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

And may I add: if you have a Triple and there is a DMC installed with the original Pickups, please make sure the pickups are set up PERFECTLY and the cables are all in good condition. The DMC changes the ignition timing at idle to stabilize idle running. If the pickups are not perfect, it can result in big changes timing-wise, which can - believe it or not - cause big issues on the starter clutch.

This is only true for Pickup-Systems, not for the ones with a single photo-cell!
 
A bit more work on the tiddler engines: we've put location dowels in the crankcases to stop any shimmying ( I know, I know, its totally OTT with 4bhp) and started renovating the gearbox. New bronze end-nut for the mainshaft, and sorting the wear on the end of the shaft where it runs in a brass caged roller bearing.
 

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Now that the gearbox shaft end has been sorted by a little grinding, the original 6mm caged rollers are sloppy, so we are replacing them with slightly larger ones. This necessitates fabricating a new bronze cage for them on the engineer's CNC machine, which he has done this morning...

I know it is run-of-the-mill to the engineers on the forum such as Keith, Red and Piet, but I'm gobsmacked by this stuff.

Chris.
 

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I'll tell you what Al, the drive was bloody horrible and all I wanted to do was escape. It was actually on the A37 near Bath and the amount of traffic and speed restrictions around Frome etc makes you want to weep. I did think of it mind you ;)
 
Finally got the drummer on the road for the first time in over 20 years, shimmed the neutral switch but it has to come out another 0,5mm. Rode the 74 today on the way to get the 73 registered, so I have a back to back comparison. Pulls harder for some reason, even though the specs are exactly the same - very odd. Clutch is soo much lighter with the Lucas levers. After having been on Wilbers shocks for some time the Cerianis are really awful :p
The 74 has a slight weave when banked at around 110 which the 73 does not. The brake, surprisingly, is closer to the Brembos than I thought.
 
I love to hear first-hand honest opinions like these. There is no shame in telling it like it is. I find it fascinating how 2 bikes so similar can feel so different, not bad, just different. And not perfect, nothing is perfect. Hopefully, over time everything improves or so I keep telling myself so I feel better as I get older.
 
Even brand new, Laverdas varied massively in how they felt, both 750 and triple. Just riding them to the rego office in Melbourne you could get bikes that just felt great, motor responsive, powerful and smooth, others that just felt tight and said "please be kind to me", and the bikes seemed to hold that character as long as I was there servicing them. It was pot luck buying a new bike, you didn't get to try several and take your pick, it was taken out of the crate just for you. BMW were also very much like that.
 
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