It’s home at last!

[Oddjob]

I think the K3 kit used a 24mm eye wrench Johnny, different rear spindle nut.

[AshimotoK0]

Nice project .. if that had been from DK the 1st thing they would have done was to nick the toolkit. I bought my CD125A from that guy .. negotiated a bit of discount and straightforward deal. Would be interesting to see who imported it on the NOVA Cert. Mine came from Paul Gaskin of Huggys Speedshop.

[Orcade-Ian]

Clive Smither was the importer (name on NOVA cert) of the lovely 550F1 that I got from James.  Not even sure that James had ever taken the tool kit out from the seat pod - it looked very much as though no one even knew it was there! 

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No, Johnny, the bag is not for sale!
When I shared the details of those DS bikes you posted Ash, everyone remarked how reasonably priced they were when compared with DK and they have had lots of bikes from there.

Ian

[Laverda Dave]

Great project to keep those long, cold and damp days at bay. Very nice spacious workshop as well, you need to fill it with more bikes and projects🙂

[Seabeowner]

Does look all there, so hopefully not too much work to get it for a runabout for a season. After all bikes are for riding.
Another 550/500 so we have definitely seen off the 400s and even the 750s.
When I was first looking to get a 500 to restore about 22years ago I had trouble finding one. Imports have made them common.
I did get one tool kit out of the three bikes I bought from DK, but it was with the expensive K0 with the early double ring spanner.

[Laverdaroo]

That’s a great bike, well done that man. What’s the white VFR wheel off in the rear if shot.?

My VFRomeyer went off soon as I saw it

Nice workshop too,


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[Johnny4428]

Ken, sorry I was havering, it was the 750 that was minus the 26mm wrench. Yes Dave nice thought to have multiple projects on the go but I think one moneypit at a time is manageable 😂. Now as for importer of the bike, I don’t know if it was the guy that I bought off imported it or not. But I bought the bike with it already registered as a historic vehicle with V5C, so never saw the NOVA. Bit of a mystery really because it had a newish Motobatt battery fitted a new pattern seat, must have been with a view to running it. There was some rather foul smelling stuff that came out of the carb float bowls when I coaxed the float bowl drain screws open. Also the fuel tank (which looks reasonable in the inside) has what appears to be diesel in the bottom of it but may turn out to be old rotten fuel. I managed to get it running today after a little bit of coaxing with fuel leaks and seepages, there was a blast of soot and rust from the rear and it ran without any concerning noises or rattles. Maybe a miracle it ran at all, cos boy are these carbs crying out for attention. I might be wrong but I don’t think this thing has run for a while.

[Johnny4428]

That’s a great bike, well done that man. What’s the white VFR wheel off in the rear if shot.?

My VFRomeyer went off soon as I saw it

Nice workshop too,


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😂😂 Roo you wouldn’t want that on the back of your VFR, it’s a Lister Junior fly wheel. Yeh was going to paint it but all I had was silver Hammerite.

[Laverdaroo]

Aaaah, new phone bc and can’t work it   well enough yet to zoom in


Shame


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[Johnny4428]

Aaaah, new phone bc and can’t work it   well enough yet to zoom in


Shame


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[Johnny4428]

Well thought I would pull the carbs and have a go at improving on the fuel delivery, I think it’s safe to say they are needing a good clean! Number 4 float pin is fighting me a bit, these 50 year old float pin pillars scare me. Wouldn’t take much to break. Think I’ll leave to soak and try tomorrow.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Someone needs to invent a pair of broad nosed pliers with a nice slot on one of the jaws to hold  against the float pillar on the inside edge - the other jaw needs to have a firing pin so you can push the float hinge pin out.
 

[Johnny4428]

Someone needs to invent a pair of broad nosed pliers with a nice slot on one of the jaws to hold  against the float pillar on the inside edge - the other jaw needs to have a firing pin so you can push the float hinge pin out.

Nice idea Ted! As long as it supports both pillars at the same time. 👍

[Johnny4428]

Interesting day yesterday removing air box and carbs. Think this air filter is been here long enough. And some strange looking bugs that have probably crawled up through the drain port. And a seal between air chambers that’s never been fitted correctly.😳

[DomP]

I found it really awkward to get that seal to stay in place, it seems bit of a bad design but probably worked fine when those seals were nice and new.  My Air box was missing quite a few internal bits so with Kens advice I used a 500 filter and did away with the breather parts.