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Hello and workshop manual for 1970 Falcone (Nuovo)
By: JohnnyTurk Date: February 6, 2022, 9:07 pm
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Hi. I've just acquired a 1970 Falcone Nuovo. It's one of a group
that was discovered here in Australia that was formerly property
of the Yugoslav army. I'm primarily interested in getting an
English translation of the workshop manual and hooking up with
other Falcone owners here in Australia. Anyway I appreciate the
existence of this group, despite a downturn in traffic. Cheers
John
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Re: Hello and workshop manual for 1970 Falcone (Nuovo)
By: Rob vW Date: February 9, 2022, 9:21 am
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It's quite easy to translate the online manuals & parts books
from Italian to English, using Google translate. After a while
you get used to certain words anyway.
Alternatively you can get an English workshop manual from Martin
Noke. Have a look on Ebay. They cost GBP 20.00 and are very
worthwhile having.
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Useful mods are to add an extra oil feed to the top of the
engine to help lube the inlet valve. You should change the
engine & fork oil seals as almost all rubber parts will have
perished by now. Be very careful with the fork top nuts as they
are aluminium and the threads strip easily, especially as you
will reinsert them against the spring pressure.
Change the headlight out for one from a Mk1 VW Polo (if you had
them in Oz). It's about the same size but will enable you to
have an H4 halogen headlight, but not exact. The headlight glass
will rest directly onto the headlight rim, but you can put
rubber U channel onto the rim to protect the glass. You will
need to fit relays to control the high & low beam so you don't
overload the handlebar switch. Useful to have a relay on the
horn too.
If you need to remove the flywheel, you can't get the original
castellated socket for the special nut inside the flywheel.
However there is a Honda suspension tool that will do the job.
The thread is the opposite to normal and you might need a rattle
gun.
Clutches can slip mainly due to age & old oil. Oddly, this can
happen at high cruising speeds. Replacements are available, but
expensive. Use new heavy duty springs. Not a difficult job to
do (can be done with the engine in the frame) but you will need
to make a clutch compressor (easy). Once done, I suggest you
use oil developed especially for wet clutches (for peace of
mind). Then you can forget about the clutch.
You could also fit a Dynastart instead of the dynamo. It takes
a bit if engineering, but saves kickstarting the bike.
New petrol taps are rubbish. The NF has a peculiar M12 thread,
not common to other types. If you get new taps, the seals are
easy enough to replace, but have a tendency to move inside the
tap housing which can restrict fuel flow.
Otherwise, it's an interesting bike to ride and will turn heads.
Rob
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Re: Hello and workshop manual for 1970 Falcone (Nuovo)
By: JohnnyTurk Date: February 10, 2022, 6:56 pm
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Thanks Rob for all that info. I'm not sure if my mechanical
skills are up to some of the things you recommend but I'll ask
around for help. Appreciate the suggestions. Should I be
concerned about the valves with modern unleaded petrol? Cheers
John
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Re: Hello and workshop manual for 1970 Falcone (Nuovo)
By: Lone Wolf Date: February 13, 2022, 1:17 pm
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[quote author=JohnnyTurk link=topic=448.msg2922#msg2922
date=1644541005]
Should I be concerned about the valves with modern unleaded
petrol? Cheers John
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Wotcha.
I've been running mine on unleaded since 2003 - nothing bad has
happened yet.
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Re: Hello and workshop manual for 1970 Falcone (Nuovo)
By: banquo Date: February 20, 2022, 5:12 am
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[quote author=JohnnyTurk link=topic=448.msg2920#msg2920
date=1644203265]
Hi. I've just acquired a 1970 Falcone Nuovo. It's one of a group
that was discovered here in Australia that was formerly property
of the Yugoslav army. I'm primarily interested in getting an
English translation of the workshop manual and hooking up with
other Falcone owners here in Australia. Anyway I appreciate the
existence of this group, despite a downturn in traffic. Cheers
John
[/quote]
Welcome JT. If you navigate to the links section, you will find
the NF resources I've gathered over the years. The Paul Friday
files are a good starting point: big download but worth it.
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Re: Hello and workshop manual for 1970 Falcone (Nuovo)
By: Gaffertape Date: June 9, 2022, 12:13 am
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Hi John
Ive also got a 70 NF from the yugo army . It was imported to uk
with tonnes of other military surplus in 2008 , Ive since moved
back to NZ and its still a sweet runner..no major work required
thus far . fork seals and control cables needed replacement
but not hard to track down those sorts of things . Panniers
,leg sheilds , screens are much harder to find .this forum has
helped me alot and as jake says, the paul friday resources
are the place to start . Sure theres not heaps of traffic here
but there are lots of guys way more clever than i am with
engineering that can help get the bike sorted. Im interested
that a load of bikes ended up in Aussie , i had not heard of
that story , do you know any details ? Ive heard theres
another bike in Auckland , a mate even claims to have seen and
heard it ! but most people i speak too at rallies have
never seen one so it does get a fair bit of attention .
cheers
Ric
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