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

The Sock said:
Renewed my MOT Certificate.
I know I don't have to but I've never been a fan of marking my own homework.
5,568 miles since last year's.
He did remark that the rear tyre had been rubbing against something or I'd been riding extremely hard, in the corners.
I expained that it was 'pickup'.
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You need to get off the bike a bit more, arse hanging off the seat and knee down please. Great picture
 
A friend of mine, now in his late 60s, who has been in various racing series his whole life and is super fast, also maintains the old-fashioned driving style without hanging-off. Some time ago at a track day, another buddy once teased him, "You gotta stick your wrinkled ass out more!"
:D
 
I touched ground on the situation in my avatar in SPA some years ago with the even shorter ND-Alternator Cover (not to mention the left side where I rubbed through 2 nuts on the primary chain adjuster...). Mainly though because of my heavy weight I think rather than me being fast... :oops:
(and yes, I was sticking A LOT of bud out there, still being overhauled by a Matchless or something small and light on the outer side... :cry:)
 
chrisk said:
Champagne tastes, on a beer budget.

A corker of a solution though.
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Tip picked up over the phone from Mario at Thunderbikes. Lost my oil filler cap fanging on Mt Tamborine years ago, guzzi 750S. Use the gearbox cap in the higher pressure sump and and threaded in a champagne cork on the gearbox. Waste not want not with the champers though. Left the cork in the gearbox for a couple of years, no probs.

The 1200 though, that'll be sorted quick smart.
 
Picked up some bits that were Vapor Honed and saw the S frame in prime.
Left Starter Sprag clutch outer housing for a bit of machining. Smooth out gouges from Rollers.
I did 2 pair of Yokes so these images are mismatched.
 

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Proved that an early, fibreglass based dual seat from a 3C, won't fit a series 2 frame without removing the seat hinges and seat lock plate. It's about an inch too narrow to clear them.
Back to the drawing board then.
:(
 
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