Ducati 350 Forza 1978 dismantled for restoration or parts and spares

For sale. My dismantled Ducati Forza 350cc.   I acquired the bike some time ago from a friend who rode it from Spain. Hence the Spanish plates. Be aware the bike is not registered in the UK and does not have a V5 log book.   The bike was fully assembled when I  got it but it hadn’t been started up in five years.   Not a barn find! It was stored in a stable. Before I dismantled the bike it was as in the first pic. I was able to start the bike. I have a video of that somewhere. Following on from the research I did and after talking to various people it does appear to be a fairly straight forward procedure to get the bike registered. I spoke to DVLA and they explained that if I wanted an age related plate then I would have to produce evidence of the year of manufacture. I was told there is a date stamped into the clocks but that may not be enough and the only real way of knowing would be to strip down the engine as there is a month/year stamp on the fly wheel. See pics.  So im assuming the bike was built in November 1978. Plus I wanted to see what the insides were like. I’ve ran out of time to rebuild this bike. So its on here to see if someone wants to take it on. There is wear in the engine the “ring gear” for the starter is worn and there’s to repair the oil pump drive.  The kick start return spring is broken. The electric starter does work. The piston has +0. 5 stamped on the crown. There’s scoring on the bottom of the liner and the bottom of the piston skirt. Missing items are the fuel tank cap. key. battery. I was as careful as I could be not to lose any parts. There is some info about these bikes on the net. I think I remember there was an engine on ebay a while ago for ?1500. I’ve seen parts for sale for this model online. I think im right in saying that These were built under license in a Spanish factory. I took a lot more photos as I wanted reference as I stripped it down. Please feel free to ask any questions and I will answer them as best I can. I’m not going to be greedy so its going on here with no reserve.

cheers

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