comanche 3,253 Posted March 12 Report Share Posted March 12 4 hours ago, vfr400boy said: Am doing an oily rag on the Norton it was never a mint bike my old man gave £95 for it in 1982 , but hopefully with the new valves n piston rings new fork legs , and a new electric ignition it will do me for a few years, I need to find some one to fix a small hole in the tank , Probably you already know but if you ever have to delve further into the engine ,check the flywheel for cracks while you're in there. Commando cranks had some odd habits. Can't wait for your first road test report! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,637 Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 16 hours ago, comanche said: Probably you already know but if you ever have to delve further into the engine ,check the flywheel for cracks while you're in there. Commando cranks had some odd habits. Can't wait for your first road test report! I can't wait to hear it run ,am not sure how I will get on with gears on wrong side and one up 3 down ha 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 3,016 Posted March 13 Report Share Posted March 13 (edited) 8 hours ago, vfr400boy said: I can't wait to hear it run ,am not sure how I will get on with gears on wrong side and one up 3 down ha i recon that might take some time getting used to a right-hand gear shift should imagine you will be doing a lot of unplanned breaking and changing down when you want to stop Edited March 13 by greg64 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 3,016 Posted April 1 Report Share Posted April 1 On 15/02/2024 at 15:12, greg64 said: i used to have a Montessa cappra 414 wish i kept it rare bike ,got this in the shed on a sorn at the moment just got this taxed today as turned 40 years old last year and classed as Historic tax and mot exempt as of the 1st April what a great feeling not having to hand over any cash 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,637 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 15 hours ago, greg64 said: just got this taxed today as turned 40 years old last year and classed as Historic tax and mot exempt as of the 1st April what a great feeling not having to hand over any cash Do like the XL , and yes an amazing feeling not paying tax 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
downsouth 8,290 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 17 hours ago, greg64 said: just got this taxed today as turned 40 years old last year and classed as Historic tax and mot exempt as of the 1st April what a great feeling not having to hand over any cash I've just added my 1974 vespa v90 to my classic 1968 vespa primavera classic policy and my premium has dropped from 180quid down to 110.When I asked how come it's 70quid less to insure both she said because they work out the premium off the newest vehicle even though the older one is worth 3k more.Work that out??? No tax No MOTS and 110qid to insure 2 scooters with a combined agreed value of 11.5k Wheras my 1998 vespa px which is worth 3k tops is 200quid to insure and needs tax and an MOT 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 3,016 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 1 hour ago, downsouth said: I've just added my 1974 vespa v90 to my classic 1968 vespa primavera classic policy and my premium has dropped from 180quid down to 110.When I asked how come it's 70quid less to insure both she said because they work out the premium off the newest vehicle even though the older one is worth 3k more.Work that out??? No tax No MOTS and 110qid to insure 2 scooters with a combined agreed value of 11.5k Wheras my 1998 vespa px which is worth 3k tops is 200quid to insure and needs tax and an MOT cheap motoring i'm glad i got it done as i wouldn't be surprised if this govt changed the 40 year exemption as i think they are ulez exempt as well and this lot in power are trying to squeeze every penny out of us 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
downsouth 8,290 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 1 hour ago, greg64 said: cheap motoring i'm glad i got it done as i wouldn't be surprised if this govt changed the 40 year exemption as i think they are ulez exempt as well and this lot in power are trying to squeeze every penny out of us Yeah both my smallframes are exempt but my px isn't even though they all run the same cc 2stroke engine.Well that's what the logbooks say I think I could get the px exempt but I'd have to go and pay a government sanctioned garage to certificate it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 3,016 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 (edited) 1 hour ago, downsouth said: Yeah both my smallframes are exempt but my px isn't even though they all run the same cc 2stroke engine.Well that's what the logbooks say I think I could get the px exempt but I'd have to go and pay a government sanctioned garage to certificate it it's a 40 year rolling exemption at the moment so your 1998 px will be exempt on April 1st 2039 if they have not changed it by then Edited April 2 by greg64 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
downsouth 8,290 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 1 minute ago, greg64 said: it's a 40 year rolling exemption at the moment so your 1998 px will be exempt on April 1st 2039 if they have not changed it by then I'm either gunna cash it soon as I prefer my older smallframes or break it and sell the frame and bodywork and keep the rapid but reliable engine and all the expensive running gear and find a nice old project with great patina to stick it all on.Thats the great thing with them.All large frame pretty much fits all largeframes and all smallframe stuff is interchangeable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
greg64 3,016 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 9 minutes ago, downsouth said: I'm either gunna cash it soon as I prefer my older smallframes or break it and sell the frame and bodywork and keep the rapid but reliable engine and all the expensive running gear and find a nice old project with great patina to stick it all on.Thats the great thing with them.All large frame pretty much fits all largeframes and all smallframe stuff is interchangeable. you will have to look at the rules substantial change criteria ,they dont like you to mess with them to much Quote Link to post Share on other sites
downsouth 8,290 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 3 minutes ago, greg64 said: you will have to look at the rules substantial change criteria ,they dont like you to mess with them to much They won't know.And I'm not doing it to get round anything.I just prefer the older models as they look nicer.Both of my smallframes have engines built on late pk50 cases as the later 80s and early 90s cases were a bit better quality and if you could lay your hands on a late pk50 engine the gearboxes and selectors etc were always In excellent reusable condition as they'd only ever done 30mph. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,637 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Any one do any of the bike rallys? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
downsouth 8,290 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 6 minutes ago, vfr400boy said: Any one do any of the bike rallys? I normally do a couple of scooter rallys during the summer but a day is normally enough.Look at all the scooters,chat to a few lads and watch dyno competition for a couple of hrs.Last thing I wanna do at 50 is be getting on the piss and then sleeping in a tent and there's only so long I can put up with a load of soppy old c**ts dressed up as comedy skinheads or mods dancing around to shitty cover bands or dodgy northern soul DJs 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vfr400boy 3,637 Posted April 29 Report Share Posted April 29 Iv not been to one for 14 years ( since kids born ) but might do a few of the mag ones this year Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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