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It lives !!!!!!!
By: steve Date: March 1, 2015, 1:34 pm
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Started my NF up yesterday for the first time in around 3.5
years. It fired up 'second swing' and is mechanically almost
silent, the exhaust is however and despite the huge double
silencer (which is just an echo chamber really), rather noisy,
but it sounds terrific with a real 'boom' to it ! Very
noticeable (deliberately) is that huge exposed (red) flywheel
scything round, but more so because Ive painted an offwhite
segment aligned to the ignition timing marks (easy to see now)
and which, at a certain RPM, gives that weird illusion that the
engine stops and starts to run in the other direction, great
effect this ! The V7 uprated oil pump is doing a very good job,
the oil light actually goes out when the kickstart is operated
and before the engine starts. Big relief this and its a happy
situation that the pressure relief valve will almost always be
open and so to lubricate the cam properly - the desired outcome
! All thats left is to buy a suitable battery (a 12 volt 9 amp
hour should suffice Im told) - other that is than the huge car
type that it arrived with - just unnecessary weight) and to fit
the seat and the tank. Its then MOT time and we are on the road!
I've really enjoyed this project mostly because there's nothing
complicated about this bike, its good old 50s solid engineering.
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Re: It lives !!!!!!!
By: banquo Date: March 2, 2015, 3:42 am
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That's good to hear.
Are we going to see some pix sometime...? ;)
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Re: It lives !!!!!!!
By: steve Date: March 2, 2015, 2:32 pm
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Yes no problem Jake. I will finish it firstly ok !
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Re: It lives !!!!!!!
By: banquo Date: March 2, 2015, 2:48 pm
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If you insist... ;D
Look forward to seeing it, if not in the flesh (metal?) than at
least in its virtual form!
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Re: It lives !!!!!!!
By: steve Date: March 2, 2015, 3:23 pm
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A question if I may please Jake. Any idea where I might get a
blank key, suitable for the NF please. I could do with a
duplicate !
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Re: It lives !!!!!!!
By: banquo Date: March 3, 2015, 6:21 am
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Yes! There's a guy on eBay, and I bought a rear mudguard and a
pair of key blanks off him a few years back (also saw a pair for
sale on eBay.com this week).
His name is Feniks or something like that. He seems to be based
in Italy, but I think the parts came from Yugoslavia.
I'll see if I can find some details. All parts are not there for
all of the time on eBay.
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Re: It lives !!!!!!!
By: banquo Date: March 3, 2015, 6:24 am
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Here we go; it Feniks2009...
HTML http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOTO-GUZZI-FALCONE-500cc-BLANK-KEYS-H-/221438328278?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item338ec0bdd6
HTML http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOTO-GUZZI-FALCONE-500cc-BLANK-KEYS-H-/221438328278?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item338ec0bdd6
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Re: It lives !!!!!!!
By: steve Date: March 3, 2015, 2:06 pm
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Appreciated Jake, cheers !
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