OK thanks very much to Ian900SLV, I visited the SL V for sale in banbury (#021) and made a purchase. It had indeed been sitting there for a long time and a mega deal was done.
I checked it over best I could based on pics and info from this site. As far as I could see all was completely original with the exception of the termis. The bike also had the carb heaters fitted under warranty and correctly dynojetted for the termis.
Anyway, I got to the garage (well office portacabin and workshop). Bike looked like it had not moved in at least a year. Hadn't been started in 6 months. Miles - just over 5000 !! Wow. Panels and body work all unmarked, only real mark on it where the clutch slave cylinder had leaked. Very dusty where the cover hadn't reached. He wanted 3500 - I paid 2400, mainly because he had not used it for about 3 years and not serviced it because he hadn't used it and he couldn't get it to start.
He originally bought it from Chris Clarke M/C and it originally came from Aye Gee (Italia Classics). It had service in 98 & belts service in 99. No service history registered from then on but he bought it in 2000 from Chris Clarke and done less than 2000 miles in all this time.
I'm picking it up in a van and it's going straight to Pro Twins for a belts service, new chain & sprockets and tyres. I got the original service books, user manual etc, etc, all in the Chris Clarke pack and 2 orig keys.
So any recommendations for:
* Chain & sprocket - how much where from etc
* Tyres
* how much for a belts service - I haven't asked Pro twins yet
* Anything else I should know?
Sorry, in my enthusiasm I've wrote too much