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

Exmoor beast said:
My Guzz would cut in- out after shutting the throttle or going downhill on idle- it was the coil- took me a while to figure it out. The problem was being masked by having resistor caps that acted like a “ button” giving the coil longer to build up. It was also heat related as are most coil problems.
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Thanks for the tip.
It was carb related. The plugs were obviously sooting up.
I went down on the pilot jets as I have on all my Laverda and the problem disappeared, for a while.
Paul
 
Paul Marx said:
Thanks for the tip.
It was carb related. The plugs were obviously sooting up.
I went down on the pilot jets as I have on all my Laverda and the problem disappeared, for a while.
Paul
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Mine would foul the plugs due to weak spark, it would pop & bang on a down hill run and only clear if you revved it with no load- then would be fine for a while. Sound familiar ? If yours was marginal rich it would exaggerate the problem.
 
Exmoor beast said:
Mine would foul the plugs due to weak spark, it would pop & bang on a down hill run and only clear if you revved it with no load- then would be fine for a while. Sound familiar ? If yours was marginal rich it would exaggerate the problem.
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May well be. I'd thought of everything except weak coils.
I'll change them when we get back.
Paul
 
.... easy first, fit new plugs, plugs even with low miles can contaminate, remain problematic cleaned and appear clean working. A quick Low cost remove unknown. HTH j
 
Starting to put my RGA Sprint together. The centre stand pivot bushes were worn oval; no surprise as they were probably 40 years old. I replaced them with some new stainless steel pivot bushes, but there was still some vertical movement in the centre stand. Luckily I had also ordered 2 x OBF121812 Flanged Oilite Bearing Bushes which I fitted instead, and are a great improvement! All I need now is to fit the centre stand springs... I'm looking at a couple of dozen washers to stack between the springs.
 
Stopped for piccy with motor running... 15kms out... original miles on the odometer? Did any UK laverda have MPH speedo's as delivered or fitted by local dealers? My new Suzuki GT750K did, fitted by the factory in Japan. Thought UK would have mandated MPH. Riding alone i see Hamish... not do that here by choice, prefer trusted other elderly Laverda company. Nice piccy, one for the life in a moment, j
 
iis_iis said:
Stopped for piccy with motor running... 15kms out... original miles on the odometer? Did any UK laverda have MPH speedo's as delivered or fitted by local dealers? My new Suzuki GT750K did, fitted by the factory in Japan. Thought UK would have mandated MPH. Riding alone i see Hamish... not do that here by choice, prefer trusted other elderly Laverda company. Nice piccy, one for the life in a moment, j
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Yes, Jon, all our clocks were MPH, in the UK. Though mine, and many others came with an LHD dip headlight lens.
Most of my riding is solo, nowadays. Travelling with a group of other Laverdas petered out in the late ‘90s, sadly, barring the occasional thrash with Clem and Nick.
 
Not the redoubtable Nick A of intergalactic distance travels, a male of one at home? Hope it is the personage you refer, a significant diamond gezzer in the vernacular of the the street, if not the Dark Forrest. j
 
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