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And the good thing about iron pistons in an iron bore is that they'd
have to get REALLY hot to think about nipping up, let alone seizing.

Even without much/any oil being in sight - thats the beauty of cast iron on cast iron.
The carbon in the crystal iron lattice makes this possible.
Without this, the old bike industry, with drip feed lube would never have prospered ?

Does this particular carb have a tickler mechanism.
Nothing visible in the pics.
But could be t'other side.

Or, can that air cleaner (?) be choked.
Even by putting the palm of your hand over something strategic.

Agree, gravity fed fuel strainers are a peril.
Not much gravity in that short distance !

It’s a hobby and people pursue hobbies for fun.
If you’re not enjoying it why are you doing it?

Aye !
But thats when you see "abandoned project for sale" "spent $x asking $y"

Where x is greatly more then y
And you ask yourself y did they do that !
As the saying goes - one mans folly is anothers bargain.

A roundabout way of saying keep it as is. ?
I'd have trouble living with that seat but ...

Be very expensive to restore from there.
IF you can even find the bits these days.
Best kept as a compy example

https://collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/141196

No idea what a 'communter' is, but we can guess.

Like the Waratah, do we know how much was built locally post WW2 ?

It would be interesting to know if this was factory or a subsequent owner ?
Compare notes with other owners/restorers.

Norton Commandos have a few stray extra wires - for police use.
Never mind that those also have an extra harness anyway.

Can we see a pic of this aluminium flywheel ?

Now I'm no Villiers 'expert', but never seen nor heard of that. ?
They did have a variety of aluminium covers ..

Edit. Ah, does it have sorta fan blades on it ?
Now that I might have seen.

If the bike is not fitted with flashers, then either
1. It has been in the past, and they are now gone.
2. A previous owner (PO) intended to fit them.
3. There is no possible other logical explanation !

Are we sure its a flasher unit
Were there any wires attached.

A few little flaws, but nothing that couldn't be fixed.
Being sent out with no grease in the rear wheel bearings so the wheel seized or collapsed wasn't their finest moment.
Never heard the wash-up of how that was allowed to happen ...

One locally here has been adapted to take twin carbs - off an early BSA Star Twin was it ?
Made it quite a peppy rally performer, smart little twin.