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Messages - Laverda Dave
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« on: September 20, 2024, 05:09:23 PM »
I've read a rumour the government are going to scrap the 40+ year rolling free tax for historic vehicles as a way of clawing some more cash back from the hapless population. This happened once before when Gordon Brown scrapped the 25 year rolling tax exemption. My concern will be if the rumour is true and not only do the scrap the rolling 40 year exemption but scrap the whole thing altogether especially considering the current thinking of the climate control measures the strategy to have us all walking everywhere by 2035!
I just hope it stays as a rumour 😕.
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« on: September 17, 2024, 08:23:10 AM »
The Vac Bags are excellent once you get the bike in there which can be difficult if it's a big bike. You do have to drain the fuel out though and remove the battery (and you would want to charge it occasionally anyway). I pump the tires up to about 15psi over the recommended pressure as the bike could be in the bag for 4-5 months.
When I am not using mine I store them in the loft with one bag inside the other. I also wrap the the dessicant (if that is what it is called) in cling film during storage in the summer months as it lasts for two seasons. All in all a good product but a bit of a pain to get the bike in there and once in you will only want to take it out once!
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« on: September 14, 2024, 09:46:51 AM »
Lovely bikes and especially the Triton. I like how he's braced the downpipes, very similar to how I have braced mine. Considering he is racing the Triton the idea appears to work in practice, I'm still to get my bike actually on the road👍
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« on: September 12, 2024, 11:23:20 AM »
A very nice looking 400/4. I've had a few 'issues' with the replacement seat. Basically the hinge fixing bolts and the plunger mounting bolts are incorrectly positioned on the two seats I have been sent. I have had to elongate the hinge fixing plate by 15mm to get the seat to fit anywhere close and even now it is still rubbing on the rear of the fuel tank. I fitted my genuine seat from my other bike and it fitted perfectly.
Your seat looks good apart from the cover, I would recommend you get it recovered, the seat cover from Saddle Craft as posted by Sye looks very good.
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« on: September 06, 2024, 10:38:57 PM »
Is there no end to your talents Ash! Microwave dent pullers, capacitor mods, sealed ignition coil overhauls, false teeth repairs and now steering damper knob rebuilds, amazing work and attention to detail 👍.
If I give you a fully working CB160 steering damper can you build a complete CB160 around it for me please🙂
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« on: September 06, 2024, 10:25:07 PM »
Or......if you want something smaller but still sohc and still fun to ride AND restore......a CB250RSD. Just make sure the starter motor is working because a lot of them failed!
RSD Dave ... thought you was an RSA man 
I'm a 100% RSA type of guy Ash, RSD's (especially the colours) don't do it for me with that ugly stuck on starter mechanism that had a habit of not working. I was just thinking about Ted's kickstart leg with the RSA although they are really easy to start and if they do kick back it's more of a tickle than a broken ankle😁. The CBX250 was a jewel though if a bit expensive and over complicated but very nice looking and kept the single pot performance 250 going a bit longer.
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« on: September 06, 2024, 10:17:20 PM »
The 200 was the only cable one i remember Ted and it worked very well if lubed correctly with a good cable.
There was the BMW that had a cable from the lever to the master cyl on the top frame rail
I think the CB50 from the early 80’s also had a cable operated disc Bryan although I maybe incorrect? I remember the cable operated disc on my CB200 malfunctioning and it locked on sending me over the front! The CB200 though is a very nice bike as is the CB/CD/CL175 and the CB/CL160.
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« on: September 05, 2024, 09:24:26 PM »
Definitely with James on this one, I've been using Surfex HD in the parts washer and also in the ultrasonic tank - excellent stuff. Worth checking out their many other car and bike products but make sure you end up on their site - there are others selling BH products that come up first when googled (cos they're paying!) and are more expensive of course!
I have no connection with the company - other than being very satisfied customer but Pete Hamber and his team are first class.
Ian
That's a great recommendation for use in the parts washer Ian. I am down to the last refill of safetyclean fluid and I can no longer obtain it since I retired. I tried a water based cleaner and it was 100% useless, it actually turned the parts rusty! I've used Built Hamber products before (Deox-c being the main one) and they gave always been fantastic and do what they say.
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« on: September 05, 2024, 09:18:10 PM »
Good suggestions there Ash👍.
Worth having a look at J H Pugh auction site as well Ted. There's a bike auction tomorrow with a CB160 in the line up.
The sloper CD175 at Oxford Classics as recommended by Ash does look good though if you can get it for the right money.
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« on: September 05, 2024, 09:12:02 PM »
I used to commute on a CB400/4 from the outskirts of greater London (Uxbridge) into Camden Town (Chalk Farm Bus Garage) in the 1980’s because it only took 30 minutes but going on the train/bus would be at least 90 minutes or two hours on a bad day. Riding the bike was always a buzz and I didn't care how much it cost. In the late 90's and 2000’s I rode the CB250RSA to work in Earls Court and then to the job at Heathrow, what a hoot! I would arrive at work with a grin 😁 and feeling absolutely buzzing. It's not just the money factor to consider but the wellbeing feeling you get when riding a bike, I'd go for the wellbeing every time. As you said, you are dreading going back in the van. I sympathise, having to sit there in all the traffic and looking across at the person sitting alone in their car with only the drone of a radio for company when they could be having fun going to work on two wheels with an engine🙂.
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« on: September 05, 2024, 08:54:06 PM »
Or go for a fully sorted VT500 as in the NTV650 although I would personally go for the 650Bros version but it would be an import as never available here. Same engine though as the NTV but a bit more exotic with the alloy beam frame. Plenty of Bros400 around as well, same basic water cooled V-Twin Sohc engine as the 650. The engines were bullet proof and not uncommon for 80,000+ miles. Lots of dispatch riders used them, the natural successor to the VT500 and the CX500 before it.
Or......if you want something smaller but still sohc and still fun to ride AND restore......a CB250RSD. Just make sure the starter motor is working because a lot of them failed!
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« on: September 05, 2024, 08:17:45 AM »
That looks amazing Andy, well done for the single handed lifting in and out!
Is this the original 250 you restored or is this the second one you had in bits a couple of years ago?
I'm sure if you were to sell it Mr Silver may be interested as I don't think he has one of these in his collection.
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« on: August 30, 2024, 09:52:33 PM »
Good results for a 1st shakedown run Ted. My 400 Ratty project refused to even start on Thursday for it's first shakedown run. It was out with the plugs, check for sparks (all ok), check ignition timing (all OK) and then I found no.2 and no 3 cylinders are not getting any fuel. It's going to be another carbs off job for sure😠
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« on: August 30, 2024, 09:46:35 PM »
My 1976 CR750 Honda Rickman has cast iron rotors with Lockheed calipers, amazing stopping power but they do rust at the slightest hint of moisture. Same applies to my 1982 Jota, cast iron drilled rotors with Brembo brakes, very impressive braking but again, will rust very easily and will actually seize the disc to the brake pads!
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« on: August 29, 2024, 12:12:35 AM »
Definitely not me Ash. I never had a moped but went straight to a CB160 at 17👍
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