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Best thing I did several years ago was to junk the 530 - its far too heavy for a piddling 350 - go for new chain and sprockets a 520 O-ring chain and don't look back. Chain adjustment - virtually never.

Think it all came from B&C Express.

From memory - and it has been a while since I looked - Strada main is 112 and Sport main is 115.

Hope this helps.

Hi Weeelp Not dropped in to the forum for a while - I pass a red and silver 500 regularly parked up in Dalston which could be described as cosmetically challenged - but wrong colour to be yours. Live F'Park work in Hackney, have early 500 red with 501 engine, 2:1 pipe otherwise looks pretty standard...

My 500 & 3.5 have always had braded lines - in each case put on by previous owners a long time ago!

Brakes perform pretty well but I think they do lack a little 'feel'.

BTW - which end of town are you based Weeelp - I see a few 500s around.

Have followed this thread more or less from the start as it coincided with the need to replace the tyres on the 500sport. After several years of morinis 31/2 & 500 and various tyres I decided that the Avons were long overdue for a try. Now been running them for about 3-4 weeks - wish I had put t...