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

Better sell up them  Laverdas ,while the price is high ,and ya conrods intact 😅😅💰💰💰💰
 
I've seen non Laverda engines being dismanteled and while removing the cylinders the piston(s) drop out of the liner resulting in the middle of the conrod hitting the border of the underblock. When these conrods later snapped it was in this same position.
 
Same for the Bonnie a mate rebuilt, any nick or damage on the rod from bumping the case mouth becomes a stress raiser
 
Haven't blown any up but have worn out 2. Though I did bend a valve on a freshly rebuilt motor when it nipped up and kissed the piston resulting in a fucked cam lobe.
 
Cosi said:
You really haven?t lived till you?ve blown up a laverda or 2
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Seems I haven't really lived then.

Only bike I've ever blown up big time (not just something minor like seizing, or holing a piston) was an old BSA A10 (650) that threw a rod out through the front of the crankcase. It wasn't my bike. I'd done a swap with a mate but only got about half a mile before the rod let go. The owner wasn't happy when I handed it back to him, but it was his own fault for not checking the oil level. There was almost no bloody oil in the thing.
 
Does throwing a rod on a loan bike while your Laverda was in for a service count? If not I haven't lived either. Only got a couple of K and was sitting on 60kmh going through a shopping precinct sudden clattter clatter and no power. Was a GSXR 1000 which only added to my disdain for the marque.
 
Davo said:
Does throwing a rod on a loan bike while your Laverda was in for a service count? If not I haven't lived either. Only got a couple of K and was sitting on 60kmh going through a shopping precinct sudden clattter clatter and no power. Was a GSXR 1000 which only added to my disdain for the marque.
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For those in the know, GSXR?s hate too much oil in their bellies, better to run below the recommended than at, or above, otherwise they can implode. They don?t have one way crankcase venting, just out of the cam cover. Too much oil and kaboom.

Whoever, oiled up your loaner was a dick.
 
My late father was not just casual about maintenance it was a word that did not exist in his vocabulary.
I took his Mk1 Lemon for a ride and the pistons picked up due to lack of oil.
Changing the oil at 100 miles as I have just done would wasteful to him.
 
I did mean 100 miles, but can understand your questioning the figure as I should have said following engine rebuild.
The oil was dark and should have removed all the odd bits and pieces.
Otherwise 1000 miles is indeed the figure.
 
My Briggs and Stratton lawn mower has never had an oil change since I found it on the tip 20 years ago (someone had chucked it out because the throttle cable had broken). It has a thick black substance in it that resembles tar. When the level gets low I top it up with old oil that I've drained out of a bike. I reckon if I put fresh oil in it the old thing would die of shock. The bloody thing just keeps going. Best mower I've ever got for nothing  :D
 
Dellortoman said:
My Briggs and Stratton lawn mower has never had an oil change since I found it on the tip 20 years ago (someone had chucked it out because the throttle cable had broken). It has a thick black substance in it that resembles tar. When the level gets low I top it up with old oil that I've drained out of a bike. I reckon if I put fresh oil in it the old thing would die of shock. The bloody thing just keeps going. Best mower I've ever got for nothing  :D
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Mine suffered much the same sort of abuse, I decided that after 5 years I should change the oil, that was it?s last mow...
 
Obviously not a Chinese made Briggs and Stratton. I'v had the (dis)pleasure of having 2 of those bastards in a Husqvarna ride on mower. Both of them threw conrods, the first engine fortunately was still under warranty and was at 1/4 throttle keeping the battery charged while I was using a sprayer. The second was while mowing. The new, well now 5 year old, mower has a v-twin Honda.

I was telling my mate about my experience with Chinese B&S motors after he had picked up a cheap 2nd hand ride on. Obviously cursed him as it threw its conrod 2 weeks later  :LOL:
 
My B & S blew up cos I lent it to a neighbour without having checked the oil level for a while. I never change the oil - just keep putting B & S genuine oil in it - maybe I should be using cheap stuff!! My mower man loves my beast - the BIG 5(?) horse! 205cc of unadulterated grunt!
 
Piranha Brother 2 said:
just keep putting B & S genuine oil in it
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Blimey, I never knew there was such a thing as B&S oil.

I sometimes chuck a bit of Castrol R30 in the fuel tank if there's a bottle within arm's reach when I fuel it up. It might be useful as UCL, but I do it mainly because I like the smell. It takes me back to childhood memories of watching the bike racing at Longford with my dad. Manx Nortons and AJS 7Rs thundering around the track. One time Geoff Duke was there screaming around on a 4 cylinder Gilera. Takes my mind off mowing fucking grass anyway. I hate mowing.
 
Fitted a volt meter. Rewired the back section of bike and finished off Steph?s seat.
Washed it, and took it for a spin, that was the best part. :D

All ready for a trip to Sydney now. She is going great and at one stage saw the tiny alternator chuffing out 13.3volts.

 
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