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Spitfire:
Well I got the new battery yesterday, I had to go to the dentist this morning so I was going to spend an afternoon checking out everything electrical then fire her up tomorrow, however our 12 year old grandson (Dean) arrived and he got very excited about starting her up, as he helped me put the frame on the engine I went along.
Took a long time to get the oil pressure light off, I put one litre of oil in the tank and one litre in the cam cover, it took a long time for the oil light to go out, so long that I started to suspect the oil pressure switch, but a look into the cam cover showed no sign of oil spraying around so I carried on. The oil light eventually went out, then I waited a few more minutes turning her over until I could see oil spraying about in the cam cover. Plugs in and she fired up on the second push of the button. I was amazed, Dean was over the moon, he's seen the bike progress from a bare frame to the finished article.
The only real snag was the ignition switch, it gave up the ghost while we were getting the oil pressure up, rather than disappoint Dean I put a jumper wire in the cable block and carried on. I later changed out the switch for the one on my F2 which works great.
Got to fit the tacho and speedo cables, change out some bulbs, fit the new registration plate, check out the horn as it isn't working and she should be ready for the road.

YIPPEE

Den

dave400:
Now that it

mick:
Now then Dave & Den, i'll come down to southport for a brew and look at yer bikes  ;),  Den your f1's a credit to you  8), don't it feel good when they start up after all that hard work ;), cheers mick.

dave400:
Bloody hell Mick, nice to hear from you again! We

Dave M:
My 550's put to shame alongside your bikes!

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