Norton Quality

Friday - 188 miles
Saturday - 156 miles
Today - 234 miles
TOTAL = 578 miles

There's a small bit of oil mist on the side covers from the valve covers and it looks like I may have to adjust the chain a tad.
Man....... I sure like riding this old bike! It seems like the harder I flog it, the better it runs.
One thing is for sure, it doesn't like sitting idle - it would rather be ridden.

Just over 4500 miles on my MK3 this year and not one issue (knocks on wood).

Give em hell out there.

Yeah yeah yeah, rub it in you daily rider but glad you sharing your commando grins. There are 4 non roadworthy cycles at home now and a contest of which will be recovered first, if ever. Oh I could ride Trixie with a push start but the oil leaks on chain wear mean no go till crank exposed again to reseal everything forks to gear box to carb boots and fuel cap.

hobot said:

Yeah yeah yeah, rub it in you daily rider but glad you sharing your commando grins. There are 4 non roadworthy cycles at home now and a contest of which will be recovered first, if ever. Oh I could ride Trixie with a push start but the oil leaks on chain wear mean no go till crank exposed again to reseal everything forks to gear box to carb boots and fuel cap.

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Can we schedule an intervention here??? Without wind therapy, a man will wither...

Oh, I get my jolly's in even in cages here if rally driving counts with windows closed a/c and radio blasting over THE Gravel roughness pounding. Shoot just mowing risks getting dumped on the slopes and spinning out. I get jitters and flash backs before a mc ride contests of rationalizing how confident or lucky I feel that day, not to break down or not ever return. Nothing beats the quality of a well fettered Commando ride though, partly the magic such a clunker can feel so smooth and easy and eager, even if not fastest or best handling things around [not counting Ms Peel of course which is meant to confuse the world no end like it has me and some doubting Thomas' on balloon tires appliances]. Takes about a season for mention of newly dead riders not to whisper in my ear on throttle ups and about 3 yr for those I rode with like family not to bring tears when temperatures and scenery and wind flashback. I hang on the words and joys of those riding anytime they like and not thinking twice about it. My SuVee is about to go again, fixed its weak clutch screwy mechanism, replaced the reg/rect that dies regularly at 20K miles, thread thin signal wires that break often, plugged spark plug drain hole deep in head, case leaks and fragile instrument cluster and rock hard seat etc, but can't fix the tingles from engine that never goes away. Much rather fiddle with a Norton that is pretty to the bone instead of under hood of small utilitarian car and doesn't require the shifting peddling to getty up slopes.

if you put in a fraction of the time you spend posting your daily jibber jabber on wrenching on your supposed bikes those things would be mechanically and cosmetically perfect - :shock:

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hobot said:

Yeah yeah yeah, rub it in you daily rider but glad you sharing your commando grins. There are 4 non roadworthy cycles at home now and a contest of which will be recovered first, if ever. Oh I could ride Trixie with a push start but the oil leaks on chain wear mean no go till crank exposed again to reseal everything forks to gear box to carb boots and fuel cap.

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Can we schedule an intervention here??? Without wind therapy, a man will wither...

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mikegray660 said:

if you put in a fraction of the time you spend posting your daily jibber jabber on wrenching on your supposed bikes those things would be mechanically and cosmetically perfect - :shock:

concours said:

hobot said:

Yeah yeah yeah, rub it in you daily rider but glad you sharing your commando grins. There are 4 non roadworthy cycles at home now and a contest of which will be recovered first, if ever. Oh I could ride Trixie with a push start but the oil leaks on chain wear mean no go till crank exposed again to reseal everything forks to gear box to carb boots and fuel cap.

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Can we schedule an intervention here??? Without wind therapy, a man will wither...

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all my stuff runs.... :lol: :mrgreen:

mikegray660 said:

if you put in a fraction of the time you spend posting your daily jibber jabber on wrenching on your supposed bikes those things would be mechanically and cosmetically perfect - :shock:

concours said:

hobot said:

Yeah yeah yeah, rub it in you daily rider but glad you sharing your commando grins. There are 4 non roadworthy cycles at home now and a contest of which will be recovered first, if ever. Oh I could ride Trixie with a push start but the oil leaks on chain wear mean no go till crank exposed again to reseal everything forks to gear box to carb boots and fuel cap.

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Can we schedule an intervention here??? Without wind therapy, a man will wither...

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Almost 12,000 posts in 8 years. That's from this site, alone. I believe Hobot posts on other sites. And I probably understood a total of 10. Of those 10, 2 were pertinent.

ha - didn't mean you Mr C - sure you understood that though - :mrgreen:

concours said:

all my stuff runs.... :lol: :mrgreen:

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Wife's scooter got set up with boozed gas water in bowls, someday I'll clean it.

Bony Suvee650 was knocked down by a gal backing into it so just about to start using up stack of 5 non DOT race tires again.

Trixie kicker ratchet quit but has oil leaks on chain wear that show up on illegal speeds/rpm above 70 so is retired til getting aroundtoit, again.

Peel is in perpetual processing on 3 fronts at once around the world.

mikegray660 said:

ha - didn't mean you Mr C - sure you understood that though - :mrgreen:

concours said:

all my stuff runs.... :lol: :mrgreen:

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I did... lol

Hobot just needs to get in the mood, like many things in life, it has to come from within. Maybe if we all show up with beer, food, wrenches, parts... sit in lawn chairs and watch him work :mrgreen: