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"with adjustable front dampers"

There are a multitude of possible different causes of a weave.
Tyres, forks, steering bearings, rear shocks, tight chain, loose engine mounts.
Large flappy sleeves on your jacket.....

You mention adjustable front dampers.
How does this work ?

What is the condition of  the rear shocks ?
What tyres are fitted ?
How tight are your chains. And condition and roundness of the sprockets ?
Primary chain correct adjusted, oiled, and gearbox solidly bolted in place ?

Incidentally if anyone has information on tyre, suspension, oil or electrical companies,  I would be interested  to receive it, to see if I can further fathom out what went on and how the situation may become rectified, historically,  to aid future recovery.

You and us all.
And Governments, and industry and working committees all around the world too.
Even in China, where such industries are absolutely booming - but also going through micro-production booms/busts.

In the electronics business, operators are shaking their heads in disbelief at the business practices prevailing - governments are giving assistance to opening factories to manufacture all manner of components. But as soon as currencies rise or fall against each other, another factory will spring up in another country, so as to shave a few fractions of a cent/yen/yuan/rouble off the price...

P.S. Has anyone counted up the number of motorcycle manufacturers currently producing in China - quite staggering. Almost un-countable even, unless you are on the ground there ? The associated peripheral industries must be amazing.
I see that Benelli now has Chinese owners - are they being produced there ?

PPS. Invest in electric cars and bikes - the next boom product. ?
Even if the means of producing all that electrickery hasn't been sorted out yet....

Ooops, sorry, Brazil.
There are several in Argentina, they have the same problem sourcing parts.
As we all do...

I think your "guy that is supposedly specialized in Dommies" doesn't know what he is talking about ?  The pics are only small, and its hard to be certain, but much of that bike looks authentic.  Certainly all the impossible-to-find bits are there.

The Model 7 uses parts almost entirely unlike any other Norton - so the mudguards, oil tank, toolbox, and even the mudguard stays are unique to the Model 7. From what I can see, they all look correct on your bike.

What are you missing in from the engine ?
Does this bike actually go - and just needs refurbishing ?

Cheers.

What damage ?  It looks reasonably original, apart from the exhaust modifications.

Parts for Dominators are quite scattered around, there is no single source for everything.  Happy hunting....

Upgrades ?  Keep it original, and buy a Kawasaki....

These have to be related to a Jawa.
Have you tried any Jawa bits to see if they are interchangeable ?

Are there any numbers or numbering on the jets in your carb ?

Once-upon-a-time, all carb jets were calibrated in cc flow per minute.
Not sure when this practice started, or ended, but this meant that a table of standard drill sizes would produce standard flow rates.

Where are you ?  In some parts of the world, there are some very experienced carburetor rebuilders, I'm sure that this would be a snack for such a craftsman.
Money well spent, since you don't want to reinvent the wheel, multiple times....

P.S. I'm sure the folks at the new Amal are good, but since they stopped making carbs for some years, all that expertise was lost - or left ?.  Some of these newly made carbs seem to suffer some odd reported problems that seem to indicate this - undrilled or unconnected idle passages or float arrangements in particular, which surely means the finished product was not actually ever tried on an engine....

It sounds like the documents you have don't quite match the motorcycle. ?

Raleigh or Sturmey didn't make a 225cc engine, it was 248cc ?
And by 1929 the magneto was behind the engine
http://www.sturmey-archerheritage.com/images/photos/pic-213.1.jpg
(I think, there may be other models not shown ?).
It may well be an earlier model, not sold, or registered, until 1930 either.

Plenty of folks have just restored what they have, and worried about the finer details later. As long as you don't alter anything permanently along the way - since you appear to have a whole bike. Handlebars look dangerous like that !!

Cheers.