Commando Pickup - things to sort

I picked up the '72 Commando that I had won at the HJ Pugh auction on Friday.  The handwritten notes in the file said that the engine. was rebuilt by Walcott Engineering in 2020 and that it had 15 miles of running in.   Also noted that it was Pazon EI and stated that it was positive earth.  

We spent a couple of hours sorting the bike, changing the fuel, draining the sump and replacing the oil (wet sumped even with an non return valve), check the primary chain tension etc.  It had a very weak spark which I put down to the battery (we had a spare with us in case).  Just for fun we kicked it over and were about to give up when it tried to start with a putter...  next kick it fired into life and sounded very sweet,  so we rode it round the car park a few times.  Brakes, gears etc all good.

I rode the bike home (230 miles) using periodic checks and following the running in procedure - the bike seem to 'loosen up' a little after 100miles or so (apologies if you were on the A1 behind a Commando going between 50 and 60 mph on one third throttle!).  She runs very sweetly and didnt miss a beat.

I've done another 100 miles or so since then - I have started her first or second kick - but most of the time she takes a good few.  I know my technique needs to be refined  - but the Pazon system still (new battery and full charge) has a very weak spark.  You need magnifying glasses to see it - once running it never misses a beat - but its very weak for starting.  I'll start another thread on that.  Also need a new kick start. lever - it wasnt. me honest! - but the old one is bent and wont sit on the splines square. 

All this doesn't matter too much - because when she runs its a delight to ride - even if I've done all the wrong things, like buy at an auction, and get a '72 Combat!