...so I broke out the black leather dye and blacked it all over, then cut the shoulder strap off and mounted it to the bike with a bracket.
It took her a few weeks until she finally recognised it
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This one has found a new home in my shed, its a 71 fastback,its had a 9 year lay up cleaned the carbs and and fitted a battery and it fired up and runs sweet.
I will do a strip and replace the engine mount rubbers and clean up the flaky bits,other than that its a nice original Norton.
I will do a strip and replace the engine mount rubbers and clean up the flaky bits,other than that its a nice original Norton.
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That is very sweet Chris, congratulations. My old 850 is one of the bikes I would like to own again (once I discovered the conrods were bent from a previous blow up, and got it to stay togeher!)
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Ha ha sounds peachy buddy
Two of my old Yamaha's
If I could only add the photos!!
If I could only add the photos!!
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Thought I would raise her from her slumber for the weekly start up, fekking freezing today though
Lovely looking bike, true Japanese engineering excellence.
Anyway enough of the compliments, never mind the two stroke multi lets have some pictures of the Villiers trail bike in action, navigating a few streams, rocky outcrops etc.
On the question of weeky start up, I was always told with strokers you should get them really warm to make sure any fuel oil mix around the crank seals was hot enough to evaporate rather than staying in the crankcase. How long do you run yours for?
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Anyway enough of the compliments, never mind the two stroke multi lets have some pictures of the Villiers trail bike in action, navigating a few streams, rocky outcrops etc.
On the question of weeky start up, I was always told with strokers you should get them really warm to make sure any fuel oil mix around the crank seals was hot enough to evaporate rather than staying in the crankcase. How long do you run yours for?
Steve
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Run for 10-15 minutes up and down the yard when its hot, fan stays on for about 5 minutes afterwards.
I was told to do it once a weeek years ago by a Honda 2 stroke guru, the zorts never get hot anyway unless she is ridden hard and at this time of year there is little chance of that.
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Soon be summer again 
Fantastic, and thanks for info on warming up smokers.Soon be summer again
Beautiful wee machine, boy along the road from me Keith nairn specialises in laverda, very smart guy, his hand made exhausts and frames are quality , cheers tam.and my contribution towards stopping dozy pedestrians from walking in the road.
It's not got the side panel badges fitted in the photo but yes; it's a Laverda Montjuic and those so called silencers emit a healthy 110db at 5k rpm.
And for the eagle eyed - I was waiting for new carbs to arrive when I took the photo but it's now got a nice pair of Dellorto pumpers on it and they throw fuel into the engine faster than any pyromaniac could ever manage
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Always wanted a mint Greeves, they seem to feature a lot in shops like belstaff and Barbour as shop ornaments.
Nice mate, keith nairns workshop is just along the road from me, his hand made exhausts are stunning, along with his frames.and my contribution towards stopping dozy pedestrians from walking in the road.
It's not got the side panel badges fitted in the photo but yes; it's a Laverda Montjuic and those so called silencers emit a healthy 110db at 5k rpm.
And for the eagle eyed - I was waiting for new carbs to arrive when I took the photo but it's now got a nice pair of Dellorto pumpers on it and they throw fuel into the engine faster than any pyromaniac could ever manage
Lovely looking bike, thanks for showing it!
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I keep toying with the idea of getting him to mess with my engine a little bit. He's shit hot on all things Laverda but it's a long way from home to be sending the engine and I like to be able to pop in and see how things are going.
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I finished my second Commando last summer, i bought it as a cafe racer but its ended up as my fastback 'special'
I've since then spent a few weeks putting a GPZ900r back to roadworthyness (not really a classic but….) it might be ripe for a restoration job, just have to see how things pan out its a nice bike to work on and the spares are cheap and plentiful.
And i've sorted a GPZ750 turbo for my next build!
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