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The cycle parts were mostly done and I turned my attention to the engine and the electrics. The engine had in theory been professionally rebuilt, so I rather hoped I would have nothing to do it. The carburettor seemed to be in good shape, so it was duly fitted and the throttle cable connected. I made a new fuel line and fitted a new replacement fuel tap, supplied by Feked; the old one leaked like a sieve.
The rear light, headlight and rim, coil and light switch were all present, but the rear light red lens was missing. The main switch only worked when it thought it would and most of the time it thought it wouldn’t, and there was no wiring loom whatsoever.
The internet is wonderful thing. There’s little (if any) information about Spanish MVs in England but there’s lots of it out there in Spanish, and web translating software is readily available. I found the Club de Motos Antiguas Granada who supplied all sorts of technical information about the machine, which model it was, when it
