The bike

Here is the bike as sold - these pictures are courtesy of Jim, the seller. The bike is interesting for its provenance, but that was a good buy for me because Jim also had most of the dealer tools, including something that we rarely see even in France a special 'screwdriver' used to crank the cable of the front brake.

The bike has a damaged side frame arm, but I have that in my inventory of parts, so no worries there. the front light does not look stock, but the V1 had a plastic front light like the Solex 5000 which was and still is notorious for breaking (and I also have one in stock)

It is a V1 based on several things, the frame number is in #803XXXX and the engine number is in the right range as well, finally the brake levers are the same as the other solexes, whereas the next version V2 and V3 had modern Magura brake levers.

Right away, the air filter cover is not correct, it comes from a 3800 and the flywheel cover is white where it should be black like the tank. The rest seems correct.

Here are the tools:
- The original 21mm Spark Plug tube key which also doubles as the clutch tool
- A bearing removal tool for the 6202 which sits in the stator plate
- A fly wheel removal tool
- The special front brake tightener
- A clutch immobilizer
- And another one I had not seen before the stud installer/remover to install/remove the studs in the crank case
- A crank shaft immobilizer
- Finally a decompressor valve cleaner

Next step will be to take the engine apart and inventory what is ok and what is not..