vfrman wrote:That doesn't make too much sense to me...the adjustment should not have an effect on how much pressure is on the pressure plate.

agreed.

adjusting the cable is becuase the clutch cable itself stretches, so unless you replaced that as well then it should be the same.

Your probably right there. The new pressure plate arrived today and I installed it this evening using the old original springs. Behold the bolts nipped up nicely without any issues. Obviously the heavy duty springs were too heavy duty.
You are right though the adjustment made no difference but I was clutching at straws after being puzzled with the broken plate.

So, does it work?

Got the bike all back together this evening and everything is fine. Clutch feels good and no slipping. Does this clutch have to be run in. Now it seems to me that the more time I spend doing some bits and bobs on this bike the more the bike seems to need. There seems to be a lot of oily residue around the top of the head. Is this normal or should I be concerned?

seanae86 wrote:Got the bike all back together this evening and everything is fine. Clutch feels good and no slipping. Does this clutch have to be run in. Now it seems to me that the more time I spend doing some bits and bobs on this bike the more the bike seems to need. There seems to be a lot of oily residue around the top of the head. Is this normal or should I be concerned?

no oily residue is normal.

any 30 year old bike thats probably been thrased to high heaven all its life, especially if your in the uk where they were popular beinners bike will be a money pit until its completley rebuilt.

even well look after examples are at the age where parts need racpling, wait till you get it on the road and bearings / shocks and other parts start failing.

Well I have it on the road and was just hoping to take the summer out of it before maybe tackling a good overhaul over the winter but don't want to have to rebuild the thing from the ground up. She was an English granted but with only 22,000 km on the clock with all mots to prove thought I got a good buy. Where do you draw the line when you start.
What kind of money would you be talking for a perfect bike rebuild. Would one get very far on say €2000?

Unless you buy a minter (and even then, most times) any bike thats 20+ years old with a number of (careless?) previous owners - irrespective of mileage - is going to require more attention than a modern bike.

As to where you draw the line is entirely up to you - personally I'd go through it, do all the things that are dire and consider the rest a rolling restoration unless the thing is a wreck.

Sounds like you've already sorted something dire by dealing with the clutch issue. Other things I'd consider 'dire' would be things like a corroded frame, leaking fork seals, seized or failing rear shock linkages, leaky carbs, lumpy running / bad starting etc. Less worrying would be more obvious stuff like chipped paint on wheels, scuffed plastics or a ripped seat.

I'm not sure how far 2K would get you, I guess it's dependant on the current state of the bike, if you actually wanted to sink that much into your NC24 and how much of the work you'd be prepared to do yourself. The other thing to think, for two-grand you could get a much more modern machine if thats more your thing.

Hope that helps.

Post some pix if you can.