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

While putting the finishing touches to the SFQ wiring I discover that the kill switch in the new ND push pull throttle is junk and an inner inspection revealed it had completely lost all contact as the small springs that act on the detent balls seem to have dissolved. It was bought in 2015 on Fleabay for $55 as a genuine GT750 Suzuki part but the innards prove why it was cheap! Looks great but is shite. Luckily I had the guts from a genuine ND one and have soldered and fitted that. Now I realise that the starter button operates intermittently as well - so that's gotta be sorted as well! Glad I discovered that now rather than out in the boondocks! Trying to build a bulletproof bike here FFS!

Should get cycle parts (fairing, sidecover and instrument brackets, and cut-down triple chainguard) back from the powder coaters tomoz - satin black. About to sign off on wiring and sort the SFC seat. Then the frame can be done.
 
hello Paul, I read somewhere that you had to drill and press out the emulsion tube holder, I see you have the "deep sump" float bowl nuts fitted, are you sure you have the correct LONG TYPE guts inside, as the short ones do fit, but obviously not the other way around. easy to change now but ball ache (ish) later.
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
hello Paul, I read somewhere that you had to drill and press out the emulsion tube holder, I see you have the "deep sump" float bowl nuts fitted, are you sure you have the correct LONG TYPE guts inside, as the short ones do fit, but obviously not the other way around. easy to change now but ball ache (ish) later.
CLEM
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It's all correct Clem.

Paul
 
Hi Gert,
What a lovely example does it ride as well as it looks?
Is that seat the original type on your 100? Seems to be a very different arrangment to my 100 which is earlier - 1955 and is not fitted with a full width hub so braking is pretty poor at the moment!!
They are very pretty little bikes, no wonder Laverda sold so many of them.
Adios,
Charles
 
Laverda sold a lot of the little bikes, their most successful production, because they won races and people needed reliable transport to bring the hens to market.

Paul
 
seagreen said:
Hi Gert,
What a lovely example does it ride as well as it looks?
Adios,
Charles
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Hi Charles, I can't tell you so far how it rides. It is still missing the complete wiring and the correct speedo cable. But spring is coming and I hope it will be finished soon.
I have a 1955 100 Sport also, waiting her restauration. I am thinking of a Regolarita replica.
Ciao, Gert
 
Turned back the clock today!! Am restoring the gauges on the 750, both getting a lot of condensation in them. New faces, glass, seals, LED globes etc. I bought the speedo a few years ago second hand with 32,685 miles on the odometer prior to my bike restoration. Since the motor was a complete restoration, and I have done only 3,040 miles on it, I wanted the odometer to show that. So now was the time to tackle the problem. I worked out how to turn each reel separately without removing the drum from the speedo housing. Very carefully does it, but it's not difficult to do.
Happy now with the correct engine miles showing on the clock, and it works fine turning it over with a drill.
 

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Cam Pre compliance is 76, Indicators are 83, no issues here, maybe you should consider the move, the weather is much more favorable in QLD, so I've heard...
 
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