Thanks for the 'Hi' Erling . ..not much to say really so far - done maybe 600 kilometres, 400 miles, this week and nothing's broken or fallen off, not even me. A few things aren't quite right, and there's some tweaking to do to get it running just so, but no probs and I'm pretty happy. Made a sidestand, and a rough and ready chainguard to keep it legal (my French friends said 'why?'). Replaced a bent needle in the carb, along with the jet, changed the moving cb point which had a very elongated pivot-hole (although the pivot on the backplate isn't much better), and generally working my way round - but most stuff is OK or better and it seesm to work fine. No oil drunk or parts eaten - this must be good news for something bought unseen . . . 'Course, shit happens, and when it does I'll try to take it like a U bend.
Groily