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

[Paul Marx]

Don't oil Teflon or Nylon lined cables.
As for the others, a squirt of silicon rather than oil, it dries and doesn't pick up muck.

Paul

 

[martymoose]

Thats a great idea cam!  Took 1 degree out at 3k, 2 out at 4k.  Less advance is more torque!  Pulls like a train.  Maximum advance 24 degrees.  Will made up a switch which changed the map on the fly, taking 2 degrees out of the whole curve.  It was too much, but fun to test.  Got the six plugger pretty well dialled in now. 

 

[sfcpiet]

Thats a great idea cam!  Took 1 degree out at 3k, 2 out at 4k.  Less advance is more torque!  Pulls like a train.  Maximum advance 24 degrees.  Will made up a switch which changed the map on the fly, taking 2 degrees out of the whole curve.  It was too much, but fun to test.  Got the six plugger pretty well dialled in now.

That's interesting, Marty.

I'm currently at around 26? with my six-plugger, quite happy with performance. 

piet

 

[martymoose]

Hi Piet,

Ill try and get Will to send me the curve off his laptop, so i can send it to you.  With the custom cams, the thing really comes alive above 5000, and things get scary fast. 

 

[sfcpiet]

Hi Piet,

Ill try and get Will to send me the curve off his laptop, so i can send it to you.  With the custom cams, the thing really comes alive above 5000, and things get scary fast.

At our age Marty, anything with more than 50 hp can be scary fast.

Mine has become so peaky, it doesn't really make sense any more on the road.  Engine is almost too responsive and brakes have a deadly bite at anything below 100km/h.  Still a hoot, though.

I'd appreciate the curve, thanks, maybe I can transfer it to the DMC.

piet

 

[paulincayman]

Tough job you have there..



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Took a restored series 2 for a road test today.
Difficult job but somebody has to do it.

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[rodbargee]

on the way back on the b1257 today

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[rodbargee]

Today on the b1257

 

[rodbargee]

Today on the b1257

 

[CLEMTOG]

had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon today sat at the kitchen table sorting out some 1200TS, RGA or Jota 120 clocks. That somebody had ruined by chopping off the flying lead and its plug, thanks to Jouni, a new plug was easy pease, it generated another quest, see my thread that follows.
CLEM

 

[rodbargee]

Not quite sure why it posted the photo twice aplogies

 

[Schurminater]

had a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon today sat at the kitchen table sorting out some 1200TS, RGA or Jota 120 clocks. That somebody had ruined by chopping off the flying lead and its plug, thanks to Jouni, a new plug was easy pease, it generated another quest, see my thread that follows.
CLEM

Looks like a very productive table Clem  (bigthumb)

 

[helicopterjim]

Not quite sure why it posted the photo twice aplogies

No apy poly logies needed. Even Clem was so taken with your double that he did the same!

Jim

 

[redfox]

Despite the dark forcasting by the Greta-generation like Winter does not exists any more etc, Winter seems to come fast by now, and it's getting cold and slippery outside on the roads with lots of wet massed leaves etc, so this last Sunday was the day for me to take a last drive on the Laverda for this year.
A great drive with a like minded Laverda friend on his Laverda 1200tts beemer 1200 flat twin.
Willy nilly, it drove as well as always and a nice cup of hot chocolate postponed the feeling of cold weather.
All good for now.
Stay safe.
Kind regards,
Jacques

 

[Paul Marx]

Greta must have been around here since we now have ripe olives in Northern France.
There will soon be olive groves in Surrey which is South of where I live.
Tea and olives anybody?

Paul

 

[CLEMTOG]

"Even Clem was so taken with your double that he did the same!"
I know nothing, wasn't me, I swear
CLEM

 

[Tippie]

The warmest November temperatures ever recorded at random spots about the place here in Norway, but it is too bloody cold to enjoy riding now.

 

[paulincayman]

Packed up my cylinder block and shipped to Florida for a vapour blast cleaning and the on for a rebore..first oversize fitting Ross 10:1s courtesy of Wolfgang.

 

[Andy]

Following some severe breaking practice which showed up a fork seal failure, I whipped the forks off yesterday 
While I'm at it I'll bung some Sports Valves in them  8)
Also while I'm at it I'll do the steering head bearings because they're a bit notchy 
And while the wheels are off I'll get new tyres 
I've got some lighter carb springs on the way so I'll give the carbs a once over as well  :
I want to trial a smaller clutch master cylinder  :-\
And I need to replace the fuel tank breather hose because it's perished 
I might have a look at the steering lock while the steering stem is on the bench
.....

Why didn't I start this in autumn... instead of spring??? 

 

[paulincayman]

Messing about with new top shock mount location.  First casualty was the lift handle . Some thing to do while the head is in Oz and the block in the US.