hobot,
Makes you wonder how they set up the rear Iso on that one eh. Still the question remains, what happens with the wheel sprocket and tranny sprocket distance changing all the time. Snatch, possibly to the detriment of the tranny. How big a problem could this pose? Don't big twin H-D run similar setups or are the swing arms mounted in the rear of the transmission cases.?

Huh, what?
I ain't given any of that a thought, would spoil my mood
right now.

BTW I've two stories of Ozarks locals ordering up hot 750 engines
for their extended chopper 'Commandos' then hunting down
sports bike to drag race em. Apparently front reach helps
prevent wheelies. They both said that they would just
rev up in 4th drop the clutch and hang on. Both lost their wonders
trying to take the game to dirt bikes on THE Gravel.

I think I could ride extend raked out front across THE G
taking it easy and steering rear around a bit to ease turns.
Might break frame after a time though.

hobot

hobot wrote:Oh man Will this last one did me in, just bad to the boner in public!!!

hobot, you have such a way with words!!

Dave
69S

PostingID: 1821785878

Here's the posting for my two choppers on Craigslist in Chicago.


Tim Kraakevik
kraakevik@voyager.net
Three Commandos

Found this funny picture...



Jean

Jean,
I assume from your photos that you live on the south shore. Is the chopper scene on the south shore still alive?
I found negotiating the old neighbor hood a pain with the roads marked no motorcycle on my last visit. Back when I was a kid in the seventies on Lafayette boulevard the sound of straight pipes and sirens was pretty normal. Seems quiet now.

willh wrote:The Isos make finding a suitable chassis difficult. Rubber mounted engine-tranny with solid mounted rear axle may prove problematic.
I think that a Norton would probably fit nicely solid mounted in a rigid sportster frame. Chain run clearance might be an issue but not deal ending. Skinny 18 in the back 21 in the front with shaved sportster front end- 2", mid controls, sprung bates, minimal rear fender, Z or T bars, etc.
There are tons of Commandos around. Tons of wrecked and non matching numbers to chop.

I like where you're going with this. Commando motor in an ironhead frame would be pretty cool.

Coco wrote:

willh wrote:The Isos make finding a suitable chassis difficult. Rubber mounted engine-tranny with solid mounted rear axle may prove problematic.
I think that a Norton would probably fit nicely solid mounted in a rigid sportster frame. Chain run clearance might be an issue but not deal ending. Skinny 18 in the back 21 in the front with shaved sportster front end- 2", mid controls, sprung bates, minimal rear fender, Z or T bars, etc.
There are tons of Commandos around. Tons of wrecked and non matching numbers to chop.

I like where you're going with this. Commando motor in an ironhead frame would be pretty cool.

Yeah, I built it in my head and it was cool.
If it was easier to get around Quebec laws I might have built it for real. I dig the look and feel of it. Sadly don't have the money, space, time, etc. I'll concentrate on my P11. When it's finished we'll see what's next. Have to thin the heard to make cash and room.
If I lived out west where the laws are lax and the plates cheap, I'd have a bevy of bikes, one for every whim. Why do I live in Quebec again....

hobot wrote:Excluding the factory version,
anyone got some nice rebellious against the grain righteous isolastic choppers to show ?
Molded frame would be extra icing on the cake to me.
No front brake extra points on style and flippant attitude statement.

hobot

I remember seeing a 850 Commando chopped with a plunger rear end in Iron Horse in the David Snow days. Was blue, Mustang tank, molding, and kept the Isos. I'll see if I can find the article.

willh wrote:

Coco wrote:

willh wrote:The Isos make finding a suitable chassis difficult. Rubber mounted engine-tranny with solid mounted rear axle may prove problematic.
I think that a Norton would probably fit nicely solid mounted in a rigid sportster frame. Chain run clearance might be an issue but not deal ending. Skinny 18 in the back 21 in the front with shaved sportster front end- 2", mid controls, sprung bates, minimal rear fender, Z or T bars, etc.
There are tons of Commandos around. Tons of wrecked and non matching numbers to chop.

I like where you're going with this. Commando motor in an ironhead frame would be pretty cool.

Yeah, I built it in my head and it was cool.
If it was easier to get around Quebec laws I might have built it for real. I dig the look and feel of it. Sadly don't have the money, space, time, etc. I'll concentrate on my P11. When it's finished we'll see what's next. Have to thin the heard to make cash and room.
If I lived out west where the laws are lax and the plates cheap, I'd have a bevy of bikes, one for every whim. Why do I live in Quebec again....

Here in Sask things are indeed lax. I imported a 1973 Triumph engine and 1970 frame. Local provincial insurance said I should have no problem as long as I have bills of sale which I do, from a legit shop. I'm just unsure if they'll go from engine or frame numbers.

Hehe, kraakevik, brought ya out the closet on this post.
I've ridden some choppers and loved the way they made me
feel on the fly, if not their parking lot handling.

Choppers are only for the 1%'rs among us, not for general
consumption or daily commuting with cargo.
Choppers are for those with restless male minds-hormones that must
create, babies or un-realistic but satisfying novelties.

Can't be at race speeds on the time, so why not enjoy
grinning at all the sensations concerning choppers.

hobot

I've actually had a Featherbed or Commando chopper since the mid-Sixties in Africa when I outgrew the British bikes designed for lighter lads a foot or so shorter. The Combat I bought in '72 currently has four-inch-over tubes in front and two-inch risers in back--Rodman, Pippen or Jordan would find it fills in the inseam just fine.


Tim Kraakevik
kraakevik@voyager.net
Three Commando choppers

Cool, reminds me of the song
If ya want to be happy for the rest of your life,
make and ugly woman you wife : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1ZJiBHh ... re=related

hobot

Norton chopper video I think will please most.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bolHc0wz ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPGZ70u22WM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efs_y9-dDdo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duiymAlzRXM

Didn't care for the first one but the rest were cool. Different strokes...

hobot wrote:Norton chopper video I think will please most.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bolHc0wz ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPGZ70u22WM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efs_y9-dDdo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duiymAlzRXM

Do we see a hardtail commando in hobots future?