Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport.

Maestro, SEI-V
Post Reply
Sicxtyone
Posts: 121
Joined: 29 Sep 2018 07:34
Location: Worthing
Location: Worthing West Sussex

Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport.

Post by Sicxtyone »

Hi everyone, took a bit of a gamble on a 1982 reg 500 six speed sport on eBay.
That was in August it's now on the road and going ok. Rear wheel bearings, chain and sprockets, tyres, tank liner, fork seals etc. I think the bike has had a hardish life.
I had a 350 Strada and 500 maestro, late 70s early 80s and sold the 350 after 19 yrs in 1997. Are MHA 646P and UOY 316X still out there!
I'm in Worthing on the south coast, if any members are in the area and would like to talk bikes etc, that would be great.

Regards to all

Graham.
acemorini
Posts: 315
Joined: 11 Sep 2012 13:49
Location: buxted east sussex
Location: Uckfield, East Sussex.
Contact:

Re: Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport

Post by acemorini »

Hello Graham,
Welcome to the forum, I am not to far from you in Uckfield, and there are several Morini’s in the area, so maybe we should all meet up when the weather improves a bit next year.
Regards Pete.
Sicxtyone
Posts: 121
Joined: 29 Sep 2018 07:34
Location: Worthing
Location: Worthing West Sussex

Re: Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport

Post by Sicxtyone »

Hi Pete,
Thanks for making contact, that sounds like a plan. Yes four or five months of wintery stuff! Roll on the Spring.
Still gives a chance to do work on the bike as time allows. Just discovered today the headlamp reflector is parting company with its silvering.
Maybe a call to nlm or trawl the tinternet.
All the best
Graham.
User avatar
MarkB
Posts: 673
Joined: 22 Jun 2009 13:14
Location: Stevenage

Re: Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport

Post by MarkB »

Welcome back Graham. And don't leave it too long before calling NLM! Stuart is finally retiring and the business is moving to new hands.
"I'll have a V please, Bob."
User avatar
72degrees
Posts: 1549
Joined: 31 Aug 2007 21:24
Location: West Midlands

Re: Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport

Post by 72degrees »

MarkB wrote:Welcome back Graham. And don't leave it too long before calling NLM! Stuart is finally retiring and the business is moving to new hands.
Indeed. There seems to have been a bit of a rush by some people to stock up recently ;) , but the shelves were still reasonably well filled last Tuesday.
Sicxtyone
Posts: 121
Joined: 29 Sep 2018 07:34
Location: Worthing
Location: Worthing West Sussex

Re: Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport

Post by Sicxtyone »

Thanks for the friendly welcome, have already done a decent NLM order and have another short list on the go!
On a technical note 12.7 volts at the battery but barely 9 volts at the headlamp, engine not running.
Any really obvious places to check or as I think is it a matter of check everything!
Thanks
MickeyMoto
Posts: 2415
Joined: 22 Nov 2008 17:41
Location: Even further oop North

Re: Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport

Post by MickeyMoto »

I think the wiring is perfectly ok on a Morini. Having said that, the connections will probably have corrosion, and I do not like the fuse type used. Probably wise to take apart every connection and clean and electrical grease. Might be worth looking at the handlebar switch as well.
Sicxtyone
Posts: 121
Joined: 29 Sep 2018 07:34
Location: Worthing
Location: Worthing West Sussex

Re: Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport

Post by Sicxtyone »

Thanks for the advice, will do.
User avatar
Daddy Dom
Posts: 512
Joined: 16 Nov 2006 19:48
Location: Auckland, New Zealand

Re: Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport

Post by Daddy Dom »

Ditto on the contacts. In the hifi world I also inhabit, it's good practice to do an annual unplugging to clean all contacts. There are products to help (Caig Deoxit) but that may be more use for inside applications.

When I asked NLM for wiring-harness parts they said they'd never had any demand as they are resilient. I'm finding now that my sub-looms around the steering-head are starting to fail (after 36 years' wiggling, mind) so I have a small project "looming". :lol:
DD
MRC 3082½
MickeyMoto
Posts: 2415
Joined: 22 Nov 2008 17:41
Location: Even further oop North

Re: Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport

Post by MickeyMoto »

Looks are available from Italy...
3potjohn
Posts: 1243
Joined: 02 Jun 2007 13:58
Location: Devon

Re: Returning member after 20 years, saying hello. 500 sport

Post by 3potjohn »

Not to be confused with Broadstairs....
Post Reply