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

[Andy]

Cheers for that Vince. Having two seals can't help either. I'll stick with it for now, I can only feel the stiction in the shed and most of my riding is done outside 
Glyn, the bloke who makes Sports Valves is very helpful too, doesn't mind phone calls and emails asking dumb questions. He genuinely wants me to get the most out of the product.

 

[Vince]

Apparently, he has connections with Steve Whyne for Halwood Ducati Isle of Man days who is now living in New Zealand. Keep us in the loop please, it's good to see a great result.

 

[martymoose]

Nickle plated swingarm serviced and cleaned bearings regreased ready for installation

 

[Tippie]

What is the cigarette lighter plug thing in the tail light lens?
Is that the 750 that you crashed badly on, Marty?

 

[Dellortoman]

What's nickle?
I'm guessing it's nickel that's been through a pickling process. 

 

[piranha-bro2]

What is the cigarette lighter plug thing in the tail light lens?
Is that the 750 that you crashed badly on, Marty?

Reversing camera? 

 

[Legs]

Wasn't it a bit of a fad to put a blue lense in the middle of the tail light? Was thought to increase the brake light's visibility.

 

[Shajota]

Speaking of tail lights. Took the Eagle for a quick blat this morning and when I got home this is what I found :-

Took off straight away to retrace and found the tail light assembly in the middle of the road just around the corner, literally 100m away.
All complete and nothing broken except some small scratches. It was lying on the lens but must have flipped over at the very last.
Feeling very lucky it didn't fly off out on the highway and much more damage.......................

 

[chrisk]

Wasn't it a bit of a fad to put a blue lense in the middle of the tail light? Was thought to increase the brake light's visibility.

A blue lense in the tail light, is better than a blue light in the mirrors.

 

[martymoose]

Sf0 crashed and burned, this is the SF2. Yes it?s a blue dot. Not legal for rego, but I?m a rebel. 

 

[piranha-bro2]

Speaking of tail lights. Took the Eagle for a quick blat this morning and when I got home this is what I found :-

Took off straight away to retrace and found the tail light assembly in the middle of the road just around the corner, literally 100m away.
All complete and nothing broken except some small scratches. It was lying on the lens but must have flipped over at the very last.
Feeling very lucky it didn't fly off out on the highway and much more damage.......................

Don't fret - happens to the best of 'em. Steve B's SFC spat a lens at TC on a run a few weeks back ... no such part retrieval was possible, by all accounts!

 

[CLEMTOG]

got The Old Girl (TOG) onto the ramp yesterday, going to drop out the left fork leg as the seals are now leaking badly, it surprised me when I saw how much oil was sitting in the recess under the fork dust seals/caps, I suppose it pumps out under pressure and then cant dflow back in because of no pressure.
  Unsure whether to do a quick repair and drop in new seals (I stock them) on the one leg and be done, or do both, and as it has always been too soft, even on new stock springs, fit uprated Race Tech springs (means a shipment from USA probably) and do the gold emulators while I am in there, time will tell, as at the moment I am underway with a very overdue repair to my digger, its all apart for many jobs that get put off, but you can actually drive around, now it only runs for 20 minutes before it boils, (blocked radiator), glow plugs duff, first tappet adjustment for 18 years, slack in levers, and one broken connection, rev counter cable snapped, leaking ram(s) two hoses, etc etc , thank God I don't need it for work anymore, just home improvements and maintenance

CLEM

 

[Tippie]

Do both side seals Clem, a quick and easy job. Order springs and emulators, and just fit the springs when they come, very easy and will transform the bike. The emulator job takes quite a bit more time and effort you can do when your digger is fixed.

 

[Shajota]

Update on my broken taillight bracket.
Decided repair was far beyond my chook scratch welding ability so took to my friendly engineering firm (who between repairing and building harvesting machinery make my life easier by doing jobs like pressing out swing arm bushes and repairing broken bleed nipples)
Luckily the boss man said he would get it done before they shut up for Christmas this arvo. So simple swap for some folding Aussie Pesos, jobs a good one:-

 

[chrisk]

Update on my broken taillight bracket.
Decided repair was far beyond my chook scratch welding ability so took to my friendly engineering firm (who between repairing and building harvesting machinery make my life easier by doing jobs like pressing out swing arm bushes and repairing broken bleed nipples)
Luckily the boss man said he would get it done before they shut up for Christmas this arvo. So simple swap for some folding Aussie Pesos, jobs a good one:-

Don't forget to use some decent mudguard washers on it Pete. Looks like the PO didn't use any.

 

[Shajota]

Don't forget to use some decent mudguard washers on it Pete. Looks like the PO didn't use any.

The only washers on the bracket were spring washers behind the nut! Spring washers on most things actually....
(The light unit has star washers where it attaches)
I will put some larger washers behind the bolt heads. Presume would also be good idea for some between bracket and mudguard, although doesn't appear it was meant to have anything there originally? (Bracket is shaped to fit flush on mudguard)
Or is some sort of isolation effective? 

 

[Paul Marx]

Just pick the tail light up every half century.
No isolation

Paul

 

[LJ-2]

Fresh rubbers everytime

 

[laverdas]

Apparently the elders can remember washing and re using there rubber

 

[Ventodue]

<snip> ...  fit the springs when they come, very easy and will transform the bike.

Second that.  I was genuinely surprised what a difference a pair of Race Tech springs made to my Corsa.  Deep trail braking suddenly became second nature ...