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churchbury

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Another Tito cast off
« on: February 03, 2015, 08:34:58 pm »
The year this NF was exported to Yugoslavia Tito was president elect for the 6th time. He was not a bad leader and it was sad that after his death the power vacuum resulted in the Balken war.  The quater master in those days obviously had good sense as they imported many NF's.  But after the war batches of NF's came out of hiding and thats how this one ended up in eBay sold as seen for spares of repair.

That was 2012. After a winter rebuild it won a couple of prizes at shows, but the shake down continues, by 2015 I am rebuilding the engine a 3rd time due to gear box issues and administering I hope a final solution to the chain adjuster problem.  I have quite a lot of left over spares so give me a try if you are looking for bits.  If you have anything you want to dispose of please also let me know.
The internals of the engine was featured in Classic Bike by Mick Duckworth in one of his Great Engines in Bits articles.
It is in white as I believe that was the colour for the presidental escort and as a tribute to Tito.
« Last Edit: February 05, 2015, 09:34:35 am by banquo »

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churchbury

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Re: Another Tito cast off
« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2015, 08:36:16 pm »
some more pictures


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Re: Another Tito cast off
« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2015, 08:45:57 pm »
Very nice!

Nick

banquo

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Re: Another Tito cast off
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2015, 11:21:51 am »
That's some transformation! Looks good in white.
I think these boxes must be unique to the Yugoslavian bikes; the Italian ones are more rectangular in shape, but I like the semi teardrop shaped ones.
I was lucky enough to pick up a pair off tonya.

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Re: Another Tito cast off
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2015, 11:51:31 am »
thanks for your comments
Best Wishes
Tony

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Re: Another Tito cast off
« Reply #5 on: March 01, 2015, 07:38:00 pm »
A credit to you Churchbury, very very nice !

banquo

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Re: Another Tito cast off
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2015, 10:10:56 am »
One thing I notice in my anally retentive manner is the minor variations between models. We had a whole pile of them arriving in the UK last year, but even they weren't all the same.
Tonya's had what looks like a longer rider's seat on it, and it looks like your one might as well. Some had knee pads on the tank, that I originally thoughts were just glued on, but no, they had steel flanges fitted to slip the pads over, and yours doesn't have them, so they clearly weren't all like that. I got the fairing off Tonya's bike, and it was fitted with indicators and blue lights, but others weren't, and then of course there's the panniers, which we never see outside Yugoslavia. As far as I've seen, all the Italian ones are basically the same, apart from the colour variations between  Militare, Carabinieri and Sahara (and maybe Fire Department?). I can see why someone might have specified a longer seat, as the stock one's very far forward, and I sit on the back of mine.

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Re: Another Tito cast off
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2015, 01:55:56 pm »
The panniers found on Ambassadors and Eldorados look similar.Same era.

banquo

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Re: Another Tito cast off
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2015, 05:32:11 pm »
How right you are; I'd never seen one with them on. Only the later glass fibre bags. Trims are different, but the same top mounted fastening.