Another Possible Build - NC24 Rothmans

As I'm fairly happy with the result of my last build this one is going to be a little more 'adventurous' - lol

I purchased last year a NC24 as a spares bike which needed to be moved into another frame - as the title for that frame was destroyed.
Now I have got another frame - yippee - I think...
However I have no idea if the bike runs, so the idea at the moment is to get the bike running first - in the old frame & barely assembled, mainly to see if its worth putting the time in to fix it or scrap it.

So stage one,
Pull the carbs, - Ok maybe it was a stretch to think they would be fine - lol...

P1070746 by Pete Smith, on Flickr

P1070748 by Pete Smith, on Flickr


However, a soda blast of the externals, a warm bath & clean internally, 1 x rebuild kit later, float heights checked & adjusted & they are almost ready to be installed.

 

Current state of bike..

DSCF6970 by Pete Smith, on Flickr

At least the fairings are in a reasonable state..

P1070231 by Pete Smith, on Flickr

 

Oh, hell yeah.

 

Same littl cutie here too, from JDM to merrie ould, to USA.

 

Hey Squirrel or Pete, what is the fork diameter and the center-to-center measure of the triple clamps?

Oh and, what size is the front rim? 3.5x17?

 

41mm innit ? front rim, i'll check and get you measurements.

 

May have a spare top triple lying about! ✌️ I'll ck tonight.

The fronts are 3.5 x 16

 

Looks to be in great condition,

 

Ok, so a little work on it tonight, removed the spark plugs & stuck some WD40 into the cylinders.

P1070797 by Pete Smith, on Flickr

P1070805 by Pete Smith, on Flickr

Carbs all cleaned & ready to try, have new rubber insulators ready to use - these are solid !

P1070802 by Pete Smith, on Flickr

Some spare parts laid out

P1070807 by Pete Smith, on Flickr

 

so sorry for error, but the forks are 37mm, same as 700's are.

i'm still learning.

 

Needs fork seals 4 sure. we've had it running once since it was bought in March, badly at that. my buddy, the collector, doesn't really care if his bikes run or not. Lazy and he rides only about 4 day per season now.