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

Vince said:
Not the atmosphere, between the main case and the primary. Allows oil to pass from the main case to the primary. Could be wrong, there is always the 10,000th time that happens.
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My Moto Morini has no positive lubriction to the cylinder head at all- relies solely on oil mist travelling up the pushrod tunnel to lube valves and rocker gear. Motor was designed by Ferrari engineer. My Guzzi Nuovo Falcone has no oil to the rockers, relies on splash - I made a Perspex rocker cover to see what was going on as this is a concern of some owners- oil flying everywhere!
 
Tippie said:
No need to pull out any hair over hypothetical problems. These motors do huge mileages without undue wear if they are maintained properly so it obviously all gets lubricated. I do not have any extra holes in my 750 clutch baskets and have done huge mileages and many seasons of racing with zero problems and many triples have similar experience. A good way to get through a night in the club cafe though, theorising about how it could work.
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Please excuse me for asking what I thought was a reasonable question. I don't do night cafe's.
 
Exmoor beast said:
My Moto Morini has no positive lubriction to the cylinder head at all- relies solely on oil mist travelling up the pushrod tunnel to lube valves and rocker gear. Motor was designed by Ferrari engineer. My Guzzi Nuovo Falcone has no oil to the rockers, relies on splash - I made a Perspex rocker cover to see what was going on as this is a concern of some owners- oil flying everywhere!
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The Falcone is horizontal so relies a lot on gravity for oiling.
Like a lot of British bikes for oiling the pavement.
Paul
 
The Laverda 50cc and 60cc scooters plus 75's and the 100's dont even have an oil pump, not sure about the 200cc twins, I have only seen the inside of one unit.
CLEM
 
The first bunch of 4-stroke Huskys in the 1980s also didn't have an oil pump, they relied on using their cam chain and Reed valves just like those in their 2 strokes to stop oil backflow. Worked pretty good in lightweight short racing environments, but the 500-kilometre oil changes and limited cooling, lazy barstards didn't comply, and bad things happened, so they ended up making them revert to oil pumps approximately 10 years later.
 
Vince said:
The first bunch of 4-stroke Huskys in the 1980s also didn't have an oil pump, they relied on using their cam chain and Reed valves just like those in their 2 strokes to stop oil backflow. Worked pretty good in lightweight short racing environments, but the 500-kilometre oil changes and limited cooling, lazy barstards didn't comply, and bad things happened, so they ended up making them revert to oil pumps approximately 10 years later.
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Husaberg used same system but later?
 
A friend got one when they first came out, an absolutely fantastic thing to ride. Had no trouble with the motor from the oiling system or otherwise but the ignition shit itself within a year ,as did every one of them sold in the area, and no replacements were available.
 
I forgot the Ignition name, that place in South Oz, called Betta Bikes, repaired them. I loved my 1992 TE 350 Husky. It was really reliable and did it all, great top-end, plus it would tractor up anything, but its best bit was 100% reliable, very easy kickstarting with its built-in Auto decompress. The exact opposite of my XT500. I swapped the Husky for my Pantah, a mate needed a learner legal bike to get to work. He promised to keep the oil changes up and never to sit on it with its lightweight race sidestand down. Within a year, the stand had broken and the engine as well. Ham-fisted brain-dead no-maintenance type. I should have known better. I moved up to the last brand-new bike I will ever buy, a 2005 TE 250. It lacked a bit of torque that their 300cc kit would have fixed. Its end happened when they lowered rego insurance from 260cc to 200cc. Rego went from $150 a year to $700 a year. Plus, I aged out of serious off-roading.
 
CLEMTOG said:
The Laverda 50cc and 60cc scooters plus 75's and the 100's dont even have an oil pump, not sure about the 200cc twins, I have only seen the inside of one unit.
CLEM
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The 75 and 100 do have oil pumps Clem. Top ends are mist lubed. I remember the Lav scooter engines as being entirely splash lubricated. Most 4-stroke lawnmower engines are splash lubed, these seem to cope well with an absolute minimum of maintenance! The 175 Heinkel scooter is another notable pump-less engine, usually at WOT to get even moving, let alone to keep moving, yet the thing is virtually indestructible.

piet
 
you are of course correct Piet (and Deano who messaged me privately) must have had a bit of brain fog at the time, put it down to age? and not experianced enough on the 75/100's.
CLEM
 
Found an original luggage rack for the ‘69 750 GT. Got it re-chromed, cut a couple of strips of teak (massively hard wearing and virtually water proof) and fitted them into the now shiny rack.

The original strips (which I kept) are actually rubber, made to look like wood.

Sprayed some ACF-50 (brilliant stuff) into the drain holes, to help stop corrosion from the inside > out…

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Eurocycleguy said:
Brilliant. When I had mine done the Platter attached the wire to a strap loop and left a gouge in the loop. I reused the rubber strips. How are the teak strips held in place?
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Teak strips are held in place with friction and a clever vibration absorbing epoxy called G/flex 655. No idea how well it will work but the reviews are very good.

I also have a short leather kilt strap coming from eBay, which was the perfect length/width to fasten the two parts of the rack and keep them together. It might also come in handy for any Scottish Laverdisti at meets.
 
general_piffle said:
I also have a short leather kilt strap coming from eBay, which was the perfect length/width to fasten the two parts of the rack and keep them together. It might also come in handy for any Scottish Laverdisti at meets.
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I used to use a similar apparatus on an old girlfriends rack, she never complained…. well couldn’t really, not with a pool table eight ball firmly in her mouth 🙄
 
"IMHO, brown leather with a brass buckle would be more suited…"
the only motorcycle allowed to wear brown leather is Indian, and I dont mean Enfield, the same applies to the Indian rider.
CLEM
 
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