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

very sorry Pat, unsure why I used "Darren" but I did, It would help ludites like me if you signed off with the name you would like to be replied to, as I always do, your forum handle doesnt do it as an form of address. pf1. My fault not trying to show it as yours.
CLEM
ps it still urques me that I am shown as "Graham Clemans" on the ILOC forum when I am universally known as "CLEM", (even by nephews and neices, although some ad "uncle" before it). If you asked Piereo Laverda who Graham from North Kent UK is, he would be blank, but if you only mentioned CLEM or The Old Girl, then he would know exactly who you meant, the only person using Graham (excepying officildom) was my mum, and she died last year at 95. The webmaster has been asked to change this but it hasnt happened.
CLEM
 
CLEMTOG said:
very sorry Pat, unsure why I used "Darren" but I did, It would help ludites like me if you signed off with the name you would like to be replied to, as I always do, your forum handle doesnt do it as an form of address. pf1. My fault not trying to show it as yours.
CLEM
ps it still urques me that I am shown as "Graham Clemans" on the ILOC forum when I am universally known as "CLEM", (even by nephews and neices, although some ad "uncle" before it). If you asked Piereo Laverda who Graham from North Kent UK is, he would be blank, but if you only mentioned CLEM or The Old Girl, then he would know exactly who you meant, the only person using Graham (excepying officildom) was my mum, and she died last year at 95. The webmaster has been asked to change this but it hasnt happened.
CLEM
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No worries Clem, anyway I took all my calipers to Ged and within an hour he had all pistons free and the snapped nipple out. Air moved some pistons but a big mutha grease gun did the rest. I would have stood no chance of doing it. He's a dab hand that Ged fella.
 
SteveRocker62 said:
Hi PAT, not Laverda related but you mention having a Mk1 Speed Triple. A great bike, somewhat of a more modern update on the Laverda triple ??. We have had one knocking around the family since my youngest brother got one new at cost to our local dealer Wylie and Holland ( some of you may remember Cliff Holland of sidecar fame, World Champion with George O’Dell in 1977 and Ben Wylie son of Graham ) to campaign in the Triumph Speed Triple Challenge Series in 95 and 96. My brother rode and I was dogs body ! The bike was then put back on the road and thrashed for many years at home and abroad by another brother. Unfortunately it is now languishing in large lumps in the back of my youngest brother’s garage. Hopefully to return one day.
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Had a test ride on a mates 900 Sprint mid-90s. My very first thought after only a few metres was "this is what Laverda could have built..." A worthy sucessor to the RGS imho, the Triumphs only got better from there on.

A Speed Triple would have been very high on my shopping list back then.

piet
 
SteveRocker62 said:
Hi PAT, not Laverda related but you mention having a Mk1 Speed Triple. A great bike, somewhat of a more modern update on the Laverda triple ??. We have had one knocking around the family since my youngest brother got one new at cost to our local dealer Wylie and Holland ( some of you may remember Cliff Holland of sidecar fame, World Champion with George O’Dell in 1977 and Ben Wylie son of Graham ) to campaign in the Triumph Speed Triple Challenge Series in 95 and 96. My brother rode and I was dogs body ! The bike was then put back on the road and thrashed for many years at home and abroad by another brother. Unfortunately it is now languishing in large lumps in the back of my youngest brother’s garage. Hopefully to return one day.
Steve.
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Trev Smith of Sprint fairings had two of those Speeders from the challenge series when I last went to see him- my apprentice Andy Boldison’s Dad replaced Cliff Holland on the O’Dell outfit- Bill Boldison- sidecar royalty!
 
I must admit I was quite taken by the early Bloor triples, often rode a mate’s 750 Daytona when I was staying in the UK, and although a little under powered, I still enjoyed the ride. I also came within a gnat’s whiskers of securing a ride in the Speed Triple series, but unfortunately the dealer pulled out at the eleventh hour. ☹️
 
Sold my Formula 750, I did not fit the bike, uncomfortable and no torque compared to the RGS and SFC 1000. Wanted to have a less heavy bike than the triples which a old 68 yrs man could handle easier but the Formula isn’t it. So it is 😄
 
Mel said:
Changed my H4 headlamp bulb for a LED type , nice and easy , got a nice light now instead of a yellow candle
And its taken-some load of the Dynamo .. simple job And great result ..
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My RGA Sprint came with every light converted to LED except the twin cibies in the Sprint fairing. They will be changed to H4 Auxito bulbs of which I had a good result when I converted our Jeep from incandescent headlamp bulbs .
 
Joined in with the annual Remembrance Sunday ‘minute of noise’ (at noon so as to not clash with the 2 minute silence) down on Laxey prom. A good turnout of bikes and one enthusiastic Jap bike owner managed to more or less hold his bike on the rev limiter for the full minute. I was a bit more sympathetic to my bike.
 

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Andy J said:
Joined in with the annual Remembrance Sunday ‘minute of noise’ (at noon so as to not clash with the 2 minute silence) down on Laxey prom. A good turnout of bikes and one enthusiastic Jap bike owner managed to more or less hold his bike on the rev limiter for the full minute. I was a bit more sympathetic to my bike.
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Hopefully, you also had a nice hot cuppa and some cake from the cafe, too?
 
Andy J said:
A good turnout of bikes and one enthusiastic Jap bike owner managed to more or less hold his bike on the rev limiter for the full minute. I was a bit more sympathetic to my bike.
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Mate here we went to a huge bike market at Herning in Denmark, bought a CBR600, the test he asked for was hold it on the rev limiter full throttle for five ((or ten) minutes, as it was to be a classic race bike and that is where it was going to live out it's sunset days. No prob, warmed it up, test passed, money paid.
I never understood the Vinales fuss, rev limiters are just what they are called. A motogp bike should cope.
 
You’’re Right Lee, but I’m sure we’ve all experienced that sound of a bike having the nuts revved off, then a sudden bang followed by silence…
 
Tippie said:
Mate here we went to a huge bike market at Herning in Denmark, bought a CBR600, the test he asked for was hold it on the rev limiter full throttle for five ((or ten) minutes, as it was to be a classic race bike and that is where it was going to live out it's sunset days. No prob, warmed it up, test passed, money paid.
I never understood the Vinales fuss, rev limiters are just what they are called. A motogp bike should cope.
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Don't think the techs are very amused at seeing their million+ dollar babies being unnecessarily abused. Also buggers up their analysis routine.

Pretty sure several engines are deliberately destroyed on the dyno, or at least attempted to, before they ever hit the track at works level competition.

Many years ago at a Laverda Club Switzerland meet, bets were made how long a club members' Suzuki GSX550(?) would hold out at WOT at the limiter. 5 francs a shot... to help finance said members' new Laverda. Bike still idled like a sewing machine after about 10 minutes so the engine oil was drained. Another 10-15 minutes later, it still ran nicely. Poor bike was then attacked with hammers and axes, no machine deserves that.

piet
 
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lavgert said:
... found two broken lugs at the frame of my 750 SF! :oops:
Ciao, Gert
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Wait till you find them in the rear top engine mounts and it shakes your feet of the foot pegs ..now that makes for a interesting rest of the ride home , vibes and fatigue , vertical twin terrors ..
 
Yep, a badly set up SF will manage to break all sorts of bits and pieces. Trip over the Nullarbor with a mate and his lemon broke all four lower engine mounts ... the engine was literally dangling from the top two studs. Finished the trip on the back of my lovely smooth SF1 :cool: Even that eventually broke the rear U that supports the mudguard.

Never seen one break those tool tray brackets, Gert.
 
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