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Rozabikes Tim:
--- Quote from: Laverda Dave on April 24, 2025, 12:01:23 PM ---I haven’t posted any progress updates for the TL for a while; I’ve not been idle but have been doing a combination of cleaning and buying spares for the project.
A couple of items to report though, I have now collected the vapour blasted and painted engine cases back from R D Cox and Son in Reading and they have made a fantastic job of those. The original sprocket cover that was really badly damaged has come out well following the welding, filing, filing, blasting and painting.
I also had the new Pirelli trials tires fitted to the existing rims yesterday. I have polished the front brake drum but have the other side still to do. The anodised original rims and spokes have come up really well with a bit of elbow grease.
I have accumulated a vast amount of spares from what seems like all over the world for this bike! Once I receive the spares from DSS I can commence the build.
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Tidy work Sir! That sprocket cover has come up well. I sourced one from Japan not as bad as that which I was going to get welded etc. However won another Japside last week undamaged. Probably end up costing me £45 with shipping etc, so well pleased. There are repro ones out there for £130 and look pretty rough finished at that.
Were the spokes ok on the wheels, they look so?
Got last bits of my bike back from France now (motor and wheels) so hopefully be making a start before too long. Will never be near your standards though!
Laverda Dave:
Thanks Tim. Progress is slow but that's more down to the money supply being drip fed. I need to get a move on with it as I am now having to rent a garage from a neighbour to store my own bikes! Apart from the chroming and the paint I am ready to begin the build.
I took the gear lever rubber off yesterday (it is marked as 'Suzuki'). When I took the rubber off I found the lever had been snapped off at some time and a bolt welded in its place.......another part required although its going to be a Fecked alloy folding type.
Your project sounds like it is gaining momentum, you'll have it out on the slopes by year end :)
Laverda Dave:
Some progress to report.
I started to tap the exhaust system with a soft mallet and a lot of rust fell out, I'd say its likely to be a bit rotten inside but we are going with it as its original.
The fork have now been rebuilt with new seals (the PO had put a new set of seals on top of the old ones at some point so there were two seals in each leg!). I fitted the correct Honda seals with the metal spacer below and not the much thinner ‘universal’ type. I junked the gaiters and fitted proper dust seals. I gave the alloy fork legs a good polish on the mop.
I have run a tap through all the frame treads and engine threads with a good clean of everything and especially the engine cases. The wheels are now ready for refitting. New steering bearings have been fitted and I removed the flaky lacquer from the top yoke, gave it a good polish and fitted stainless clamp bolts after machining the bolt heads to remove the script and giving them a polish.
I am waiting for the chrome parts back before I can re-assemble the chassis.
Meanwhile....................
Laverda Dave:
I have commenced engine assembly.
After giving the cases another good clean and blast with compressed air after running a tap through the threads and followed that up with another good clean and another good blast of air. Everything went back together really easily although I replaced the kick-start gear that was chipped and also fitted the missing kick-start shaft thrust washer (maybe the chipped gear is related to the missing thrust washer because the shaft was moving?).
I replaced the crankshaft cam chain sprocket; how the cam stayed on the old one I don’t know! Knowing the problem I had getting the old one off (I had to resort to a dremmel) I put the crank in the freezer for 3 days and the new sprocket in the over at 180c for 20 minutes and it went on with some drifting action. All gears operate as they should.
The fuel tank has had two doses of DEOX-C with a lot of the internal rust has being removed but it may take another dose.
It’s nice to be putting things back together instead of taking them apart!
Bryanj:
Looking good Dave
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