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

chrisk said:
: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. ;)I hope so you chair diving drunken sod.:D
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Fitted a new taillight to the Jota today, second one that it’s consumed. Hungry bloody thing. Amazing how they built the back end of the bike, n that to change a taillight assembly you have to dismantle the back of the bike🙁
Tom
 
That's what you get when an old design is "updated" on the cheap. Underneath the ducktail is the same old taillight bracket that had been there since the triple was introduced. Not that easy to design something new around something old, but cheaper than starting over again and doing it properly...

piet
 
Don't worry CK, its only 2 years till we do it all again and all previous hero acts are wiped clean..... :unsure:
You don't hear them carrying on about the motor home incident do you......

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what where you appealing against Shaun? and I should point out that a new MOT only certifies your vehicle as being roadworthy
WHILE YOU ARE AT THE MOT TEST STATION, the minute you drive it up the road, a kerbing might trash a tyre f.e. but you may well continue to drive on it! It did in the past have the stigma that what is inspected will last another year, but that never was the case, I remember trying to argue the toss with an inpsector at a main Ford dealer, who was saying that the steering ball joints on my Zodiac Mk11 convertible were sloppy, there was perceptable movement, but no iminent danger, he said it wouldnt last a year, I said it would if was parked in the garage for 11 months, he still failed me, I got it tested elswhere on the way home, back in the days of the while you wait drive in MOT.
CLEM
 
Went into town with Corinne. I hate riding in town. Even though, much less cars since Corona.

This is the birth place of Charles De Gaulle in Lille, France.

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CLEMTOG said:
what where you appealing against Shaun? and I should point out that a new MOT only certifies your vehicle as being roadworthy
WHILE YOU ARE AT THE MOT TEST STATION, the minute you drive it up the road, a kerbing might trash a tyre f.e. but you may well continue to drive on it! It did in the past have the stigma that what is inspected will last another year, but that never was the case, I remember trying to argue the toss with an inpsector at a main Ford dealer, who was saying that the steering ball joints on my Zodiac Mk11 convertible were sloppy, there was perceptable movement, but no iminent danger, he said it wouldnt last a year, I said it would if was parked in the garage for 11 months, he still failed me, I got it tested elswhere on the way home, back in the days of the while you wait drive in MOT.
CLEM
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Certified as insane Clem. 😊 The bike passed no worries
 
CLEMTOG said:
what where you appealing against Shaun? and I should point out that a new MOT only certifies your vehicle as being roadworthy
WHILE YOU ARE AT THE MOT TEST STATION, the minute you drive it up the road, a kerbing might trash a tyre f.e. but you may well continue to drive on it! It did in the past have the stigma that what is inspected will last another year, but that never was the case, I remember trying to argue the toss with an inpsector at a main Ford dealer, who was saying that the steering ball joints on my Zodiac Mk11 convertible were sloppy, there was perceptable movement, but no iminent danger, he said it wouldnt last a year, I said it would if was parked in the garage for 11 months, he still failed me, I got it tested elswhere on the way home, back in the days of the while you wait drive in MOT.
CLEM
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Testers are not to assume a vehicle will be parked for 11 months of the year. They have to assume the vehicle will be used as intended, anything borderline should be considered bad enough for a fail.

It's not their neck they're risking, it's yours! Most inspectors take their responsibilities seriously, thankfully.

Although I consider myself able enough to determine if a certain component requires replacement or not, I do appreciate the pointers that inspectors offer when inspecting my vehicles.

piet
 
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Paul Marx said:
Went into town with Corinne. I hate riding in town. Even though, much less cars since Corona.

This is the birth place of Charles De Gaulle in Lille, France.

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we had a combine factory in Marquette for many years - closed that as they fell apart , bought one in Denmark which was too expensive to build in and then bought the Laverda factory in Breganze - so good things do come out of France
 
Sadly "NOTHING" as I'm too old and fragile to ride a stallion any more and sold my Breganzie 2 years ago after being her care taker for something like 45 years to a trust worthy new care taker ;o(

I should be thankful that she did not kill me through them years.
 
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I'm just so glad that in Victoria (Australian state) we don't have to get annual roadworthy inspections, although I do expect that some day that will change - in NSW it's the norm (not sure if any other states do the annual thing). It's not as if every second car on Victorian roads is a death trap, although there are definitely some that would fail the annual test. I don't feet unsafe on the road as result of out 'lax' regs, and that's the main thing.
 
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