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

Paul I found the quality of the new condensers very bad, sure they are all made in one factory and are put in different boxes to send around the world. When I resorted back to the original condensers my problems where solved.
 
Pulled the Jota out for a ride early this morning - ended up taking the Formula - had a brilliant no traffic’s ride , it’s such a good ride , just put your head in the direction you want to go and it steers itself - over 60 the weight just lifts from your wrists

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Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond said:
Pulled the Jota out for a ride early this morning - ended up taking the Formula - had a brilliant no traffic’s ride , it’s such a good ride , just put your head in the direction you want to go and it steers itself - over 60 the weight just lifts from your wrists

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I did the same-pulled the Laverda out, left the ignition on last night, flat battery 🙄so took the Guzz instead!
Did you leave the petrol on?
 
Laverda1000.de said:
Come on Paul, easier to fix? Shame on me for my throw-away mentality but which is easier: Re-soldering on the switch (which has to be disassembled) or pulling the old relay and sticking in a new one?
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The matter is identifying the fault.
The simpler the system, the simpler that is and vice versa. The more components in the system, the harder it is to identify the fault in the middle of nowhere.

Your electrical circuit goes dead.
It's either a fuse or a discontinuity in the circuit somewhere. If it's not the fuse, you check the ignition switch because it's already happened to you and you read the right forum. Because the soldered connections on the ignition switch pass quite a bit of power if you ride with your lights on, and they let go from time to time. Or, you have relays, an M box and God knows whatever add ons, so you whip out your cell phone and call for help, and pay for it.
If you're in the middle of no where with no phone coverage, you die because of a two cent relay you don't need.
Paul
 
Or you go, "hmm, it's probaby the relay, let's see what happens when I put a new one in", pull a new one from the same storage in the middle of nowhere where you keep your cordless soldering tools and off you go to the nearest place with cell reception to tell your wife to put the bubbly on ice because you will be home soon.
 
Laverda1000.de said:
Or you go, "hmm, it's probaby the relay, let's see what happens when I put a new one in", pull a new one from the same storage in the middle of nowhere where you keep your cordless soldering tools and off you go to the nearest place with cell reception to tell your wife to put the bubbly on ice because you will be home soon.
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You didn't steal motorcycles or cars when you were young.
Rip the wires off, join red and brown and continue on your way.
Solder the week after when you get home.
Paul
 
"Yup - just a shame you have to drop the oil with a 180"

no you dont Adam, you can do it by laying the bike over to a severe angle greater than you can achieve on a side stand, (which works if you only need to get the outer cover off for selection adjustment) a handy bank and mattress is a big boon, but stop being so tight and change the oil anyway, remember the words of my old dad "oil is cheaper than bearings" usually followed with "well change the bleeding oil then!"

CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
"Yup - just a shame you have to drop the oil with a 180"

no you dont Adam, you can do it by laying the bike over to a severe angle greater than you can achieve on a side stand, (which works if you only need to get the outer cover off for selection adjustment) a handy bank and mattress is a big boon, but stop being so tight and change the oil anyway, remember the words of my old dad "oil is cheaper than bearings" usually followed with "well change the bleeding oil then!"

CLEM
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All good - got all gears second shot 🤣 new oil going in !
 
CLEMTOG said:
"Yup - just a shame you have to drop the oil with a 180"

no you dont Adam, you can do it by laying the bike over to a severe angle greater than you can achieve on a side stand, (which works if you only need to get the outer cover off for selection adjustment) a handy bank and mattress is a big boon, but stop being so tight and change the oil anyway, remember the words of my old dad "oil is cheaper than bearings" usually followed with "well change the bleeding oil then!"

CLEM
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Just like filling the primary case on an early bike.
Paul
 
If I have several lessons from yesterday - check you have all gears ( not just first ) before putting the oil in - markIMG_9395.jpegIMG_9393.jpeg the position of the left hand gear change linkage and if it doesn’t line up something has moved
 
Tried charging my dead ( left ignition On ..) gel battery with no success using my hi tech ”intelligent “ charger so reverted to using old sparky- 1950’s Crypton charger that sounds like a 1950’s space ship.Bought battery back to life like Dr Frankenstein . Retorqued the head using an 11/16 Britool ring extender, that worked too, probably from the 1950’s as well . Had the front wheel out, cleaned out brake dust, deglazed and had a good play with setting it up nice and central with shoes biting nicely. I think No1 coil has got hot through leaving on ignition overnight, blob of grease on rocker cover seems to have oozed out of coil…seems to work but for how long?
 

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