v50 II owner (again)

Pacific · May 5, 2022

I had a v50 in the early 90’s and when this one appeared just 10 miles away recently I couldn’t resist.

It’s had 3 previous owners the last one had the bike since 1989 and it came with every MOT and tax disk plus some really nice original service manuals, parts invoices and documents. It’s a credit to the previous owners that all the records have been kept.

It appears to be completely original with the exception of the mirrors which are missing.

I’m going to give it a deep clean and a full service and keep it original.

First carb cleaned…

Before…

And now…

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longdog · May 5, 2022

Nice! I’m going to be following this :beerjug:

theoneandonly · May 5, 2022

how old is the front tyre ?

steve hughes · May 5, 2022

What a great project

wrinkleyowlie · May 6, 2022

Lovely, I'll be following this. let us also know how you achieved the finish.

The Other PaulG · May 6, 2022

The V50 has such an elegant shape to the tank.

wrinkleyowlie · May 6, 2022

I'd love a V50 project for the winter.

jonnie comet · May 6, 2022

Yup, I'm in...Crack on....

Pacific · May 6, 2022

theoneandonly said:
how old is the front tyre ?

The date code is: DOT ATTO (P?) 322.

I think that means it was manufactured in week 32 of of 1982.

It’s an Avon Roadrunner.

Plenty of life left in it yet

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Pacific · May 6, 2022

The Other PaulG said:
The V50 has such an elegant shape to the tank.

I agree! I like the flow of the exhausts too. The overall design just seems ‘right’. The 850 T Is the same. Clever bloke that Lino Tonti.

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Pacific · May 6, 2022

wrinkleyowlie said:
Lovely, I'll be following this. let us also know how you achieved the finish.

The carb cleaning fluid I’m using in the ultrasonic cleaner leaves a very dull finish - I might not have diluted it enough.

So I polished the body, slide and the needle with Autosol. That took a couple of hours.

Then a quick squirt of carb cleaner and compressed air to make sure everything was clean and all the jets and passages were clear before reassembly.

When I refitted the carb, the bike ran rough and wouldn’t tick over. So I removed the carb again, stripped it and everything looked OK. I put it back on the bike and it was still bad.

The bike would only run on choke or with throttle. There was also loads of chuff coming out of the righthand exhaust and the righthand plug was fouling. So it was obviously too rich. But I couldn’t understand what I’d done wrong.

I went back to it the next morning and realised I’d put the slide in back to front which meant there was a gap on the engine side of the slide allowing additional fuel in on a closed throttle.

All part of the learning experience!

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Pacific · May 7, 2022

Second carb and the air box out this morning for a clean.

Hoping to go on a first ride today.

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The Other PaulG · May 7, 2022

Pacific said:
I went back to it the next morning and realised I’d put the slide in back to front which meant there was a gap on the engine side of the slide allowing additional fuel in on a closed throttle.

All part of the learning experience!

When I was 17 I rebuilt the top end of my Suzuki X5 and on rebuild it would not run well. It took a while before I realised I'd simply swapped the carb tops (Complete with slides, needle, throttle cables) from one side to the other. Silly mistake but you don't do it twice!

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