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

Sad to hear about this Paul. Hope you recover quickly. Been off the forum riding through the high country with the Victorian club and only just read it.
Best wishes for a speedy recovery Paul👍
 
Guzzi rebuild is finished, started on the RGS carb rebuild and other maintenance, now waiting on carb parts from Wolfgang for the RGS, moved the 82 1200 on to the lift to deal with peeling pinstripe tape. I bought a specialized plastic scraper that uses plastic blades that look like razor blades but don't harm paint, removing all striping and adhesives and starting fresh.

wishing Paul Marx, a speedy recovery. Horrible thoughts looking at his photo of the blazing bike.

Paul LeClair
 

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Many thanks to all those with a kind word and comment.
I got home yesterday midday after having had 2 screws in my left heel Saturday pm. My left thumb is blocked by a cast at the moment to be replaced by a smaller contention tomorrow.
I'm trying to get around home, sorting things and doing paperwork in a wheel chair. Not easy. I feel for the people for whom it's a lifelong experience.

The car driver came over yesterday. He accepts responsibility but we'll see what his insurance says. The police came to the scene and took statements from several witnesses if need be.
It's obvious that the car driver didn't slow enough coming into the roundabout, cast a quick glance to his left to make sure that nothing was coming, only I was more or less in front of him, about to peel off the roundabout. Bang. Problem is that the insurance companies minimise their responsibility so as to minimise what they pay.
My 3C was valued at € 15 000 a year ago and the restoration is well documented by numerous photos. Add my damaged equipment, helmet, vest Kevlar jeans and nearly new Daytona boots. And airbag which may have saved me from more serious injuries.
I'll go to court if the drivers insurance so much as hiccups's

I'll go and see the wreck of the bike tomorrow to see if it can be rebuilt around engine and frame. There's a hell of a lot of Keith Nairns work in that engine.

Paul
 
Pics of the wreck would be interesting in a horror show way. Melting or heat distortion would be the biggest issue I think. None broken fingers crossed mate.
 
Andy J said:
I’m sure, like the phoenix, your 3C will rise from the ashes Paul. 🙂
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If the foundry parts are ok, yes.
If the insurance will let it go and reimburses me sufficiently.
The SFC fire cost me € 25 000 of my own money because the bike was only insured third party. The 3C was properly insured but an insurers job is to hold on to his money.
I can't throw any more money at motorcycles.

Paul
 
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Paul Marx said:
If the foundry parts are ok, yes.
If the insurance will let it go and reimburses me sufficiently.
The SFC fire cost me € 25 000 of my own money because the bike was only insured third party. The 3C was properly insured but an insurers job is to hold on to his money.
I can't throw any more money at motorcycles.

Paul
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good luck Paul - i moved to an agreed value insurance a few years ago - got to keep an eye on the value and added value as you say Keiths work
 
I dont do the "agreed value" anymore, I just find the anual pictures and wrtten valuation (above £10,000) just too much hassle, and surprisingly, I do very few written valuations these days, and a lot of Laverda's are worth more than ten grand, so plenty of others must be thinking the same! I have insurance, full comp. so leave it at that, market value will do me fine if I suffer a loss, hope not.
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
I dont do the "agreed value" anymore, I just find the anual pictures and wrtten valuation (above £10,000) just too much hassle, and surprisingly, I do very few written valuations these days, and a lot of Laverda's are worth more than ten grand, so plenty of others must be thinking the same! I have insurance, full comp. so leave it at that, market value will do me fine if I suffer a loss, hope not.
CLEM
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Just be careful- I have agreed value and also I own the salvage whatever. Mate of mine lost his classic car after a fairly minor claim- insurance company wrote it off , paid him “ their value” and the salvage went..he always believed the garage that did the insurance estimate ended up with it.
 
You're all foreigners, laws are different here.
There's no way I could afford fully comprehensive insurance on all my bikes.
I was quoted €1000 a year on the SFC alone, I have 7 or 8 insured of varying estimated value.

Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
'll go and see the wreck of the bike tomorrow to see if it can be rebuilt around engine and frame. There's a hell of a lot of Keith Nairns work in that engine.
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Good luck with it Paul. It is hard to see in the Z1A picture I shared that most of the engine covers and casting melted from the heat in fact there was a stream of molten metal flowing downhill from the bike, and even the top triple clamp disappeared in the fire, and nothing was salvageable, maybe a few internals but crankcases were visibly warped. The frame was salvaged, hey it's a Kwaka it was flexible anyway. Not sure I want to see any bike like that again. I feel for your loss, Paul.
 
78jotadave said:
Good luck with it Paul. It is hard to see in the Z1A picture I shared that most of the engine covers and casting melted from the heat in fact there was a stream of molten metal flowing downhill from the bike, and even the top triple clamp disappeared in the fire, and nothing was salvageable, maybe a few internals but crankcases were visibly warped. The frame was salvaged, hey it's a Kwaka it was flexible anyway. Not sure I want to see any bike like that again. I feel for your loss, Paul.
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We'll see later today.
Brought this one back to life. Not much left of it.
I should think that the alloys used by Laverda are superior to the Kawa muck.
Paul

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We went to see the 3C where it's waiting for the insurance expert. 2 reasons for that.
1: to see the point of impact of the car
2: to see if the bike is rebuildable


The car is damaged on it's left front shield. The point of impact on the bike appears to be the right hand silencer which is twisted inwards, the rack is also twisted. Otherwise damage is on the left side of the bike, footrest bent back and left hand bar broken.
Remember we're in France, so I was coming from left to right on the roundabout. I'd passed the road by which the car came in, the last one before my exit. I was preparing to peel off to my exit. I'm pretty sure the driver just cast a glance to his left to see if anybody was coming and went straight into the roundabout. I was in front of him.
Secondly, concerning the state of the bike, it's less badly damaged than my SFC was. The front end is ok. The engine is black but the alloy is ok apart from a bit of the cam cover and the gearbox cover. Of course, all the rest is burnt.
So it's rebuildable, the castings may well clean up.
To be rebuilt, it would need for the insurance to let me take it back, and for the car drivers insurance to cough up enough for me to pay for all the work I wouldn't be doing and the parts needed. Could be done.

Paul

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