Re: 'New' SOB.

On 6 Apr, 21:24, Pete Fisher <Pe...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In communiqué <1iezr74.m83suw182329wN%a...@darkroom.+.com>, A.Lee
<a...@darkroom.+.com> cast forth these pearls of wisdom



Given the price NLM charge for second hand Morini bits, it is probably
worth more in pieces than it ever will as a complete bike.

Not just Morinis.

I bought this:

Ebay item 140217581200

last weekend. I was only £20 off reserve, and he offered it to me, so
I had a look at it, and we agreed on £500 as the Second Offer had now
timed out and so he wouldn't have to pay any final value fees.

The engine runs very well indeed. There is an oil weep from the cam
cover (common issue and easily fixed) and also from behind the
sprocket cover. I haven't investigated that yet. He says it's the
output shaft - that's an engine strip, if so. Most likely the gear
lever shaft oil seal - again, an easy fix. Unfortunately, it also has
a corner broken off one fin and a little bit broken off the head
casting under the cam cover. Not enough to force a leak, but along
with the fin damage,enough to rule it out for anyone who wants a
really good engine.

But..... the tinware was amazing. It had been replaced as and when
needed, and some quite recently. So I took the decision to break it,
keeping the Boyer ignition kit for my existing 400 Four.

This weekend, the front and rear guards, exhaust, chainguard, front
caliper, master cylinder, side reflectors, seat and spare 'sports'
seat earned £630.

The front wheel has recently been rebuilt with new spokes and rim (not
mentioned in the auction). That'll fetch another £75. Headlight,
headlight bracket, switchgear, clocks, tank and panels (painted with a
stick but otherwise in perfect order), electrical components, forks
(recently fitted with new stanchions and, again, not mentioned in the
auction), and carbs (which can honestly be sold as in perfect order
and ungunged, unlike 99% of the sets that come up on Ebay) are all to
go. That'll be another £250-300.

The engine I'll break. There are always people looking for decent
camshafts, sumps (very easy to overtighten the drain plug and crack
the sump) and a block with perfect pistons and rings (recently
rebored, you see).

And people have been deluging me with enquiries for obscure fasteners
and bits of trim. And then there's the frame and log book.

In other words, a £500 SOB that wasn't really worth restoring is worth
at least double that in components. But it's got to be a bike that
people want to restore, obviously.
.

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