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

Sorry thought GRP is a well known name,
it is the same as carbon fiber rasin but without carbon fiber but glas fiber 😬
 
The last club ride I did ended with the sudden loss of 50% of clutch pull. I noticed a loose spiralled cable strand off wire coming out of the upper feral. I managed to get the last 100ks home doing clutchless changes, I had a spare cable but it was late and I didn't want to change it if possible. So last week I fitted my pair cable, BUT even with my extended lever, it needed a strong pull, more than I liked. So I decided to lube it and see how that went. I didn't want to use WD40 as its many Kero so I went to Repco and bought a can of Penrite P26 Multi propose MoS2 at $16, supposedly it even quires Snake Bite according to the can. I dug out my old cable oiling gadget that clamps to the cable and has a rubber sleeve with a hole that directs the spray into the cable. The tube on this lube is twice the size of this hole so it took some push to fit it, I tested this spray beforehand, it had a propellant that foamed away leaving a light non-sticky oil as a residue. It worked well getting right down the cable. I then slapped some waterproof grease on the nipple and refitted the cable. It's now nice and smooth with no friction felt. Well worth the 15 minutes it took. I hope it's not Teflon lined and suppose to be not lubed, we will see.
 
I've got one of those little cable oilers too Vince. The "inlet" hole is a nice fit for the nozzle on my pump-type oil can, so I pump the oil on with that. It gets the oil into the cable OK, but a fair bit leaks out so you still end up with a mess everywhere. I just use ordinary engine oil. Haven't tried any upmarket stuff in a fancy pressurised can.

I see that Motion Pro sells a can of pressurised oil specifically for cables. It comes in a 175ml can for $40, so it must be way better that that cheap Penrite crap you're using (400ml for $16)  ;)
 
Dellortoman said:
I've got one of those little cable oilers too Vince. The "inlet" hole is a nice fit for the nozzle on my pump-type oil can, so I pump the oil on with that. It gets the oil into the cable OK, but a fair bit leaks out so you still end up with a mess everywhere. I just use ordinary engine oil. Haven't tried any upmarket stuff in a fancy pressurised can.

I see that Motion Pro sells a can of pressurised oil specifically for cables. It comes in a 175ml can for $40, so it must be way better that that cheap Penrite crap you're using (400ml for $16)  ;)
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you might potentially mean this:

https://www.louis-moto.co.uk/artikel/cable-oiler/10037007

Have it, too. Fixed a throttle cable of a 3C I had on the bike lift 2 weeks ago that did not close sliders. Turned out, the grease/oil inside the cable had dried out and blocked the cable. dismounted the cable, mounted this tool, some squirts of WD40 and the cable slid almost without friction! Cable back onto the bike, the sliders did close easily again!
 
Yes, that's it, the clutch cable I fitted has been carried twisted into a small loop as a spare for maybe 5 years. I expect it had dried out as well. It's now nice and smooth, need another spare cable though for next weeks 4-day Snowy Ride.
 
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