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

Shajota said:
Speaking of oil:LOL: I took delivery today of a fresh 20l drum of oil so I can do something to the Lavs soon.
Usually like to support local shops but the nearest "Supercheap" is asking about $73 for a 4l bottle and I can get a 20l drum delivered for a touch over $200. (Mind you that has gone up a bit since my last drum too.......!!)
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I was talking to a tanker driver last year at a truck stop, full of motor oil. Heading for a place that sounds like Penlight.

You don’t want to know the wholesale price ……. OK, can’t help myself …… about 30c per litre.
 
chrisk said:
I was talking to a tanker driver last year at a truck stop, full of motor oil. Heading for a place that sounds like Penlight.

You don’t want to know the wholesale price ……. OK, can’t help myself …… about 30c per litre.
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Yup, doesn’t surprise me. I used to work in a similar industry, margins are allowed for, so that local sellers can make a living. This is what keeps your local businesses running….
Keep buying local my friends!
 
Shajota said:
Speaking of oil:LOL: I took delivery today of a fresh 20l drum of oil so I can do something to the Lavs soon.
Usually like to support local shops but the nearest "Supercheap" is asking about $73 for a 4l bottle and I can get a 20l drum delivered for a touch over $200. (Mind you that has gone up a bit since my last drum too.......!!)
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Everything is going up up up.......Penrite 20w/50 $145 for 20ltr last yr, $175 this yr :rolleyes:
 
I was staggered when I got a 4L of 20/50 Penrite recently - $77!! I'm sure the one I bought about 3 years ago (optimistic about getting the SFQ on the road ... same as with the expensive SSB LiFePo) - was about $30. Mobil 1 used to cost about 4 times as much as regular 20/50 but now it's about on par with the Penrite - and I know which I'll be using once run. in is done and dusted. No - I'm not starting an oil thread!!!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad:
 
As I see it: Crude is US$.73 per barrel, that’s 158 litres. Round figures, say 50 cents per litre. Then they take All the goodies out of it, diesel, petroleum, oil etc etc etc

We’re being fleeced.
 
Alzero said:
So buy an electric car and put solar on your roof.
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Fuck that … electricity will be higher than the equivalent petroleum fuel soon.

Got overpriced fuel in my car yesterday, took a shortcut out of the station to miss the queuing traffic .…… over a curb, blew a tyre, bent the right mudguard. Reversed quickly back through a bunch of cars to get it out of the way and collected the big bin with the left mudguard 😩 …

Anyone want a 2017 Mustang? Looks good from the rear.
 
chrisk said:
Fuck that … electricity will be higher than the equivalent petroleum fuel soon.

Got overpriced fuel in my car yesterday, took a shortcut out of the station to miss the queuing traffic .…… over a curb, blew a tyre, bent the right mudguard. Reversed quickly back through a bunch of cars to get it out of the way and collected the big bin with the left mudguard 😩 …

Anyone want a 2017 Mustang? Looks good from the rear.
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I am sure someone will have that on a dash cam Chris....keep a look out:LOL:
 
I made a very last minute entry for the two day race meeting at Jurby this w/e, so not a lot of time to prepare.
I’ve entered the ex-Baines Racing Formula 750 in the post classic class. I last rode it at Jurby in August and the only real issue was the gear change- it’s upside down.
Rather than spend the whole w/e reminding myself, down for up and up for down, which in the heat of the moment risks a does not compute with my aging brain, I decided to swap it to ‘normal’ road change.
Having stared at the current set up, and realizing It needed a bit more work than I anticipated to make the change, I actually had a bit of an enlightened moment for a change.
Why not just undo the whole set up, footpeg hangers and all, and just swap them over with the set up on the Alto bike.
Bingo potential PITA job became a piece of piss and was accomplished in very short order.
Unfortunately, that’s now one excuse I won’t have for not being fast enough at the w/e.
 

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Andy J said:
I made a very last minute entry for the two day race meeting at Jurby this w/e, so not a lot of time to prepare.
I’ve entered the ex-Baines Racing Formula 750 in the post classic class. I last rode it at Jurby in August and the only real issue was the gear change- it’s upside down.
Rather than spend the whole w/e reminding myself, down for up and up for down, which in the heat of the moment risks a does not compute with my aging brain, I decided to swap it to ‘normal’ road change.
Having stared at the current set up, and realizing It needed a bit more work than I anticipated to make the change, I actually had a bit of an enlightened moment for a change.
Why not just undo the whole set up, footpeg hangers and all, and just swap them over with the set up on the Alto bike.
Bingo potential PITA job became a piece of piss and was accomplished in very short order.
Unfortunately, that’s now one excuse I won’t have for not being fast enough at the w/e.
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Enlightened moment: A couple of beers while postulating over the problem.
 
which is which, Andy? I woulda though just flipping the lever on the gearbox cover 180 deg and adjusting the rod would do it? But sounds like it was a peesapees anyway.
 
Been there, in my case the rod was too long and you might think cut it short and run a tap. That rod was crazy hard to drill up and burned out quite a few bits. Nothing is ever easy.
 
Almost everyone I know who races uses up for first and the rest down so they can don't gave to get their foot under the pedal to change up at lean coming out of corners, the alternative being the SFC750 setup.
 
I understand why a lot of race bikes are set up for down for up, but after 40+ years of riding bikes with up for up, my addled brain can’t cope with too many changes. Also, as I don’t tend to be scrapping the footpegs on every corner, I don’t have too many problems getting my foot under the lever. I guess it’s a case of not changing the habits of a lifetime and thereby having one less thing to worry about when charging in and out of corners.
However, if I had the choice of flappy paddles/buttons on the handle bars to change up and down, then I ’d probably fit them….
The left hand picture shows how i have the change now, the right as originally fitted.
P.S. just doing the swap like I did makes it easier to just swap it back again afterwards.
 
Andy J said:
I made a very last minute entry for the two day race meeting at Jurby this w/e, so not a lot of time to prepare.
I’ve entered the ex-Baines Racing Formula 750 in the post classic class. I last rode it at Jurby in August and the only real issue was the gear change- it’s upside down.
Rather than spend the whole w/e reminding myself, down for up and up for down, which in the heat of the moment risks a does not compute with my aging brain, I decided to swap it to ‘normal’ road change.
Having stared at the current set up, and realizing It needed a bit more work than I anticipated to make the change, I actually had a bit of an enlightened moment for a change.
Why not just undo the whole set up, footpeg hangers and all, and just swap them over with the set up on the Alto bike.
Bingo potential PITA job became a piece of piss and was accomplished in very short order.
Unfortunately, that’s now one excuse I won’t have for not being fast enough at the w/e.
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Good luck Andy let us know how you get on !
 
I rode a Norton 850 Mark 2A once from Sydney to Adelaide, notice I didn't say back as well. The bloody gear change caught me out heaps. Right side change ,up for 1st.
 
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