Yes, I rode it for a good 400 miles, after getting rid of some more or less significant issues. First was the front fork that was too soft and spilled oil. It turned out that the bushes were too small an outside diametre so oil could creep behind and trough the threads of the seals. Also the springs were of a somehow softer sort. No clue why and where they belonged to originally.
This was fixed but it showed heavy oiling below the engine. I suspected the primary breather and found out I was right, after fitting a hose to it and running it to the back of the bike, where it spilled quite some oil after a short ride. This was tanken care of by fitting a piece of sheet metal to act as a splash guard for the primary chain and is held by the breather's banjo bolt.
I also showed that the voltage output was too high, due to the absence of the selene rectifier's resistance, so I had to fit a crude, but effective voltage regulator.
But now it feels like it might give a good and problem free start in 2020. Though the streets aren't covered in salt yet, it's not really nice riding weather here and the season is more or less over...
The biggest news might be the fact, that I had a visit from "Motorrad Classic" (
https://www.motorradonline.de/motorrad-classic/), Germany's most famous classic motorcycle magazine! They made a lot of pictures and are going to publish an article in the upcoming March issue!
By the way, just this week on thursday, the old Chief turned 60! Didn't have a big party though
So, yeah, it seems like I was successful.
Andreas