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

I need a new chain for the SFC and as it will only see track miles and the occasional illegal run,(it isn't registed) So a non o-ring has been on my mind. Where are these chain available?
Cheers Peter
 
Hamish is going to want one of them there fancy swingarms, he does love fat rubbers.

and in the words of Mike Hailwood, "if you are using the front brake hard enough you wont even nead a rear one, as it wont be in contact with the tarmac
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
Hamish is going to want one of them there fancy swingarms, he does love fat rubbers.

and in the words of Mike Hailwood, "if you are using the front brake hard enough you wont even nead a rear one, as it wont be in contact with the tarmac
CLEM
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And if you use the twistgrip hard enough, you will need a good rear tyre, though the front may not be in contact with the tarmac.
Ask Ron? ;)
 
been busy converting the Mule to run a 180 rear slick, 6 weeks left until first race meeting and we need to test before than

6 extended output shafts, 2 different versions, front 3 modified to move front sprocket 12mm out
rest are the extended versions we have been using for 5 years now that leave the front sprocket in "normal" position but allow us to run an outrigger bearing on the Output shaft to stop the bloody Mainshaft from breaking

8th Feb extended output shafts

and two shots of the new set up, new swingarm, different axle adjusters, new axle, new billet Cush drive as needed to move rear sprocket position as well

8th Feb 180 rear 1

8th Feb 180 rear 2
 
redax5 said:
been busy converting the Mule to run a 180 rear slick, 6 weeks left until first race meeting and we need to test before than

6 extended output shafts, 2 different versions, front 3 modified to move front sprocket 12mm out
rest are the extended versions we have been using for 5 years now that leave the front sprocket in "normal" position but allow us to run an outrigger bearing on the Output shaft to stop the bloody Mainshaft from breaking

8th Feb extended output shafts

and two shots of the new set up, new swingarm, different axle adjusters, new axle, new billet Cush drive as needed to move rear sprocket position as well

8th Feb 180 rear 1

8th Feb 180 rear 2
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Yeah, next step drag racing 😎
 
Not necessarily Laverda content, but today when I was having trouble breaking the bead on a tyre, I took some time out with a cuppa and asked google for help. I found two “hacks” (fuck I hate that term) that actually helped!
First, I never realised I had a bead-breaker right there on the end of the bench.

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Second was the cable tie thing on the video below, which doesn’t work as well on skinny rims (e.g. Laverda) but it did actually work a bit and certainly made life way easier for an amateur like me. I’d say it’s a pain in the arse for a pro, but if you’re a part-timer it might help 👍

 
Neat trick that. In this cold climate here I usually sit the tyre warmers on the tyre beforehand, and there is a big difference in how bloody stiff tyres can be.
 
Took my "Aussie Drummer and Nonna to a local charity Car and bike show today cracking 32 degrees right on the beach, there was a bunch of Vincents, Vello' s, Aprilla' s, and Norton' s along with the usual hord of Ducrappis and Harleys came home with best Italian bike trophy and best bike in show for Nonna my non oil cooled 3C number 445. The Vincent owners were less than impressed!!!
 

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mauricejota7604 said:
Took my "Aussie Drummer and Nonna to a local charity Car and bike show today cracking 32 degrees right on the beach, there was a bunch of Vincents, Vello' s, Aprilla' s, and Norton' s along with the usual hord of Ducrappis and Harleys came home with best Italian bike trophy and best bike in show for Nonna my non oil cooled 3C number 445. The Vincent owners were less than impressed!!!
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Well done mate - that's another celebratory beer we'll be having! 🍻🍻😁
 
Andy said:
Not necessarily Laverda content, but today when I was having trouble breaking the bead on a tyre, I took some time out with a cuppa and asked google for help. I found two “hacks” (fuck I hate that term) that actually helped!
First, I never realised I had a bead-breaker right there on the end of the bench.
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Never had a problem since I bought a Motion Pro bead breaker. Just saying ...
 

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I'm getting the 54 Sport sorted in the hope of it doing 500 km or so on the Whitsun weekend in the hands of one of my sons.
It's a bike that had been restored when I bought it, a lot for show rather than go maybe?
I made a new throttle cable, the original had been pinched against the frame by the tank.
The carb has been cleaned. I'll try and start it up in the coming days.

That straight pull throttle is lovely.

Paul
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my son Tom had one of those chain pull throttles on his Italjet when he was 4 years old (we still have the bike) and instead of the clipped and screwed on cover, I made a sheet alloy "restrictor" to be kept on until I felt it was safe to remove it and allow him full throttle, he rode around the garden a bit for a few days and then we obtained the use of a 6 acre field next door, there is a foot path right through the middle of that, and over the years this has become a noticable dip in the surface, we saw that Tom was crossing the dip and leaving it with front or even both wheels airborne,an investigation of the bike later that day saw that the alloy sheet resrictor was now chewed up concertina style and was totaly out of the chain housing! I suppose as it bent a bit and he was each time going a bit faster, he was also learning.
CLEM
 
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