ashman
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Nigel I am just toying with the idea, I have the parts to build the 650 and going down the road with JS motor parts is really out of my budget, but it's good to dream, the 650 motor isn't the original motor for the Manxman frame the numbers are close but out by 64, it's an ex race bike the crank has been balanced, has high compression pistons, I have a new 2S cam for it, the head was missing when I bought the bike and bits and took me some time, well 2 years in fact to chase up a head for it, not sure what happened to the head that it was raced with, had all the internals for the head + extra bits - valves.Ashley,
FWIW and IMHO…
You already have a Commando featherbed, so why build another?
The 650 engine is sweet. And JS does extra lightweight rods and pistons for those. You could build a super sweet, tight, crisp, revvy 650…
I paid $1k for this project bike, he wanted $2.5k for it I talked him down to $1.5k but when loading the parts on the truck my mate who was with me notice no head so when I asked about the head he dropped $500 straight off the price, so he knew the head was missing, I looked world wide for a head and after 2 years of looking found a guy in South Aus who had 2 heads so he sent me the best one with new valves for $400, so still way in front.
I have had many ideas pop into my head for this Slimline frame, I did a complete strip down of CBR 250 Honda race bike and thinking of using the front end and Nissan disc race brakes on this project bike with out to much modification, the idea of running single leading drum on the front don't appeal to me.
I nearly sold this project Norton 3 weeks ago, had someone interested but I put on a high price for what I had done so far, but lucky I had a change of heart and will start back on this project soon, I was originally building this Norton for my youngest daughter but she has now bought a newest Triumph Triple 660.
Ashley