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drikko · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:51 am Post subject: How's this for an OMG moment!!

Had a long trip with the Laverda club last weekend, 2500ks all up. On the second morning one of the guys was oiling his chain (google it... Smile

) and noticed this:-

Wow, he dodged a bullet with that one, having been doing a tad (190kph) over the speed limit the evening before. Imagine if it had locked the rear wheel up! The sideways movement had crunched the pads totally and 3 spokes were broken:-

Straight to the wall behind the bar in his house I suspect!

Removed the disk and we continued on our merry way Smile

Might be worth having a good check for cracks over your older disks!
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elecky · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 5:16 am Post subject:

Had the same near disaster on my R100rt a few years ago. I had my wife on the back and all the "essential junk" she carried when we toured at that time. Including full top box and side panniers and tankbag, and her too, therefore sitting a little further forward and unkowningly resting my foot on the rear brake. It must have been red hot by the time I felt the pedal and the brakes faded out. We had another 500klms to get home and each one was a worry but luckily without any trauma.

robleyd · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:44 am Post subject:

Cheap Italian products Very Happy

Surprising they don't have several reverse gear ratios.

Presumably the empties in the background are from the end of ride celebration? Not many participants then Twisted Evil

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drikko · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 9:04 am Post subject:

That was just from before breakfast......

Sheesh tough crowd here today!
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'Bigamy is having one wife/husband too many. Monogamy is the same.'
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Shoganai · Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 11:18 pm Post subject:

That ranks pretty high on my Oh Shit Factor scale. Shocked

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tmoons · Flying Brick Rider Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 161

Hi,

do you know what brand the disc was? (there is a BIG discussion going on a dutch motorcycle forum and i love to troll them a little bit, the discusion there is that Chinese disc are the devil PERIOD. i already borrowed the picture of the disc (being held up the the camera), but would like to know the brand of the disc.... (the "chinese discs are the devil people" are already screaming out it has to be a chinese crap disc...) i now hope the disc is the original laverda one and perhaps made by Brembo??

hope you all enjoy a little bit of trolling as well....

SugarHillCTD · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:41 am Post subject:

merlin geikie · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:33 am Post subject:

Holy Toledo Drikko

bet the new one was up around BiteMyWallet prices.

I would just weld the beggar up with a good quality TIG welder and keep going Wink

I mean the guy prolly had ridden a lot further than 2.5Kkm on it but just noticed it as the crack grew big.

I thought most of them Laverdas were garage queens Laughing

good to see youse lot get out amongs it once in a while.

All the best mate

your friend from rainy lismore Cool

drikko · Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:59 pm Post subject:

nice and sunny up here mg, and one of the Sydney guys had a spare disk (swapped for a case of beer, try that at a beemer shop....) so we put the replacement one in, in the pits at Eastern Creek. He didn't notice it at all while riding which is scary, only when he went to oil his chain.

tmoons, definitely the original Laverda disk, pretty sure they made them in the factory, Brembo calipers of course but most likely Laverda manufactured disk.
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K1100RS '97
Laverda RGS 1000 '84
Jim Young Trailer Sailer 5.7M WB

DISCLAIMER:- Anything I say may have been when I was drunk so please don't take it personally.

'Bigamy is having one wife/husband too many. Monogamy is the same.'
Oscar Wilde

tmoons · Flying Brick Rider Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 161

PERFECT...
i was hoping as much!! ! Smile

although I do not think most of the people in the sceptic camp will even consider believing it Smile

ah well if the all want to spend 250 usd (to use a general indication currency) for a piece of metal (one disc) (alright ...that might be a little harsh...) which is also available.. for the same money for 2 (or less money for 2)....

anyway... thanks for the response.. Smile