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I had an NV400 for a while. Lovely bike and suffered a lot of abuse. Never let me down, even made it the last mile having dropped a valve!
I like shaft drive too.
Never got into engine work, it seems to involve a lot of measuring tiny tolerances. I did replace the valve on that engine on my kitchen table.
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lynx
Thanks! I've ordered the Haynes generic basics and maintenance techbooks for now.
YouTube videos have me wondering whether its worth finding a cheap and/or dead engine just to take apart and play around with...
@lynx - their workhorse status is definitely a huge selling point, and i just think the shaft-drive, boxy frame, and single-sided swing arm are very cool from an engineering perspective. They seem to have been much more popular over in Germany in particular than in the UK for some reason.