martymoose
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- Sydney, Australia
What did you do to or for or with your Laverda today?
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piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
My HEL braided lines with clear plastic over them have got weirdo yellowish-brown stains (like bloody nicotine) in a couple of places - never been used or seen daylight - no idea why or how it happened. Ugly.
Looks like the factory side stand, can be a bit iffy...
Ratio of the brake lever won't do braking feedback any good.
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Dellortoman
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- Tasmania, Australia
There can be some small advantage with long lever arms like that. It's a way of mitigating sloppy movement at the pedal. If you maintain the same lever ratio by lengthening both lever arms by the same %, you end up with the same pedal movement to change gear or brake, but any slack at the linkage joints is reduced at the pedal. Better signal to noise ratio if you like to think of it that way. Although I prefer to eliminate slack in the linkage by using good Heim joints or nicely fitting pins/bushes.
Laverda1000.de
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- Haßberge, Germany
Mine cut into the top yoke. Have used coated ones ever since.
chrisk
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- Brisbane, Australia
If you believe plastics doesn’t break down over time, you’re wrong. It’s made from oil, perfect example is the triple air filter shroud. They all go dull over time. Add a little heat, the oils will come to the surface and go glossy again, for a while. Think black plastic car bumpers, the all grey over time, what rejuvenates them best, oil.
GregT
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- Christchurch NZ
Electricians teflon spiral cable wrap is good for protecting brake lines. It's usually available in clear or black. If you want colours, go to a dive shop and get the same thing in several colours - it's sold as a covering for air lines to make them more visible.
FWIW I found this many years back when our team colour was orange - non Laverda sorry. Sponsor was chuffed when I found orange covering for the brake lines.
piranha-bro2
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- Melbourne
No doubt CK, but these are blemished in one or two spots and have never been exposed to oil, brake fluid or sunlight. If they end up really bad, I'll sptrip them and do the teflon thing Greg recommends. Paul, I didn't want black lines - I like the braided stainless look.
Perry
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- West Dorset UK
E10 is spreading fast. Weather has finally picked up so went for a run in the Gloucestershire countryside. For some reason my triple does not like premium unleaded so always fill up with standard juice. This is now all E10 round here it seems so no choice but to go premium. Feels like it's all closing in.
Laverda1000.de
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- Haßberge, Germany
Some clear plastics simply deteriorate because the solvents inside the plastic evaporate over time. This breakdown process is basically inevitable and simply accelerated by things like heat, UV, chemicals etc
Exmoor beast
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- Minehead,Somerset, ENGLAND OF COURSE
I have had a Couple of fuel lines go soft and sweat due to ethanol fuel but I can’t see it being a problem with actual running of an old engine. It definitely attracts water in a half full tank and it’s played up my Acerbis Elefant tank to the point where it’s too big to fit on original mounts and has blisters under decals. There’s been a lot of scaremongering about pre 2000 vehicles not being compatible but No real facts. Fuels been crap for years, some of the classic mob are running avgas- might get a gallon for winter layup.
Laverda OR600 Atlas fuel tanks have been growing/expanding ever since they were firtst filled with fuel, also supplied by Acerbis. Has nought to do with the fuel, just crappy/unsuitable plastics. Even far more modern bikes with plastic tanks have the same issues, there is hardly a MZ1000 left on the planet that hasn't had the forward tank mounts altered and moved to accomodate the "longer" (up to 2cm!) tank. This bike hit the market when ethanol was already a common/mandatory ingredient of pump fuels.
piet
piet
Good site see he is a man of my own heart also
Oh and not a cheap Chinese ratchet crimper in sight shh dont mention PRC to our mate TC but hmm if you look at his picture of his criimpers that he posted back a bit I would suggest that there is more than one pair made in PRC but lets not tell him..
mums the word 
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Marty looks like a factory type side stand to me, hmm didnt realise that Breganze was in Japan oh well what would I know huh..
Bet you are glad to get your bike lifter back huh
shh let‘s not let the club inspector know about that modified brake arm shall we So you are getting more comfortable on your 3C we will never catch you now
that is if we ever get to go out on a ride again… oh and not sure I like the green of Brian’s bike but its different.. much prefer this green to be honest.. but each to their own…Attachments
Dellortoman
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That's a beautiful green Brett. Do you have a RAL number for that colour?
My Jota was originally green, but the PO painted it orange. I'd like to go back to a nice green.
My Jota was originally green, but the PO painted it orange. I'd like to go back to a nice green.