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

Jo said:
Clem,
correct spelling. Full name is Arcangelo Lavarda. Have a look in the "Laverda 750 La Diva" book - he appears a lot in it. He was a Laverda employee, and is function is mentioned their as a test driver.

Cheers,
Jo
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Yes, Arcangelo, alias Chun. Quite a charmer.
He's on the photo of the first SFC along with Giuseppe Andrighetto.

Paul
 
SFC1000 day and a stroke of luck with the 1200TS
Cleaned the inside of my SFC1000 headlight, which given it is a semi sealed unit was not so straight forward but what an improvement.
Replaced a faulty high beam warning light bulb with an LED.
Pulled apart the LH switch gear to make the horn work - it was all about getting the thing to earth properly and seemed harder than I expected, but horn is nice and crisp now.
BUT the biggest celebration was when I took the 1200TS for a ride. It has been over-revving at tickover - it stays high when I pull up and then falls back to normal and I was convinced this was because there was an air leak at the inlet manifold. So imagine my surprise when I leaned forward on the tank at a red light and the engine revs increased - and so it was, the Mikunis clearance to the tank is so fine that it is prone to touch the throttle mechanism and increase the tickover revs, but from time to time it will drop back to normal. All confirmed by pushing down and lifting the tank up. Saved a lot of mucking about that did.

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ngiles said:
SFC1000 day and a stroke of luck with the 1200TS
Cleaned the inside of my SFC1000 headlight, which given it is a semi sealed unit was not so straight forward but what an improvement.
Replaced a faulty high beam warning light bulb with an LED.
Pulled apart the LH switch gear to make the horn work - it was all about getting the thing to earth properly and seemed harder than I expected, but horn is nice and crisp now.
BUT the biggest celebration was when I took the 1200TS for a ride. It has been over-revving at tickover - it stays high when I pull up and then falls back to normal and I was convinced this was because there was an air leak at the inlet manifold. So imagine my surprise when I leaned forward on the tank at a red light and the engine revs increased - and so it was, the Mikunis clearance to the tank is so fine that it is prone to touch the throttle mechanism and increase the tickover revs, but from time to time it will drop back to normal. All confirmed by pushing down and lifting the tank up. Saved a lot of mucking about that did.

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Cool road !
 
After bike blew fuse in driveway upon return last test ride. Fuse was not contacting completely due to wires having been inserted too far at connection. Hope that's all it was. It's only 8 amp and should be 30 if I read the wiring print correctly.
My amp test on this (primary) circuit indicated 3.5 amp draw at 3-4 thousand rpm with lights on, so put another 8 amp in to see what happens. Installed my new sidestand in interim. Pic shows first deployment. Perfect angle. Great for when need to maneuver for gate / garage door etc. Some might notice horns removed. Revising mount to get them lower than I had them.
Pumped grease into swing arm. Tough going. 10x more wasted than used, but job done. Another test ride. Stonkin'!
 

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Have a finger poke up at the ends of your swingarm, I tend to find the gease motherload ending up hiding there. Its a big mess usualy
 
Nick, you probably need to pack that rear fuel tank mount, its the ball end rubber bit that sits in the fuel tank divot and plugs into the frame, been there to clear the Mikuni carbs. Don't go too far you you loose tank capacity jacking the taps and tank bottom off level to much.
 
Pushed the SFC1000 out for another "running-in-run", opened the ped cocks, saw lots of fuel zipping down from 2 fuel line connections. closed the pet cocks, pushed the bike back into the garage, took the 750 S Formula out, turned the key, pressed the button and wromm - started up instantly! Took it out for a short 100km run - what a bike...! So light, so easy, so powerful and such a great suspension... Might have looked weird though, me not really slim person on such a small bike, but it was still somewhat comfortable to ride and was just pure fun!

When ever you have a chance to ride one - do it! Make sure though not to lean onto the handle-bars, they do not like that... hold your upper body with your back-muscles and touch the handle bars almost just with 2 - 3 fingers very losely. you can then direct it almost with your hips...

Just love the bike! Glad my son (who wants to ride it once he has the "open" license, which is currently limited to 48hp) kept me from selling it...
 
LJ-2 said:
Lost my appeal and certified road legal for another year 😊
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:rolleyes: Note the stain with the white triangle on the ground? (Pic 338.)

That's where he first parked the bike, its fuel leaked out (again) and he moved the bike forward of the fuel stain so we wouldn't comment.
You're a lousy bugger Shaun Dampier. ;)
 
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