First ride leaks

hello Paul - Which left side cover do you mean ?  The left-hand side  exhaust rocker cover, the left-hand side of the inlet rocker cover or the primary chain-case cover ?    cheers, howard

Probably leaking from the rocker spindle cover plates.

wnat do you mean exactly about the brake?

Did you drain the sump before you rode it Paul ?  Typically the sump can fill up when a bike has stood for a few months.  When it gets too deep it can then drain through the drive-side crankcase oil seal and fill up the primary chaincase.   Check your chaincase contents at the level plug (bottom rear).  The sump may have emptied back into the oil tank during your ride but you can check by undoing the sump plug.  Gaskets don't usually deteriorate when stood so if it was oil tight before then it's likely to be fine.  With having the rebuild and only 500 miles since then it's always a good idea to check engine nuts and bolts.  The head bolts need to be tightened in a set order so the fuel tank will need removing.  Refer to the on-line copy of the Dominator Service Notes on the NOC website for these issues.  Good luck, Howard  

Your front brake sounds like the drum might be oval. Oil leaks wise, get someone who is familiar with these bikes to give it a once over instead of diving in tightening/undoing/replacing stuff. You need to find out what is leaking first before taking remedial action. Have you got the required spanners/tools, Whitworth ones needed for a bike of this age (that is if the nuts & bolts haven't been swapped for metric/unf/unc)  

... when the wheel is built and trued it pulls the drum out of round. There are places that can put the whole wheel in a lathe (some even with the tyre fitted) and true the drum.

A good wheel builder, and i mean good. will take into account the drum trueness and keep it as round as possible. My friend did his 650 triumph wheels (Boriani rims fitted with the the incorrect spoke pattern) He corrected the spoke pattern and kept the drum round. He built the latest pair of commando wheels for me, did a spot on job. Has your Deluxe had new rims fitted? if so also check that the dimpling and the spoke pattern is correct for your hubs, Quite often i see spokes fitted that have a bend in them as the rim/dimple pattern/drilling is wrong. The worst example of this i've seen was a 350 Manx Norton front wheel that had half the spokes with an acute bend next to the nipple. Blatantly obvious that the rim was wrong, it would easily fail an MOT. Good job it was an ornament bike.    

Don't try riding with your brake on for very long, a newly built "tight" engine could easily seize. 
The oil leaking onto your primary cover looks very dark, have you changed it yet since first running it? I change mine after the first 100 miles, then again at 500. Could be quite contaminated by now on a new motor.
Best regards Al.