santa barbara ca.
born here and never found it neccesary to move thank goodness
snows couple times a year maybe on top of mountains
preston

Yea I can see a bit of snow on top of Baldy, Preston snow in Santa Barbara? (Looks like another sunny day, I love L.A.) you know the song. Now if we could just get rid of about 5.9 million people it might be nice.

it does snow in s.b.
finally down loaded pics from phone.




pics looking from top of peak at santa barbara the harbor and islands
and back to the back country lake cachuma s.b.water supply i love riding here




tried loading engine photos before changing seals giving up wasted hr. hope this worked

Hey Preston,

This is what it looked like near Preston UK recently



Love the bike.....but the jacket? Hmmmm

Hi Lads,

re: 1975 850 ES (920 conversion)

I've found this thread really interesting & informative, thanks to all.

I just had my Commando out today & noticed it is smoking from the RHS only. As I rev the bike there is what looks like white smoke coming for the RHS exhaust only.

From doing a search from this great forum I've narrowed down these possibilities:

1. Rocker shaft orientated incorrectly

2. Valve guide seal

3. Worn valve guides

4. worn bore (but compression is OK & the 920 barrels only have 1500 miles on them)

I read about the rope trick allowing you to release the valve spring & get at the seal.

I've also read about disconnecting the banjo feed to the rocker box. Can you just put the banjo bolt back into the head using a plain nut as a spacer?

Since you've disconnected the banjo is this not a feed pipe? will oil just start coming out of this rocker feed pipe?

Thanks in advance

Kevin

Kevin ,
don't disconnect the oil lines at the head .
Ride the bike first for a short distance , to make shure the rocker shafts are well lubed .
Disable the oil feed at the timing cover ( bottom banjo) by replacing the drilled bolt by a plain bolt .
You can safely ride the bike like this for 5 to 10 min .
Don't forget to restore the oil feed afterwards !

OK OK Preston, I guess it does snow there. We better get our rides in today as they say we are going to have rain this next, Need to get the Norton out for a spin today. Thanks for the pics. Chuck.

ludwig wrote:Kevin ,
don't disconnect the oil lines at the head .
Ride the bike first for a short distance , to make shure the rocker shafts are well lubed .
Disable the oil feed at the timing cover ( bottom banjo) by replacing the drilled bolt by a plain bolt .
You can safely ride the bike like this for 5 to 10 min .
Don't forget to restore the oil feed afterwards !

Hi ludwig,

Dooh!!! should have figured that out myself

Thanks for clearing that up.

Kevin