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

I guess they are a product of their time, I think they're pretty chic, in a stylised way. When the weather is bad I wish the SS Bevel fairing on my 3c had similar handguards. But grafting something on is impossible to be done in a tidy way, I hope the NSW bloke with the moulds for those Panniers can mod them to be more practical, I guess that Laverda would have done that if it was easy to do. I tried similar with the sole seat addition that bolts on my Pantah, changing the size of these oddball shapes has a huge effect, angles and such. Hard to explain and even harder to achieve. Clean design is an art form.
 
Chappo said:
Give me a tank bag, any day. Perfect bike for one.

I'd rather put up with a bit of wind and rain than have those bolted on after thoughts on my bike. :)

By the way Piet, do you still have any RGS mirror rubber thingos? I'd gladly pay you Tuesday, for a couple of rubber thingos today :) My bike originally had the mirrors like pictured, until Norm Fraser's girl friend barreled through a stopped sign, and pissed bowled me and my girlfriend down the road. Eades supplied the rectangle type as replacement. I've made longer brackets for mirrors from ebay, but don't have the rubber bits.
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Can get back to you about the rubberies next week, I do think they're still in stock. Don't know if they're long enogh to cover the extended bracket.

I removed the fairing extensions directly after fitting them, were too ugly for me as well... but, they do their job well!

Sure, can't do any decent travelling without a tankbag with those panniers. The tankbag doesn't have to be that big though.

piet

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I mostly rode with a BMW tankbag and soft luggage. I used the higher Exec handlebars with the hand guards and cut a small opening in the front of the windscreen to relieve the pressure behind the fairing and stop any wind buffeting. It was a very comfortable calm place to sit for hours.
 
Those Exec handguards do a good job keeping your hands warm if you live in colder climates. Even on other bikes or snowmobiles with heated grips also keeping the wind off your hands makes a huge difference in keeping your hands warm.
 
Gidday Alzero, I'm interested in your modification with the hole in the fairing to Equalizer pressure. I've seen it on race bikes, but not on road bikes, how big a hole, and location? Photo? Thanks
 
martymoose said:
Gidday Alzero, I'm interested in your modification with the hole in the fairing to Equalizer pressure. I've seen it on race bikes, but not on road bikes, how big a hole, and location? Photo? Thanks
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Hi Marty, google “motorcycle screen vent”, there’s a bunch of proprietary products for this which will give you some ideas. On a previous bike with a large screen I made my own, made a big difference. Before that, at speed I could actually feel myself getting dragged forward and see raindrops hitting the back of the screen. The turbulence gave me headaches!
 
Andy said:
Hi Marty, google “motorcycle screen vent”, there’s a bunch of proprietary products for this which will give you some ideas. On a previous bike with a large screen I made my own, made a big difference. Before that, at speed I could actually feel myself getting dragged forward and see raindrops hitting the back of the screen. The turbulence gave me headaches!
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I was going to ask a similar question. The ZXR fairing I'm using had a small horizontal slot in front just below the screen but on the fibreglass replica i have it's closed. I can easily open it but was wondering whether it was worth it.
 
parrishsteve said:
Got my RGS out and about in the Chicago area for the first time ever. I bought it this winter and there's no way I could have gotten it to driving condition without this forum. Thank You! I also need to give Wolfgang a tip of the hat and a big 'Thank You'!
-Steve
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Nice, looks terrific. Like the silver wheels on the red ones too. Hope you get years of enjoyment with it.
 
Wondering why the chain is fouling the tyre edge the new 150 tyre measures 160.
Had to move the wheel a dick hair out of alignment so it was just missing. Messing about with a string and my eye It looked pretty good to me. About 1mm dif between the c/l of swing/arm pivot and axle.
520 chain needed I think
Couple of pics
 

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Had the same issue Rob, tyre I had the problem with was a Dunlop roadsmart 4 that caused me to remove quite a lot of rubber with a rasp to get chain clearance 😧 Ended up having to change to a 140 rear as the 150 was just so big 😧Am going to put a 520 chain on to give more clearance.
Tom
 
motoddrob said:
Wondering why the chain is fouling the tyre edge the new 150 tyre measures 160.
Had to move the wheel a dick hair out of alignment so it was just missing. Messing about with a string and my eye It looked pretty good to me. About 1mm dif between the c/l of swing/arm pivot and axle.
520 chain needed I think
Couple of pics
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potato peeler works great, I carry one in our race spares as our rear 160 wet tyres are way wider than our rear 160 slicks
install wets, trim with potato peeler until chain clears, jobs good
only have to last 7 laps :cool:
 
motoddrob said:
Wondering why the chain is fouling the tyre edge the new 150 tyre measures 160.
Had to move the wheel a dick hair out of alignment so it was just missing. Messing about with a string and my eye It looked pretty good to me. About 1mm dif between the c/l of swing/arm pivot and axle.
520 chain needed I think
Couple of pics
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Did you space the cush drive so that the rear sprocket still in alignment with the front one? I've noticed a lot of variation with tyre widths. On my 4.25 inch Akront the 160 tends to be a little more 'horizontal' on the very edges than I would prefer - a 4.5 inch would be perfect. My motor is 3mm to right and running a 520. I've also set up the customised std steel chainguard so any chain rub is on that rather than the tyre (eg during cornering on left handers.
 
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