This is like a never ending story! No different then an old bike then I guess?
Few more bits from the AJS shop arrived today, forget the web shop, one has to phone them, but so far 90+% of things I want, they have.
My list of bits from AJS to date has been:
OIl seal 35 x 52 x 7 L/H crank
OIl seal 2231x5
Gasket side spacer
Gasket Left Crankcase cover
Clutch cable 45"
Air hose airbox to single carb
Rubber mountings (Tank)
Chain Protect pad Mk1
Battery Rubber strap
DD125E Owners Manual (what a lark!)
3 lots of P&P
inc all the VAT £89.59
From another shop (ebay)
Complete front brake master res/cylinder/handle/brake-switch
all in at £35.25. Beginning to wonder if it would have been cheaper at above?
Two spark plugs £5.40
Local Motorcycle shop for chain, two sprockets and wheel bearing £38.48
So for parts up to now
£133.47
Now I do not think that is bad.
Back to the work on the bike, fitted the battery rubber, remounted the handlebars. Story behind this. The bars were skew slightly, so took off the bars and took out the risers. Put them in the lathe and checked how straight they were. peeled all the chrome off the m12 bolt part to get them to run OK, then used a lathe tool to edge the base of the risers flat. They now sit better on the top yoke and are not out by much at all, the handle bar looks a lot more in line
Had issues with the neutral light not working and an intermittent headlight, found broken cables around the headstock where all the flexing of the wires happens. Just seems to be the black cables that carry switched 12 Volts, the other coloured cables seem to be fine. trim solder and wrap with self amalgamating tape, then wrap the lot from the end of the tank to the headlight. Now this might be a bad idea as the cables now flex in a different place, will have to wait and see.
Over the weekend the rear swing arm will have to be removed for a clean, sand, paint and fit the chain pad.
This will be a tricky job as the bike has no main stand, so have to think of a way to get the back of the bike in the air whilst wheel and arm removed, without the bike falling over.
Adrian