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

Went for a short blat on the Jota today. Checking the log book revealed that I hadn't ridden it since February. Got too many bikes and only one bum to sit on them with.  How do you manage to ride two at once LJ?

Met up with a bunch from my bike club. My bike was easily the oldest and dirtiest machine there.
 

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helicopterjim said:
You have to fill out an entry in a logbook each time you ride your bike?
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Yes, but only because I have historic registration, which is a lot cheaper than normal road registration. The only condition is that you're restricted to 52 outings per year (once a week) so have to keep track of rides in a log book.

I have 5 bikes to choose from so I never get anywhere near the 52 rides in a year for any of them.
 
I fill in a log book every time I use a centre fire rifle (I ignore rim fire rifles or shotguns of any weight, as not the same level of grief) because the requirement in the UK is "justification" no justification and you have your rifles taken from you and license cancelled, this is wrong, if you want to shoot once in (say) four years, or not at all, that should be your free choice, it is therefore much easier to get out the log book at the 5 year license renewal and be able to quickly remember where and when I used my kit, or why I have not used it, sickness, etc. Its not a legal requirement at all, but I find it useful, the cops are then able to check (usually) that I was where I was on the day I said I was, although I have no idea what checking they actually do. They also check how much ammunition I buy (which is recorded at point of sale) so, if you haven't bought any ammo?, you haven't used your rifle! so I buy it, get it recorded, and bang away at a range "zeroing"  no account taken of my brother in law in France using the same calibre and the fact that he buys 10,000 at a time and then sells on to me (unrecorded) a few hundred rounds at a time,, both used and kept in France outside of UK jurisdiction,They are on the backs of firearms license holders for sure, and they encourage withdrawal from this activity, by way of the hassle, of this I am certain, they should spend more time on checking the mental state of license holders and suitability rather than justification, there is no danger is safe people holding rifles and ammunition for them to be hardly or never used, as long as the security against theft is top notch. it would seem that there are more murders in London per anum now, (guns and knives) than New York, but the old saying still holds true.

When guns are outlawed only the outlaws will have guns

CLEM
 
It's the same here Clem, after Port Arther it was cracked down on to the max. Some middle ground would be good, not as extreme in one direction as the USA and here now the other. I know some who still have guns and compliance is far from easy. Before Port Arther, it was stupidly easy and cheap to get SKK ex Chinese semi-auto military weapons. And to me, that was a bit nuts, after Port Arther even Gold Medal winning shotgun trap shooters had shotguns taken for stupid to my mind politically correct reasons. Eg one drink-driving conviction, thereby missing an Olympic Even.
 
maurice turner said:
I emptied the fuel tank twice on my Alpino today and those noisy Monty pipes have given me an ear ache!!!!
But it was a shitload of fun  ;)
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PARDON??!! :LOL:

I put 10 quids worth of fuel in your new 1200, to see how it rides and to scrub in the new tyres. It was like riding a 3-cylinder pogo stick! Just as well you've got some spare shocks to send over - and I'll put some oil in the forks too ;)
 
CLEMTOG said:
When guns are outlawed only the outlaws will have guns
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Apologies for the misuse of this thread, but I find it difficult to let that comment go without a response.

That's a very puerile statement Clem. The pro-gun lobby has been trotting out that fatuous argument for years.

It's not outlaws who shoot people. They're more into shooting each other over turf wars than taking pot-shots at the general public. Good luck to them with that.

By far the majority of shootings are caused by "normal" members of society. Crimes of passion, murder-suicides, mass shootings, suicides, etc. Mass shootings are usually perpetrated by men (don't know of any female mass shooter) who are fucked in the head. The typical misfit loner who feels some kind of grudge against society. How often do you hear them described as "a quiet bloke who kept to himself". He kept to himself because he was too much of a fucking nut-job to have any friends. Restricted access to guns means the types who fit the above profiles will find it way more difficult to get their hands on a semi-automatic assault rifle. And that's a good thing.

And how will it make any difference to outlaws if the general law-abiding public is armed anyway? Normal people are not likely to be toting their hunting rifle or shotgun when they go about their daily business. Having a gun locked away in a safe at home is no protection against an outlaw in the street. If you're in a bank when an armed robbery occurs, what can you (as a gun owner) do? Politely ask them to wait while you nick home and grab your shotty?

If you don't believe me, you only have to look at the gun death statistics for Australia before and after 1996 (the year of the Port Arthur massacre when very tight gun laws were introduced). Gun deaths dropped by an average of 67%. See the graph below.

I'm glad I live in Australia where there's very tight control of guns.

 

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a14rgs said:
PARDON??!! :LOL:

I put 10 quids worth of fuel in your new 1200, to see how it rides and to scrub in the new tyres. It was like riding a 3-cylinder pogo stick! Just as well you've got some spare shocks to send over - and I'll put some oil in the forks too ;)
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Alan obviously you have never ridden old faithful, its the same so he'll never know the difference... or is it that he is sending over the shocks from it ???  :P
 
And if you need any further convincing that prohibition of gun ownership works ...

Annual gun death rates per million people:
In USA (almost no gun control) = about 90
In Australia (strict gun control) = less than 2

Sorry. End of rant.
Back to normal service  :D
 
Back to normal service
With my Laverda. Actually went for another ride, several in the last few weeks in fact. I often hear people say after riding a bike as old as ours: "It really shows just how much better bikes are today from these old dungers". When I ride mine it reassures my why I just can?t sell it. I even accompanied my son who rode it around Oslo in the scorching (!!) 25 deg summer heat for several hours, practicing for his licence, as the VFR water cooling he usually practices on would have struggled with the fan going flat out all the time. That practice on a weirdo rh (race pattern setup) gearchange etc had him assessed as ready to go for his test, according to the traffic school.
Then rushing back from a coast ride with my wife on the back at 135kmh in the sunday motorway traffic in time for my evening watch, I have to fit a fairing, all this "naked bikes are great, the wind takes the weight off your wrists" shit, doesn?t mention that it also tries to take your head off your shoulders.
 
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