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Messages - Laverda Dave
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« on: Today at 10:45:10 PM »
Great sentiments Mick.
I totally agree, this is a great forum full of great and helpful people. Long may it continue 👍
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« on: Today at 10:43:17 PM »
You know the saying, 'The person who never made a mistake never made anything'.
Well done for finding the problem 👍
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« on: May 12, 2024, 11:03:57 PM »
Count the number of teeth on the rear sprocket as well. Just because it's the original sprocket as when you got the bike doesn't mean the PO has at some point changed the sprocket and altered the gearing.
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« on: May 12, 2024, 07:08:05 PM »
Do you definitely have the rear wheel in the swingarm as far as it will go? I always join the chain when it's on the sprocket and not in the top or bottom run due to sag.
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« on: May 12, 2024, 12:59:39 PM »
Excellent progress Ted. Running by the end of next week?
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« on: May 11, 2024, 03:52:14 PM »
The winning bike, anyone's on here?
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« on: May 11, 2024, 03:50:17 PM »
I've just got home from the Kempton Bike Show and autojumble. I'd like to say I had a really good ride over on the VFR but riding through the London 'burbs' is painful even on a bike, so many idiots and morons in cars. I actually had one guy next to me at a set of red lights who decided he'd had enough of waitng and just decided to go despite all the traffic coming around the roundabout!
The show was pretty good, the CR Rotary racer was there and was run up on the rollers, what a sound as was the Jawa 2 valve speedway bike.
The Best in Show was won by a Honda Phil Read Replica with a very nice back story. There was a 90cc twin Yamaha that was highly comended as well as a CB72/77?
I was hoping to get some 10/40 oil for Ratty but nothing available, plenty of 20/50 or straight 30/40/50! In order not to feel I had a wasted trip I bought a can of electrical contact cleaner instead!
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« on: May 11, 2024, 03:32:53 PM »
I used the kit from Pyramid Parts and whilst it did fit there was only 1.5 turns on the castelated nut. I contact Pyramid and they requested photos and these were duly sent with the measurements. Pyramid admitted the kit was not suitable for the 400/4 despite their listing stating it was and gave me my money back. This was the same kit many have used on here. Pyramid agreed with my findings that it could be dangerous.
I bought a set of caged ball bearings in the end and they fitted perfectly using a 2mm shim on the lower yoke.
I have contacted Pyramid a couple of times since to request an update and I also voluntered to try the stepped bearing they were proposing but they told me they are currently speaking to several restorers of these machines to obtain a solution. Needless to say I had a pig of a job to get the taper races out of my newly powder coated frame!
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« on: May 10, 2024, 02:34:33 PM »
I think the back story qualifies it for an Out & About Ted👍
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« on: May 09, 2024, 11:07:55 PM »
Looking very good Ted, you've been busy👍
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« on: May 09, 2024, 09:58:22 PM »
I've had a good few 400/4 carbs apart and I've never seen anything like that before! Maybe the PO had the tank off at some time to do something else and dropped that part down there and you know the agro of dropping something down there and a) seeing where it actually went and b) trying to fish it out! BUT....the shape of the indent at one end does look like the lifter but if it is someone has cut the end off and why?
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« on: May 09, 2024, 09:53:35 PM »
Great to see the blue sky backdrop Johnny. Bike looks stunning 👍
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« on: May 09, 2024, 09:49:45 PM »
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« on: May 09, 2024, 09:42:35 PM »
It doesn't look long ke a carb part Roo, well not OEM anyway but does it have a thread on it? I'm just thinking maybe someone at some stage has taken the lifter spindle out and to do that you have to drill the locating dowl out. Of course it then has to be replaced! I've done this a couple of times in the past and used either a roll pin ground to length or in the case of Ratty I used a grub screw turned down on the lathe at the end to give a suitable locating 'register' into the spindle groove (as as previously suggested by Ken to someone else). Anyway, could it be that, is the spindle dowl missing?
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« on: May 08, 2024, 08:45:53 AM »
Thanks Dave, have sent them a message.
They will give you a price Steve based on the photos of the parts you send them. However, if you take the parts there yourself without accepting the on-line/emailed quote they can usually do a bit of a deal. That's how I did mine.
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