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juitz:

--- Quote from: Sesman on April 12, 2022, 03:18:13 PM ---Is the bike substantially complete? You might get a visit from the DVLA’s validation engineer and based on what he said to me he’ll give the thumbs down if it’s in bits on the garage floor…..just saying.

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Yes it is in bits which is what I'm really worried about. My fault for jumping the gun on those. I can rebuild it I guess but that would be a pain....

Laverdaroo:
cant you just wait until its done then reg it? Honest question, never had to do all this gubbins so curious.

Sesman:
I wouldn’t worry to much. If and I do mean if you are contacted by the inspection guy just be open and honest with him on the bikes status. They generally like to see it fully assembled to witness the bikes authenticity and roadworthiness, but you do have time.

Or like Roo says, jus you delay the inspection until you are ready.

juitz:
I'll keep this thread as a progress and advice thread.

So, I was originally thinking of rebuilding my bike as a cafe racer. But after further reading and some sensibility kicking in, I've decided to go in a slightly different direction. Firstly, i'm keeping the stock airbox to make tuning/running more reliable. Enough info and threads around stating the difficulties of tuning carbs with non-stock airbox. I have enough to do as it is, and don't want to add complexity where it's not needed. I love the cafe racer look, but I would much rather have a rideable bike.  I will have to get some side covers as my bike didn't have them - assume aftermarket ones are decent enough.

This brings me to the second change which is handlebars and ride stance. I've remembered that I'm too old to be riding with aggressive stance anymore - my back just can't handle it. So I've decided to keep the stock top triple and go with some low rise / superbike handle bars instead for a bit more of an upright position.

Can anyone recommend a decent set of aftermarket handlebars and where I could get some handlebar clamps in the UK? Don't want to use the stock clamp.

Sesman:
Now I could be wrong, but to get an age related and historic registration I’d understood that a large proportion of the bike had to be assembled using original parts. As I said, I could be wrong….

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