Hello all, its been awhile. I was thinking about changing the name of this thread because this commando is no longer a restoration, but a proper daily commuter. I have had a few issues that have come up that I wanted to share as I have managed to fix all of the bugs.
1. Would not idle nicely-- what this came down to is my Amals were old. I installed some brand new delux Amals (purchased from the webmaster) and that immediatly took care of the problem. The only thing i had to mess with is installing a #19 air jet, they came with 17s installed.
2. Bike started up fine and ran OK, but after 20 minutes or riding I would get an occasional sputter, sometimes as the ride went on it got worse and worse. -- This was a doozy, it was driving me crazy, I thought I had battery drain problems, air leak in head, wires touching and shorting, bad coils ( I replaced them with new). It was definitly associated with the temperature of the engine. after MANY hours of trouble shooting and getting stranded once or twice I discovered the issue. I run Boyer ignition, and as with many owners, the wires at the pick ups come loose....mine already did that a few years ago and were proper repaired. After going to the boyer website, I noticed they gave a specific resistance to the little pickup coils ( 66 ohms) and if they were not both the same resistance, cold, then there was a fault with the pick up assembly. Because as the engine warmed , the fault was augmented, thus my engine was missfiring.....bought a new pick up and VIOLA, the bike ran like new.
3. battery kept dying -- two problems, disintegrated stator wire connectors under carbs from oil, and alternator rotor had almost no magnetics. Replaced rotor,stator and new wire connectors....headlight has never been so bright, puts out 14v+ at speed.
