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Laverda Dave:

--- Quote from: Johnny4428 on December 04, 2023, 10:51:53 AM ---Battle scars! It wasn’t broken right accross but almost. Should have replaced but I’m having a go at repair. Two layers of glass fibre on the inside, bit of filler on the outside and see what like. The side panel badge was the replacement from DS.
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Is that heat damage Johnny or did it fall off and somebody ran over it as they did to the side cover on my Morini!
I tried to fix it with fibreglass but it was crushed so badly I couldn't get the shape back into it.
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Johnny4428:
Both side panels were smashed, the left one the centre was right out of it and there was chips missing. So I bought a replacement. The right one although cracked nearly right accross it still maintained its shape. I wasn’t sure what damaged it, I thought maybe being transported from the States. The damage was all prior to my ownership. I very nearly replaced it too but thought it was worth saving as an original part of the bike.

Johnny4428:
Right Ken, this is a first attempt with the coils mounted 180 degrees. 1 & 4 are sitting just right, 2 & 3 not so. Unfortunately I had already bought new caps just to replace old ones as is. So think I need two longer plug caps for 2 & 3 to enable all lead entry’s rear facing. Protective sleeves to fit also.

Oddjob:
Try swapping the coils over Johnny, I know I had to try a couple of time to get this method to work, I suppose it depends on how much the leads have been trimmed in the past as well. I'll see if I can find my coils and see which coil is where and whether the brackets have been turned or swapped as well. It doesn't matter BTW if No4 lead goes to No1 cylinder as they fire at the same time and the marking bands can be swapped if you need to do that, same for 2 and 3  of course.

I used right angled longs HT caps on the end cylinders and straight long on the inners BTW as you can see from the pic.

Oddjob:
Found the coils Johnny. 1 and 4 are on the left now instead of on the right, they are facing backwards, the coil brackets are still in the same positions, the longer bracket (30511-300-000) where the bolt goes through is still the front bracket. So in essence you remove the coils from the brackets, swap them to the opposite side and turn them backwards. If that makes sense.

I think people trying this are just spinning the coil setup backwards and then finding the leads won't reach or they won't mount to the frame anymore, it's not as simple as that.

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