What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?
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Jo
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- Cologne, NRW Germany
Why should you keep an R25? The brave little engine has just a little more power to overcome the internal friction. There is almost nothing left for something like propulsion. On straights she reached an unimaginable 90km/h.
He still has an R60 and an R100S Spezial, the R25 is no longer driven, and it'd be too bad to just stand around.
The Laverda and I definitely had a very cozy afternoon.
He still has an R60 and an R100S Spezial, the R25 is no longer driven, and it'd be too bad to just stand around.
The Laverda and I definitely had a very cozy afternoon.
Exmoor beast
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- Minehead,Somerset, ENGLAND OF COURSE
Nice headlamp...
Jo
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- Cologne, NRW Germany
Exmoor beast
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I meant, keep the headlight then all you need is the bits behind it for a really nice Laverda 750- it’s a start.
Shajota
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- Whitsundays Qld
Had a moment this morning with an effing kamikaze kangaroo while out on the AE!
The roo came hurtling out of the long grass on the other side of the road, going full belt on a direct collision course. No way to escape the inevitable I fleetingly wondered where it would be best to land to minimise damages
(mainly to me, it hurts when I fall over now!!)
Anyway, first point of contact was the the right side fork (He was in a hurry and low to the ground), which wrenched the handlebars sideways, smashed into the right header which made the whole bike buck and weave, hit my right foot which was bent down under its weight and then I was past it!
Luckily I was still upright after a bit of rodeo action so sometimes it is good to be riding an old tank and those high wide handlebars are very handy in that scenario
Stopped for an inspection. Plenty skin and fur attached to the T piece of the axle and blood all over the front mudguard. Marks on the header and plenty recently eaten grass splattered along the right silencer! (The roo was a goner!)
The front end seemed a bit loose and clanky around the headlight and fork shroud. On closer inspection initial impact pushed the forks back enough to contact the fork shrouds as they compressed, particularly the left shroud which has left quite some marks/scratches on left fork leg. It appears it must have also damaged the fork shroud spacer which is the cause of the "looseness" as the left shroud now has too much up and down play.
Rode it home and all seemed good, so probably just have to take apart and use something else as a spacer. Forks seemed to be acting normally so hopefully all good. Big toe and ankle was a bit sore from impact but all seems good now.
It's been over 40 years since I last had a major hit with a roo (had a few sideswipes in the meantime) That time a big roo had jumped across in front of me late at night and wiped out the headlight and instrument cluster as well as some other front end damage on my Honda 4.
Miraculously didn't come off that time either, but I had some protection as I was on my way to a party 100 kms away after 10 o'clock closing where I had been
(still got to the party, just followed the white centre lines..............)
(I do feel lucky today as it was quite an impact)
The roo came hurtling out of the long grass on the other side of the road, going full belt on a direct collision course. No way to escape the inevitable I fleetingly wondered where it would be best to land to minimise damages
(mainly to me, it hurts when I fall over now!!)Anyway, first point of contact was the the right side fork (He was in a hurry and low to the ground), which wrenched the handlebars sideways, smashed into the right header which made the whole bike buck and weave, hit my right foot which was bent down under its weight and then I was past it!
Luckily I was still upright after a bit of rodeo action so sometimes it is good to be riding an old tank and those high wide handlebars are very handy in that scenario
Stopped for an inspection. Plenty skin and fur attached to the T piece of the axle and blood all over the front mudguard. Marks on the header and plenty recently eaten grass splattered along the right silencer! (The roo was a goner!)
The front end seemed a bit loose and clanky around the headlight and fork shroud. On closer inspection initial impact pushed the forks back enough to contact the fork shrouds as they compressed, particularly the left shroud which has left quite some marks/scratches on left fork leg. It appears it must have also damaged the fork shroud spacer which is the cause of the "looseness" as the left shroud now has too much up and down play.
Rode it home and all seemed good, so probably just have to take apart and use something else as a spacer. Forks seemed to be acting normally so hopefully all good. Big toe and ankle was a bit sore from impact but all seems good now.
It's been over 40 years since I last had a major hit with a roo (had a few sideswipes in the meantime) That time a big roo had jumped across in front of me late at night and wiped out the headlight and instrument cluster as well as some other front end damage on my Honda 4.
Miraculously didn't come off that time either, but I had some protection as I was on my way to a party 100 kms away after 10 o'clock closing where I had been
(still got to the party, just followed the white centre lines..............)(I do feel lucky today as it was quite an impact)
martymoose
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- Sydney, Australia
Sounds like a very lucky escape. Glad you are ok
Dellortoman
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- Tasmania, Australia
Kangaroo burgers for dinner?
Glad you didn't join the 'roo in the hereafter.
Glad you didn't join the 'roo in the hereafter.
henrywillms
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- Canada
Does the seat on your bike have a brown streak after you shit your pants?
Shajota
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- Whitsundays Qld
Ha ha, no knife with me Cam and wasn't going to sling the carcass over my shoulder. Having to clean the crap off the bike as soon as I got home was quite enough!
Ahh, definitely a butt clenching moment, but as it was about to and actually happening, I just seemed to have a feeling of inevitability and
calmness!?!
I was jumping at shadows all the way home though
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
Holy shaez!! That was a close one! It takes a lot to throw an SF/AE off line. You were on the right moto!
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Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond
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- Cotwolds
Phew glad you are ok - here it could be a deer does the same or in my case a drunk cyclist - I also stayed on and avoided the oncoming traffic
Dellortoman
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- Tasmania, Australia
You'd need to clean bits of drunk cyclist off your bike ASAP to get rid of the evidence.
GregT
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- Christchurch NZ
Trust me - that shit gets everywhere. No tests for roo blood afaik, but several for drunk cyclists blood.
The R25 brings back memories. The old man bought one off a German seaman who'd jumped ship here in NZ and needed cash to go home.
He went through it and repainted it. Nice little bike. I did probably hundreds of miles on the pillion. His opinion of the internals was "shit where shit would do - but bloody nice where it had to be" Having watched him do that one, when a local asked me about doing an Isetta motor, I said why not ? Did the now common roller bearing big end conversion while we were in there. Isettas have a plain big end as stock.
I asked the German supplier of the rod kit whether he usually rebalanced after fitting it. Apparently not required in a car.
Legs
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- Adelaide Hills
Strewth, gotta look out for roos; brushed shoulders with one at 120kph at dawn on the Mallee Highway. Will never ride on the open road at dawn or dusk again.
Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond
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- Cotwolds
Sadly no breathe test for a drunk cyclist ! But one for a non drinking motorcyclist ! - if it wasn’t for the paramedics who coded their paperwork with a high level of alcohol present it would have been a lot harder - made it to crown court - waste of everyone’s money and more expensive insurance as the case was thrown out but costs were born by the insurance industry
Laverdalothar
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Went on the first 200 kilometers over the weekend on my 1000 SFC, which I restored over the past years (Engine work done by OCT with re-worked head, bigger pistons, re-worked crank, adjusted shifting etc. etc.; Frame was welded up also by OCT with some stiffening brackets to get it to series 2 frame specs. Frame and all other golden parts got repainted including the rims (GSX-R) etc. etc. and everything was re-assembled carefully. Now 300 km more, first oil-exchange, re-torquing the head and another 500km with the next oil-exchange and another re-torquing and valve-clearance checking before I start to rise the revs beyond 4.000.... 