on race bikes.

One stray ?pop? on there way there.  :D

Nothing missing, or fallen off.

Measured head temp when I got home:
98c at exhaust ports, 86c at bottom of barrels.  8)

Speedo fix didn?t fix, but realised on the way home, that at 100ks on motorway, keeping with cars, that my 65 Klm Reading was mph. Must drag out the manual.

All up, very chuffed. A big shout out to Redax for their input and help. I?ll ride it to work, this week, when I can, to loosen it up a bit before the 3 hour run to Morgan Park next weekend.

 
I?m a bloody idiot. Went into work to spin up a rattle free fairing ears mount, and fucked it up in 5 minutes. Now it?s beyond repair and I have to start from scratch.

I was looking at Scumpys mirror picture and would like to mount the mount, ala Zane, off the headstock, but there?s no enough room. So it?s got to be mounted on the headstock nut .....

 
Wanted to adjust valves but need shims with 1.8 and 1,75 mm- are thay available?
Can I fix a Dremel on the support of my lathe and grind the thicker shims to the correct thickness?
 
andre g said:
Wanted to adjust valves but need shims with 1.8 and 1,75 mm- are thay available?
Can I fix a Dremel on the support of my lathe and grind the thicker shims to the correct thickness?
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:o Seriously? Sounds like trouble Andre.

800 Wet and dry with lube on a glass surface, and rub in circular motions to you hearts content. Don't forget to measure them, to see how you are progressing.
Turn the suckers around every now and then, so the surface remains flat/even. Have fun.
 
andre g said:
Wanted to adjust valves but need shims with 1.8 and 1,75 mm- are thay available?
Can I fix a Dremel on the support of my lathe and grind the thicker shims to the correct thickness?
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I've mounted my angle grinder in the lathe and used a fine wheel to grind hardened surfaces and cut through needle bearings (for bicycle freehub use). As long as you dial the shim to ensure it's running absolutely true there's no reason it won't work. Can improve the finish by hand as per CKs suggestion.
 
LJ said:
Verlicchi grips (now so much easier to reach levers) and Oberon bar end mirror fitted to 3C
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the Verlicchi grips on my Jota fell to bits on the west coast ride a couple of months ago. I had to wrap gaffer tape around the twistgrip to give me something to get a grip onto. They were on the bike when I bought it so no idea how old they were.

On longish rides, I was getting a bit of numbness in my left hand with the Verlicchi type so decided to try something with a bit more padding to replace them. Just bought some Beston style grips on Ebay. I think they were fitted the old British parallel twins back in the day, so maybe they offer a bit of vibration isolation.

Weather is not conducive to long rides at this time of year, so I probably won't find out if it makes any difference until we come out the other side of winter.
 
well never had a problem with Verlicchi ever ,now on 3 of my 4 Laverdas, Suzuki grips on Sprint, I really don"t like padded middle grips , must be my small delicate hands Cam  : :-*
 
Between Dr visits and pathology and MRI and X-rays yesterday and today ::) I made up a new fairing ears mount, and it doesn?t rattle! Fitted up nicely and mounts off the centre steering nut. I used a, modified for purpose, inline rod end, so that it can swivel, without rattling.

As my phone, computer and photobucket are arguing with each other, I can?t show you any pictures  >:(

Have the afternoon at home today, so maybe I?ll go and play Laverda.  :P
 
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