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Hi Norton Folk ..


Have just aquired (well permenant loan) a 74 850 Commando


have had triples all my life so this will be some fun and i expect some dumb questions comming from me so i hope you will bare with me :)



First obvious issue with this machine is the front forks bottom out and have very little travel ... I've had a quick look took the caps off and the nuts holding the springs in place ( a tad different to triples up front in the guts ) ... looks to have progressive springs ...


are there any tricks for new players here ..


I measured the travel with no springs and it looks to be about 100mm (4inches) top to bottom of the travel which is a fair bit smaller than i am used to ..  with springs in the travel when the bike is off the stand is less than 50mm (2 inches ) ... i would have thought clearly something not right here.


the springs them selves are 480mm long


appreciate any feed back


thanks

Steve


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