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

ozijotati said:
Not too difficult, if you hook the springs to the frame and the stand then offer it up to the bolt holes it goes on a lot easier. A lot less swearing and missing skin😂👍
Tom
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The factory didn't employ that method, they had to employ a Priest spring fitter so the swearing didn’t upset the ladies in the office.

When the Priest died they replaced him with a Mongolian spring fitter, that way the office ladies couldn’t understand what he was yelling.

Mongolian beef at lunchtime was a big hit though.

The joke around the factory was that he did a “mongol of a job”
 
Nick A has the iis medal of honour, when he with great risk, to rider and bike, forded a creek submerging the whole lower half of an RGS ( or 180 ) in said flowing water, the iis crank encoder ( HE ) was expected to work underwater by his force of presence. Which it did, to his amusement and my great alarm. His ride from Didcot to London as commute wore out more than the odd Laverda, he is of legend, he is of character unique and valued highly by myself, then some. He played guitar, what more can you ask of a legend.. Submarine Laverda Captain, the only one.

Very funny cam, did laugh. It is of no surprise i have here the complete Oxford Press Dictionary as the 20 volume set, in partial large print volumes ( 13 out of 20 ) and the Compact micro printed volumes, also Shorter editions, Concise 1911 edition and OED Compact Thesaurus. Find it almost impossible to behave in a shying manner, long live etymology.... apologies in advance, for acting in said manner, j
 
iis_iis said:
Nick A has the iis medal of honour, when he with great risk, to rider and bike, forded a creek submerging the whole lower half of an RGS ( or 180 ) in said flowing water, the iis crank encoder ( HE ) was expected to work underwater by his force of presence. Which it did, to his amusement and my great alarm. His ride from Didcot to London as commute wore out more than the odd Laverda, he is of legend, he is of character unique and valued highly by myself, then some. He played guitar, what more can you ask of a legend.. Submarine Laverda Captain, the only one.

Very funny cam, did laugh. It is of no surprise i have here the complete Oxford Press Dictionary as the 20 volume set, in partial large print volumes ( 13 out of 20 ) and the Compact micro printed volumes, also Shorter editions, Concise 1911 edition and OED Compact Thesaurus. Find it almost impossible to behave in a shying manner, long live etymology.... apologies in advance, for acting in said manner, j
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Hi, Lorraine and Nick Alcock are currently in France heading South on their Jota . Meeting up with them at Saint-Peary on Wednesday then onto Paul Ricard Thursday. Will mention your comment.
Andy
 
Gave the SF a good blast, let her spin up through the rev range with an Italian Tune Up, but now see mucho oil dripping from the points cover (well DMC trigger cover). Hey ho, off we go! I might give it the full PLC 'while I'm in there'.
 
My starter-motor worked, but not always to my satisfaction. So, what could be better than to inspect it?

My friend Jürgen had a spare 2nd one and offered to simply exchange it for mine. When I visited him to pick up his “exchange starter-motor,” he quickly disassembled and inspected mine too.

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Overall it didn't look too bad and was able to be reassembled after a thorough cleaning.

Now I’ve (temporarily) two starter-motors and will test how both work. Of course, Jürgen gets a test report.
Thank you my friend!
(y):D


Looking forward to the Breganze trip!
:)
 
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Noticeable different wear lengths for the brushes, horizontal shorter than the vertical. Contact brush to commutator pressure will be well different, Possibly the graphite brush braided connection wires need attention at the termination point. The Left hand horizontal brush spring is well contaminated, water ingress a known problem. j
 
Friend of mine builts electric engines in his shop and services them for larger customers. He refurbished my starter by also re-winding and sealing (with a special resin) the copper cables. BIG difference afterwards...
 
Thanks John & Lothar - will keep that in mind!

As an old instructor in my apprenticeship once told me: "If God had wanted me to study electricity, he would have made the electrons as big as medicine balls!"
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However, Jürgen is very knowledgeable on this field. I'll report!
 
Started the S up after a battery charge. It hasn't run since September.
One of my sons will be out on it over the next 3 days.
I'll be Guzzi riding.
Paul
 
RGS1000RGS said:
Unfortunotely I have a bare frame and I am getting ready to get the engine. It's getting the frame held securely whilst stretching the xprings with the puller I have.
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Did you try the washer technique? If so, you might need bigger washers, or lighter springs?
Don’t forget to put the sidestand on before you fit the engine, if you haven’t already 👍
 
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