1975 Commando MK III starter parts

1975 Commando MK III starter parts
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1975 Commando MK III starter parts

Have you already posted on here any photos of this 8000 mile bike?
Here it is the day I brought it home. It has been sitting since the previous owner bought it on eBay around 2002. License plate from Texas last registered in 1996. Tires are 1993. It had been stored indoors but must have spent some time in the rain. Brakes were seized. Engine turned over ok. Rims are rusty but serviceable. Original air box missing. Turn signals gone. Wrong tail light. Seat cover has cuts. Indicator lights wiring gone. All starter components gone. Tank paint is rough and may not be original. Speedometer works but tachometer isn't accurate.
I've cleaned it up and polished the shiny stuff. Went through ignition wiring. Rebuilt brakes with new caliper pistons and seals, new rear master cylinder. Front master cylinder was reusable with new seals. Compression was low in one cylinder but it appears to be ok after I got it running.
The carbs seem to be original. Replaced carb inlet filters and fuel line. Left petcock leaked so I plugged that side until my new ones come. Didn't adjust the carbs at all except to lower the idle a bit. Clutch was stuck and I removed, cleaned and reoiled the plates.
I suspect the top end has been redone. I think the pistons are oversized because there's numbers on top of them but I can't quite read them with my endoscope.
It starts easily, runs well and shifts well. Rides smoothly. Pulls strong. No smoke. Brakes good.
 
Back to the tire issue: An Andover Norton employee just finished putting 2800 miles on a set of Heidenau K65's and pronounced them comparable to Avons. What you will find in the US is Heidenaus marked as "front tire." They are actually universals (as confirmed by Andover and a factory document I saw). I plan to get a pair in September. The US distributor is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
 
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