First ride out

John leathers · May 16, 2016

First ride out at the weekend, first ride on a commando after riding a vfr 800 for the last 16years. Spent 20months doing complete nut and bolt rebuild. What a bike to ride, front brake works quite well ( rgm updated shoes) clutch a bit heavy to a vfr, engine pulls lovely, and all the weight low down, handling is very light to what I am used to. The bike is better handling to , more flickable with those thin threaded tyres. Found head bolts a bit loose , now tightening nuts on head and barrels, also engine mounts loose as well. Engine seams to like being 3000revs and over as under this it seams to be a bit of vibration. Like to say thanks to all for the help this forum has provided. John. Uk

gortnipper · May 16, 2016

Where are the pics? 8)

Onder · May 16, 2016

My 850 prefers over 3k than under. Im in the legion of those wondering if the iso rubbers are just too
hard. Perhaps originally they were softer but sacked out quickly disappointing owners so new made ones
were harder for this reason.

Nater_Potater · May 16, 2016

Onder said:
My 850 prefers over 3k than under. Im in the legion of those wondering if the iso rubbers are just too
hard. Perhaps originally they were softer but sacked out quickly disappointing owners so new made ones
were harder for this reason.

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Have fun, John!

Nathan

worntorn · May 17, 2016

John leathers said:
First ride out at the weekend, first ride on a commando after riding a vfr 800 for the last 16years. Spent 20months doing complete nut and bolt rebuild. What a bike to ride, front brake works quite well ( rgm updated shoes) clutch a bit heavy to a vfr, engine pulls lovely, and all the weight low down, handling is very light to what I am used to. The bike is better handling to , more flickable with those thin threaded tyres. Found head bolts a bit loose , now tightening nuts on head and barrels, also engine mounts loose as well. Engine seams to like being 3000revs and over as under this it seams to be a bit of vibration. Like to say thanks to all for the help this forum has provided. John. Uk

Hi John

You can make that clutch into a one finger pull setup with a bit fettling and very few $. Step one is to set the stack height if you haven't already done so. DynoDave's clutch setup procedure listed on his Atlantic Green site will get you there.
Step two is to add one of his clutch pushrod seals.
Step three is to fit a Venhills Teflon lined stainless steel "Featherlight" clutch cable, an inexpensive off the shelf item at Venhills.

These three steps reduced my clutch pull from 21 pounds measured on a spring scale to just 7 pounds on the same scale and no slippage.

Glen

First ride out

John leathers

gortnipper

Onder

Nater_Potater

worntorn

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