Just done this orienteering event for bikes over 25 years old . About sixty riders on bikes as diverse as 1930s girders, Inters, 500Ts, Commandos, P11s, Kawasaki triples, Suzie Titans, Honda singles, early long stroke MSS, B50s, Enfields petrol and Diesel, Daytonas, A10s, Bantams and a Puch Maxi!
Felt a bit of a fraud in that company with my Nuovo, though it drew a lot of interest. There were about 32 checks and if you got 24 or more you got a fake gold medal. I did all but three. Initially I used a marked road map all round Symonds Yatt and north of Monmouth, then I tagged along with a Tom Tom led group round Longtown and the east flank of the Brecon Beacons, next I swept up a bunch of checks round Hay on Wye on my own , and then I led a guy round Knighton Bucknall Leintwardine and Ludlow; and he in turn led me round his patch down through Tenbury and Bromyard round Malvern finishing at Ross. About a hundred and eighty miles of largely singletrack lanes. Took about nine hours plus an hour each way from home and back, another seventy. I was an idiot and didn't eat or drink anything all day till I got home, which I paid for later. Used well over six gallons. Pobbelling along at 20 for hours interspersed with wringing the throttle doesn't get you 60 mpg. I discovered that if you are going to stay with other bikes you have to use third quite a bit.
Really the Nuovo is one of the most gutless bikes in my collection. Very little torque low down, no top end and a mild midrange. The frame is good on fast sweeping corners if you can cajole the engine into co-operating. With so many tight blind bends I had to work to keep with the 90s Honda trailbike and he wasn't really trying. Great fun, really nice crowd and rewarding to bully the Nuovo into submission.