Jo
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Cayeux ..?
What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?
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piranha-bro2
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More SFQ progress. Personalised tacho face finished and bezel refitted - many thanks to the person who posted on here the very clever idea of using of a lathe to aid in the process.
Couldn't be happier with the result - Cam did super work on the graphics. I don't think i would have bothered if you hadn't so generously offered to help out, Cam!
Couldn't be happier with the result - Cam did super work on the graphics. I don't think i would have bothered if you hadn't so generously offered to help out, Cam!
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The Sock
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lavgert
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- Vienna, Austria
... bought a pair of Bridgestone BT46 for my 1000 3CL. Ciao, Gert
chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia
Nice and clean looking around swingarm area, cool.Made an other test ride with my so called 1000 SFC, engine pulls enorme....
Laverdalothar
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- Germany
nice one - are you selling them?
No, the file is available for download on resources. Just use your local printer...
tom3c75
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- Cape Town South Africa
Missing the oil flow diagram.
Just kidding - it looks great!
Just kidding - it looks great!
I have had a slightly loose feeling lately, the bike tends to wonder about a bit and tram track so I gurded the lounes and broke out the Spoke torque wrench. The last time I did that resulted in a year long drama chasing broken spokes. So I went in a slow way creeping up on it, Starting at the air valve I went around at 4 kN and nothing was loose, then I went 4.5kN and 1 spokes was slightly loose, 1/4 0f a turn. Then I went to just under 5 and 3 needed again 1/4 of a turn and that's where I left it. There all now have a nice ring to the tap. So that wasn't the cause of the looseness. So next port of call was steering head, that got again 1/4 of a turn or a bit less.I have both top and bottom tapered bearings, in the past I never feel any knock but a slight nip has a big effect, its better a fanny hair loose than tight, tight results in a horrible slow rolling effect on the steering. Hope that does it for next weekends ride. I also had a sticking left blinker switch, about 50% of the time it takes 2 goes to get it flashing. So I pulled it to bits and blew a considerable amount of shit out of the switch and its much better. I have a rear tyre thats a hair past 1/2 worn out, I am hoping its fixed with the steering nip and not this tyre. We will see.
Laverda SF
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Sad that Perillie don't make the Rayon Belted 18" Phantom Radials any more ;o(
Tires became a plague for our Breganzies.
I evidently shewed her with BT 45's but never achieved my confidence compared to Phantoms.
Tires became a plague for our Breganzies.
I evidently shewed her with BT 45's but never achieved my confidence compared to Phantoms.
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Dellortoman
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My Jota's handling goes to shit as the rear tyre wears. A half worn out tyre can cause a nasty wobble when speeds go above about 140kph. I found that out when doing the parade laps with all the Laverdas at Eastern Creek during the BSFOS in 2011. I couldn't crank it up to speed without the bloody bike trying to chuck me off. Everyone else was whizzing past me on the straight. Blimey, was that really 10 years ago?
3CBRG
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- Northern California
Relocated horns second time. I like them best here. Takes my eye off the oil hose clamps. Just needed to fabricate simple hardware. No wire extension needed. Seem to work the same despite elimination of spring steel legs. Let's see how long it takes to lose one...Test ride undertaken since weather perfect. Still no blown main (8a) fuse. Happy!
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I noticed the other day that the Knurled gear lever tip has started to dig a hole in the top of my Gortex Alpine Star boot, not so good with mention of Aqura possible on next weekends Brass Monkey ride. Wet foot and cold not good. So I added some shrink wrap to the gear lever and as a desperate applied some Sikaflex to the divot on the boot. Hope that works, I might shape up some thin alloy and try sikaering that on to armor it. That's if it sticks at all. Better than $400 for a new set of boots.
GregT
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Slip a piece of rubber tube over the pedal. The oldtyme big rubber tips on gear pedals were at least kind to boots.
piranha-bro2
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Vince, I've still got my knurled lever (in the old parts bin!). Hated it. It used to dig into my foot and I'd end up with an abraded big toe. So I adapted an M6 cap screw and fit a std Jap gear lever rubber over it. Riveteers might not like it but I do!