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

France may wel differ here, but in the UK, the bike remains the property of the owner until the insurance has been paid, which is why, as soon as the inspection has happened I would recover it to my house, or maybe even sooner, they can come to the house just as easy as anywhere else! its yours, you are in control of your property, and you dont even have to make a claim if you dont want to, so get it recovered home, then you have the upper hand, settle the insurance if the car driver can be blamed and (again in the UK) salvage retention is always an option, if you decide not to retain the salvage, they can always come and get it, but retaining it makes life easy for the insurers.
CLEM
 
You're probably right Clem. I'm waiting for a meeting with an insurance expert designated by my insurance in the coming days.
Busy with insurers and gendarmes at the moment.

Paul
 
Wire-brushed/sanded/de-rusted the header pipes back to clean metal. Then used high temperature ceramic-based enamel paint (cast iron colour) for a new finish. The muffler is aluminium.
Re-used the copper gasket rings by applying silicon exhaust paste. No leaks.
 

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CLEMTOG said:
France may wel differ here, but in the UK, the bike remains the property of the owner until the insurance has been paid, which is why, as soon as the inspection has happened I would recover it to my house, or maybe even sooner, they can come to the house just as easy as anywhere else! its yours, you are in control of your property, and you dont even have to make a claim if you dont want to, so get it recovered home, then you have the upper hand, settle the insurance if the car driver can be blamed and (again in the UK) salvage retention is always an option, if you decide not to retain the salvage, they can always come and get it, but retaining it makes life easy for the insurers.
CLEM
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My 3C has been declared not economically repairable by my insurer which was to be expected. It does however remain my property but cannot be insured again until an expert declares it roadworthy. I'll need a couple of healthy friends to bring the wreck home.

The notion of economically repairable is vague. The bike was valued for insurance purposes at €15 000 a year ago. I'm sure that I could get it pristine for €6 or 7000.
Were I to have it done professionally, it wouldn't be a viable proposition. My SFC cost me €25 000 to have repaired. It was further gone than the 3C with only the frame and engine left but I supplied quite a few bits for its restoration.
The whole front end of the 3C looks ok.
It just needs paint, wiring and a saddle.

Needless to say that in the coming weeks, I'll start making a pile of bits that I need.
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your SFC was repaired at a cost of 25,000 E's, which is what we all wanted to see,both for yourself and your wellbeing as well as for the bike, for whoever has it, or wherever it goes following your demise or disposal earlier, but dont forget the donatons of parts that you receieved, some of them almost priceless SFC only magnesium items, and the cast wheels from me.
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
your SFC was repaired at a cost of 25,000 E's, which is what we all wanted to see,both for yourself and your wellbeing as well as for the bike, for whoever has it, or wherever it goes following your demise or disposal earlier, but dont forget the donatons of parts that you receieved, some of them almost priceless SFC only magnesium items, and the cast wheels from me.
CLEM
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I haven't forgotten Clem, believe me.
Paul
 
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Well I finally found some time and started putting #3174 back together.
The engine is at Red's getting "a bit of enhancement" but I can at least start on getting the chassis sorted.
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You’re hopefully not going to fit that bloody awful yellow colour bodywork are you? 😜
 
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Those stainless mudguards should polish up, a seat cover from Eldorado and vrooom.
I already have a set of flat bars I intended to put on this week in replacement of the drop bars, and a set of carbs bought two weeks back as a back up.
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Paul
 
Exmoor beast said:
Be very careful not to touch burnt hydraulic hoses ( I’m sure you probably know this) or solid state electrical components . The rear shock springs seem to have sagged sideways with the heat but the tank surprises me- it appears to salvageable ?
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On verra.
Bike will be home Thursday PM. I'll then start assessing it. Turning around it for a few weeks.I can't do much more in a wheelchair or on crutches.

Paul
 
MarnixSFC said:
With the plummeting prices you should be able to pick up a few pristine triples for that kind of money. 😅

Marnix
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Yep, I could buy two with the insurance pay out if all goes well but that doesn't interest me.
I discovered that triples are not my thing, not suited to my sort of touring. Had I not been able to rebuild it, which may yet happen, the insurance money would have gone towards a Vincent twin.

Too fast. I have the flat bars to make it easier on my wrists.

But that was my bike, bought off an old friend after years of haggling him. Built with a nice engine, overbored, balanced crank with new rods, all new and an Ignitech that would make it pull from 1500 to I don't know where, too fast.
My bike, my choice of colour, built by me. And a nice rack.

Paul
 
Exmoor beast said:
There’s an acid contained in certain burnt hoses/ electrical components that are absorbed by the skin and can lead to amputation- I was warned years ago when picking up crashed bikes.
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Thanks, I work with burnt electrical components from time to time so good to know. I looked it up too, for more info and found this which you may find interesting:
https://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/fluoroelastomers.htm
Perhaps the specific danger was a little over-emphasised, although it certainly pays to be careful after a fire, it’s impossible to know what’s left over in the soot. We are becoming increasingly aware of firefighting runoff too which tends to be a toxic chemical soup, so attempts are sometimes made to avoid just letting it pour into the nearest waterway.
 
Andy said:
Thanks, I work with burnt electrical components from time to time so good to know. I looked it up too, for more info and found this which you may find interesting:
https://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/fluoroelastomers.htm
Perhaps the specific danger was a little over-emphasised, although it certainly pays to be careful after a fire, it’s impossible to know what’s left over in the soot. We are becoming increasingly aware of firefighting runoff too which tends to be a toxic chemical soup, so attempts are sometimes made to avoid just letting it pour into the nearest waterway.
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As you say, might be over emphasised ,perhaps the advice we were given was from a smouldering wreck point of view.
I think the protective equipment industry may also have promoted the worst case scenario.
I once recovered a burnt race bike that had been in storage after being put out with a powder extinguisher, the powder residue was incredibly corrosive, especially the alloy. Motorcycle shop in Watford had a fire & the wheels of an EXUP had melted flat on the bottom😱
 
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