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

[piranha-bro2]

Matters not Q. Those ‘Beer Bottle’ slugs are very forgiving.

Looking at the crowns, pardon pun, I’d say the head has had some serious work done to it.

Runs on beer-based ethanol? How strong is the mix in the slugs? 10% Should fly!

 

[Thomas aus LAU]

Runs on beer-based ethanol? How strong is the mix in the slugs? 10% Should fly!

No mix, we prefer it pure. Water is for frogs and fishes.
If you will drive into a country where alcohol is forbidden you can change to alcohol-free beer.
In this case, you had to ad from time to time some Pastis, Whisky or similar in your tank. Works fine.

Thomas aus LAU

 

[Thomas aus LAU]

...... Were you able to guarantee that the new small end bushes in the conrods were perfectly parallel?

The idea was born out of necessity - I wanted to reduce the time, money and stress on the engine.
The first draft made of hardwood worked so well, that I did not recreate the bracket professionally from e.g. aluminum.
I and others have used this tool very successfully on several occasions (> 10).

The technology is based on the fact, that the cylinder's stud bolts are parallel to the crankshaft.
If the two connecting rods are pressed against this stop, the position of the connecting rods is perfectly identical (with the same type of connecting rod).
With the conical guide sleeves of the reamer, the outer sides of the connecting rod bearings become support bearings.
The method would also compensate for deviations caused by an inexactly manufactured connecting rod / bore.

During the first work we had clamped an additional support bearing for the guide sleeves on the two outer studs. The reamer is so self-centering that you can do without it. The result is 100% accurate.

If you push a long ground shaft through the piston pin bearing after work, you hit the other side exactly in the bearing of the other connecting rod.
It fits as precisely as a piston pin goes through the piston. I have never achieved such an accuracy with expensive conventionally repaired connecting rod bearings.

It is important that you have a sharp, adjustable and divisible reamer. HUNGER is the market leader in this area.

Thomas aus LAU

 

[piranha-bro2]

I can't quite picture in my head how it works, Thomas. But whatever you did, it sounds very clever!

 

[Tippie]

Excellent work Thomas, you are an asset. The bike relay does look great in that (non) colour black.

 

[Thomas aus LAU]

Excellent work Thomas, you are an asset. The bike relay does look great in that (non) colour black.

Honor where credit is due - Alex built the bike. I just revived the engine.

Life is not a Ponnyhof - that is why the black Laverda was allowed to make her first short trip (140 km) together with 15 other Laverdas.
We visited one of our Laverdisti at his grave, unfortunately he died a few weeks ago.
A total of 24 Laverdas from all over Bavaria met here in the Oberpfalz, the weather at the first day was perfect.

Super nice friends with also super Laverdas plus good conversations around the campfire.
The last ones are in their sleeping bags at four o'clock in the morning.
The way home will have a lot of rain, but who cares, Laverdas are water resistant.

Life is Beautiful.

Thomas aus LAU

 

[Andy]

Looks like a whole calendar!

 

[GregT]

I like the align reamer setup. I could have used it a few years back converting a Benelli 650 from needle roller small ends to bronze bushes.
What I did do was check they were aligned with a mandrel bar through both rods once they were honed to finished size.
The bar through the small ends is still a very good way of checking crank alignment and indexing on multis with pressed up cranks.

I'll revisit the carb synch thing too. many years back, I was asked to set up a newly rebuilt Harris Triumph 750. New Amal Mk2's on it and a Boyer ignition - which I think was stock on those things. It had been rebuilt properly by a guy I knew and everything which needed to be done on those POS things had been done. I rough sync'd the carbs using the finger method and it ran very well. Idled at about 900-950RPM. Just to impress the owner who was watching, I pulled out the vacuum gauges and used them. Much to my surprise I got it to idle at an indicated 500 RPM....
All I could think was that the new carbs and Boyer were worth the money he'd spent.

 

[Thomas aus LAU]

Looks like a whole calendar!

I forgot: the very early white 650 GT is no. (10)22, the SFC is 1. series with Magnesium front brake.

If i understood Volki right, the beautiful Strike is for sale.

The hand made exhaust is from BALDES, a genius for such stuff. Much more power and rev and a beatifull not too loud sound.

Thomas aus LAU

 

[chrisk]

Who is the guy with the bottle hanging off his hand in the first picture? He has a very familiar face, but I can’t place it.

 

[Thomas aus LAU]

Who is the guy with the bottle hanging off his hand in the first picture? He has a very familiar face, but I can’t place it.

1. It´s the unknown "bottle hanging off his hand"-guy. This is not uncommon in our area. In Bavaria, beer is legally defined as a food.
2. "very familiar face" - impossible, it´s a Guzzi-driver!

No, seriously, I'll clarify and send you a PM.

Thomas aus LAU

 

[chrisk]

2. "very familiar face" - impossible, it´s a Guzzi-driver!

That'll explain it ..... Guzzi and BMW riders all look the same, the world over.

 

[Lee87H]

Had a great ride today, 72 degrees is the perfect temperature, had so much fun I forgot to take a picture in a nice setting, oh well

 

[Lee87H]

Had a great ride today, 72 degrees is the perfect temperature, had so much fun I forgot to take a picture in a nice setting, oh well

 

[chrisk]

Is that a Z1R or a 1000J in the background?

 

[piranha-bro2]

And Buell in the right foreground? What's the front fork on it? Questions Questions!!

 

[helicopterjim]

That'll explain it ..... Guzzi and BMW riders all look the same, the world over.

Yeah ..... but Guzzi tits beat those saggy BMW tits any day!

Jim

 

[chrisk]

Yeah ..... but Guzzi tits beat those saggy BMW tits any day!

Jim

One of life's little mysteries is solved, now I know what these are for.

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[Lee87H]

I's a Z1R 1000 D3

 

[Lee87H]

And Buell in the right foreground? What's the front fork on it? Questions Questions!!

2000 M2 Cyclone, stock fork, believe it's a Showa, seems to work well