Parts/advice sort

Andy

Sounds like U got it all in a bizy package.. ( me too ~ sadly ~ in some same issues.. )

Plus I am building a T150V Special

Never enough days in the year.. :wink:

My Commando doesn't do wheelies either :cry: at least i don't think it does

Mike

I friend of mine is "doing" OIF at the moment and we have discussed it at some length into the early hours (usually with the assistance of a bottle of Malt or a crate of Trappist, I'll admit)

Baffling seemed a good idea because the spine will hold a long narrow "column" of oil and the pick up will presumably be at the back. If the level dropped, there would be a space for the oil to move into under heavy braking which could leave the pick-up sucking air.

That's how it seemed anyway, and baffling shouldn't do any harm.

He has also boxed in the area inside the top suspension gussets to give an increased capacity.

The only Commando I ever heard of pulling wheelies was a first model (Orange and silver fastback) with a Dunstall kit .. it had a very short but illustrious career before being shoved into the back shed..

Most noted was the fact he kept breaking tail light lenses.. !!)

Although ~ even today the bike is still or now wandering around in Roadster form .. 8) )

I am curious about the OIF issue as I know of several blokes OS building Tridents with the same frame-concept ~ and I was offered a boundless supply of frames... well ~ more than I would be likely to need.. but just getting them from Hawaii to Australia seems a real drama.. :x

I found two ways to do the wheel thing on the Norton. 15 year old on the back blow off the HD at the light and stand her up doing it. What a suprize for he and I and the boy. The other is an old trick get the RPM's going let off on the gas and go right back on hard she will chain walk for a while once you get her up good for winning bets. The pogo effect from the front end does it.

I was struggling with posting pictures of someone's work without their knowledge.
So I e-mailed Kenny and here was his response. (Reprinted with Kenny's permission)

Hi Mike,



Thanks for asking, but nothing is really proprietary on the frame/oil tank
conversion. I'm by far not the first to try it; I may the first to have
built over 40 like it thou. You're right about the good and the bad, it does
have both, and I acknowledge that. It was all a learning curve, always
changing to the next revision, and/or design.



In retrospect, I still like the OIF design, a motor of that capacity needs
2.5 qts or oil (I highly recommend Chevron Delo 400 15/40w for all air
cooled motors, it's a commercial grade diesel oil, that far exceeds any
common "S" grades that are on the market, both in quality of base stock, and
additive package). The biggest headache was getting the breather to function
correctly, on later units we opened up a breather on top of the cylinder
head, via the intake rocker cover, this was a home baffle arrangement that
did in fact help to eliminate some of the frothing that was occurring in the
tank. We used the Spyke breather vent, on the bottom hose, and did again on
the top breather hose as well. It all got a little overly complex for such a
simple system. You'll see more than 2 on some serious hot rodded H/D motors.



All of the OIF problems went away with the 961, the VR880 OIF served well as
a learning tool. I read several of the forums, and if anyone wants to ask
questions, feel free, lots of experience in the last eight years.



Best regards,



Kenny Dreer




So with that being said I will try to get motivated this weekend to get some clean shots and get em posted.

Thank's Michael, I would like to know more about the system.