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

Herman said:
Over the last few days I’ve been working on the GT. Cleaned the fuel tank which had a little corrosion. Fuel taps were good. Lines changed and carbs checked.

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Drained the oil and removed the old chain and sprockets. Removing the sprockets was really a pain in the… But after 52 years they’re off. New sprockets 19-42 with a grey 530 VX3 chain.

Dismounted the air filter which was not that bad for an original paper filter. But since they are no longer available I kept the housing and installed an universal foam filter from TwinAir. Apart from the ugly blue oil which needed to be applied to the filter it’s still more or less stock with the original housing with label. It was a real time consuming process to remove and later install the filter and airbox. But hey at least I know how it’s done and that everything is checked.

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Push on the button and start without choke. (Magic bike😇) Test drove it up and down the street to make sure it was shifting as it should after a little adjustment. Only need to check the throttle and cables again, quite hard to twist at some point. Overall great fun to work on. Tomorrow the seat will be refilled!

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Herman
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Sounds like it's a bit rich.
Two possible causes. Your air filter, or, I find that with modern fuels, the pilot jets are too big. I've gone down 5 points on the pilots on my Laverda.
Paul
 
piranha-bro2 said:
Good stuff, Andy. What's the track layout like? Tight? Fast?
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Fairly short, but technical with a little bit of everything on the first half, then a couple of straights separated by a fast sweeper. Can’t quite top out uphill on the front straight. That’s the ’national’ layout, but when they include the club track and call it ‘international’ there’s a long downhill straight into a hairpin where you can pass anyone who doesn’t trust their braking markers 😉
 
I seem to have a growing collection of misbehaving bikes. I thought, as the weather is remaining remarkably good, I ought to dig the 100 out from the back of the garage, for the first time since the garage became a depository for a load of kitchen and dining room paraphernalia during the house renovations.
I managed to get it started without too much effort, and after a short period of warming up it ticked over quite nicely. I then set off on my way to join the usual gang for brunch. However, I didn’t get too far before it slowed and stalled. It started up again and travelled a similar distance before doing the same again. I therefore decided to return home before I got stuck too far away to easily get it back. The return journey, which was mostly uphill, required quite a bit of coaxing to get it back home. I guess there is a fueling issue, and perhaps I should have tested the bike yesterday before I attempted today’s ride. I abandoned it on the driveway and hopped on to the reliable Yamaha scooter sat waiting outside the garage. I had no issues getting to my destination, nor starting it for the return journey. I called into town on the way and again no issues in restarting but after I stopped off to make an appointment for a haircut next week, the starter was a dead as a dodo. As I had no tools with me, why would I it doesn’t generally let me down, recovery was the only real option. Fortunately, I was only about 10 mins away from home so no real hassle to get the MPV and ferry it back. Hopefully, it’s just something simple like a dead starter relay as right now I could do without anything more than that.7C6DA0B2-DB5C-42AF-873B-45D6605C9AC3.jpeg
 
Herman said:
Over the last few days I’ve been working on the GT. Cleaned the fuel tank which had a little corrosion. Fuel taps were good. Lines changed and carbs checked.

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Drained the oil and removed the old chain and sprockets. Removing the sprockets was really a pain in the… But after 52 years they’re off. New sprockets 19-42 with a grey 530 VX3 chain.

Dismounted the air filter which was not that bad for an original paper filter. But since they are no longer available I kept the housing and installed an universal foam filter from TwinAir. Apart from the ugly blue oil which needed to be applied to the filter it’s still more or less stock with the original housing with label. It was a real time consuming process to remove and later install the filter and airbox. But hey at least I know how it’s done and that everything is checked.

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Push on the button and start without choke. (Magic bike😇) Test drove it up and down the street to make sure it was shifting as it should after a little adjustment. Only need to check the throttle and cables again, quite hard to twist at some point. Overall great fun to work on. Tomorrow the seat will be refilled!

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Nice bike Herman! Looks a lot prettier than mine! :cool:

Can you please let me know where and how you'll have the seat fixed? My seat does keep it's form a little better than yours, but not much. The cover is still good and original and I want to keep that, but with new foam or whatever is in there.
If you have a good address I'd be happy to hear your experience!
 
jko_78 said:
Nice bike Herman! Looks a lot prettier than mine! :cool:

Can you please let me know where and how you'll have the seat fixed? My seat does keep it's form a little better than yours, but not much. The cover is still good and original and I want to keep that, but with new foam or whatever is in there.
If you have a good address I'd be happy to hear your experience!
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Hi Jeroen,
Well for a GT mine is still in it’s breaking in period😜 Who said it’s not allowed when you can that a bike is used. That’s what gives a bike some extra charm.

For now the seat is still at the upholstery shop. It’s called ‘stoffeerderij Loes’ based in Arnhem. Maybe it’s to far away for you. She does all kinds of upholstery. Also cars and sofas. My father had his seat done a year ago. In our opinion she did a great job. Only applied new foam and he kept the original cover. Next week my seat should be finished. I’ll show the result when it’s back.

Herman
 
Worked on the wiring of my 75cc Corsa-style tiddler. I'm fitting a battery and a Sachse electronic ignition which probably trebles the number of wires on the bike! I'm adding a set of 100cc sideboxes to the bike to hide it all (the 75cc factory racers had them on from the 1957 season so it is legit ;))
 

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Herman said:
Hi Jeroen,
Well for a GT mine is still in it’s breaking in period😜 Who said it’s not allowed when you can that a bike is used. That’s what gives a bike some extra charm.

For now the seat is still at the upholstery shop. It’s called ‘stoffeerderij Loes’ based in Arnhem. Maybe it’s to far away for you. She does all kinds of upholstery. Also cars and sofas. My father had his seat done a year ago. In our opinion she did a great job. Only applied new foam and he kept the original cover. Next week my seat should be finished. I’ll show the result when it’s back.

Herman
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Thanks Herman! Look forward to the result!
 
jko_78

Post in thread 'Out and About on your Laverda.No bull,Just photos'

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~150km or so with my youngest, had some fish for lunch. Noticed the shifting, but especially the neutral when (nearly) stationary got worse and worse, but were nearly there so I gambled a bit, but it did not get much worse, so we made it. Quick glance at everything turned out the clutch cable adjustment on the handlebar side had run loose trowing the adjustment slightly out. Did not have time to look (and too hot in de shed anyway!) so an early-morning little job.
Edit: the clutch as has been modified and has a thread-and-locknut adjustment, not like the original adjuster...
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found the culprit, apparently...

Now to figure out what cable my father used for the modification. Knowing him it was probably something from his generous pile of Guzzi or British bike parts!clutch-cable.jpg
 
Decided to try and make a bit of protection for the Monty so made these carbon fibre covers.
Not bad for a first time go at it, one came out pretty good the other is a bit ruff but still learning.
I now have the moulds so If anyone would like a pair let me know can’t guarantee what they come out like mind you.
They are definitely NOT a fashion accessory for looks.
 

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Coming back to the GT seat, picked it up from the upholstery. Like I said only new foam and the original cover was just fitted on top of it held by some nails. I clued the bottom myself and installed the strip the tiny bolds. Just a request from my side, to make sure all is in the correct position.

In my opinion it looks good. On the drivers position the foam is a bit deeper. Maybe it would have been nicer if it was straight with the back part of the seating area. But much more comfortable than it was before. I do not recommend sitting on the seat frame which still causes pain when I think about it.

Next week I can drive it to the RDW to import the bike for a dutch license plate. For now it sits quite comfortable by flat GT seats standards haha.

Herman
 

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Herman said:
Coming back to the GT seat, picked it up from the upholstery. Like I said only new foam and the original cover was just fitted on top of it held by some nails. I clued the bottom myself and installed the strip the tiny bolds. Just a request from my side, to make sure all is in the correct position.

In my opinion it looks good. On the drivers position the foam is a bit deeper. Maybe it would have been nicer if it was straight with the back part of the seating area. But much more comfortable than it was before. I do not recommend sitting on the seat frame which still causes pain when I think about it.

Next week I can drive it to the RDW to import the bike for a dutch license plate. For now it sits quite comfortable by flat GT seats standards haha.

Herman
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Very cool looking GT Herman :cool:
 
Franco-italo-british raid on Belgium.
I'd invited Corinne out for lunch in a restaurant on the top of the Mont Kemmel, the highest summit of Western Flanders at 156 m.
The 500 is hers but I've put so much time (and money) in it that I consider it to be a bit my thing. I took the Vincent.
The restaurant has a terrasse with a lovely view over Flanders towards France. The church is Nieuwkerke in Belgium, France is just behind and on the horizon one can see the slag heaps of what was once French coal country 50km away. All of this was a battlefield during WW1.
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After lunch, we moved up the road a bit to Ypres for an ice cream.
Ypres was also the scene of battles. There's 45 000 missing men around Ypres. Every time something is built, ammunition and bodies are dug up, including gas shells.

Ypres, like all the towns and villages around here was flattened.
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We rode back via the small roads lined by Commonwealth war graves.
150 km in all. The Laverda performing faultlessly, the Vincent better and better though the clutch needs looking into.

Paul
 
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