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Ever do wheelies on your Commando?
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Many years ago I detuned my mates combat for him upon his request
I put a 1mm plate under the barrel and I fitted a single carb
The carb was from a Suzuki t500 a 34mm VM mikuni with a bigger main jet and the pilot air adjusting screw hanging out about 5 turns because it was setup for a twosmoke
But the upshot was this bike would pop wheelies in first so easily it was ridiculous
There's a steep hill near me and every time I turned off the main road onto the bottom of this hill a blip of the throttle had the front wheel skyward
I put a 1mm plate under the barrel and I fitted a single carb
The carb was from a Suzuki t500 a 34mm VM mikuni with a bigger main jet and the pilot air adjusting screw hanging out about 5 turns because it was setup for a twosmoke
But the upshot was this bike would pop wheelies in first so easily it was ridiculous
There's a steep hill near me and every time I turned off the main road onto the bottom of this hill a blip of the throttle had the front wheel skyward
I shredded more trans parts than I can count, Luckily at the time I was able to buy many whole gear used gear boxes for parts. But if you damage one severely at today's prices it could take a boat load of money in parts to fix it. That is one reason I gave up power shifting. Too much power and a clutch that really hooks up = MT pockets. At least 4 or so of my customers damaged gearboxes too and they cried the Broken Gear Box blues in the key of a C note.
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I really enjoyed the “be sure to pack your phone “
Mike
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I remember reading in bike magazine that the film company asked for permission to close the roads for this seen but we're told to just go ahead and film it
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I built this special for sale as one of my early "Born Again Bikes" customs. I've owned a bunch of Commandos, but this was the only one that ever wheelied on brisk throttle opening in 2nd gear, without "popping the clutch".
850 with JE pistons & gapless rings, Surflex clutch plates with optimized stack, straight-thru mufflers, early Amal Premiers, jetted on the rich side, Sparx electronic ignition.
Sure was a nice bike...
THIS Combat Special that I built required some "snappy" clutch release to get the Leo-Goff-built lump spinning hard enough to loft the front end...
I never really tried to wheelie any of the others, mostly because I couldn't afford for them to get damaged.
850 with JE pistons & gapless rings, Surflex clutch plates with optimized stack, straight-thru mufflers, early Amal Premiers, jetted on the rich side, Sparx electronic ignition.
Sure was a nice bike...
THIS Combat Special that I built required some "snappy" clutch release to get the Leo-Goff-built lump spinning hard enough to loft the front end...
I never really tried to wheelie any of the others, mostly because I couldn't afford for them to get damaged.
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My brother did a very nice wheelie in front of our house on his '71. It ended badly, not the actual wheelie but the fact that our mother was looking out the window.
