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Hi all, Andy here. How do I post a photograph on this forum, can anyone tell me?
Always wanted a Norton Commando but restrained myself as I've never been able to leave any of the 30 odd bikes I've owned standard and didn't want to ruin someone's labour of love. However, recently I came across a modified 850 on the net. It was for sale at an amazing price. Showed my wife the pics and her response was, and I quote word for word:
"mortgage the kids"
I'm very lucky as I'm married to a girl who rides a motorcycle like she just stole it and calls me "the fun retarder". Life doesn't get much better than this.
The modifications on this bike where so many that the idea of stuffing up someone's labour of love was of no concern so I bought it. Once home the task of getting things to a standard I'm happy with have begun. All the mods I'm fixing/adding are left cosmetically unfinished at the moment. Once I'm satisfied with the overall package (as if that will ever be the case says the wife) the thing will be stripped to the last nut and bolt and full rebuilt mechanically/cosmetically.
Although the overall look/aesthetics of this bike are great, several existing mods are quite impractical. The worst of these is the oil tank mounted high up between the subframe rails and having a capacity of well over 5 lt. This is probably one of the reasons the thing wheelies so easily (great fun I must admit). Anyway here's the story of what I'm doing to resolve this issue.
Firstly, I'm looking for a secondhand Norton Commando 750 "S" exhaust system. The system with upswept exhaust pipes on either side of the engine. Am interested in all different components of this particular system. If anyone has any parts they are willing 2 sell please contact. I have a set of 750 "SS" exhausts pipes to sell/exchange if a deal can be struck.
I'm looking for these parts to get the exhausts out of the way under the frame rails as the next step, once fitted is to make a stainless steel, underbelly oil tank (should solve the wet sumping issues at least). I intend to make all oil line connections dry break to aid with oil changes etc and eventually have the tank coated mat black to make it as unobtrusive as possible.
On that note, any advice on setting up the oil system would be appreciated. I believe I should be able to simply reverse the oil pump lines to ensure that the engine receives oil from the tank under pump pressure rather than with gravity assistance. To do this I will need to determine the output pressure of the oil pump and set up a bypass sytem to regulate the flow/pressure if proves too high.
Following successful setup of this tank/oiling sytem the next step is to mount all the electrics on a flat metal plate between the subframe rails. With the inclusion of all modern electrical components, including a battery eliminator and secret wiring that should leave the entire area where the original oil tank and battery would have been mounted totally devoid of any components.
I'll ride it like this for a while and decide whether to mount a single shock setup although at the moment I'm leaning towards the existing twin shock setup for aesthetic reasons. Maybe I'll just mount some high quality shocks and a stronger swinging arm.
I have a both Paypal and Visa accounts as well as access to a Bank of England account plus both UPS and Fedex shipping accounts, so payment/frieght should pose no real problems. Hopefully someone out there will be able to help me on all counts.
Always wanted a Norton Commando but restrained myself as I've never been able to leave any of the 30 odd bikes I've owned standard and didn't want to ruin someone's labour of love. However, recently I came across a modified 850 on the net. It was for sale at an amazing price. Showed my wife the pics and her response was, and I quote word for word:
"mortgage the kids"
I'm very lucky as I'm married to a girl who rides a motorcycle like she just stole it and calls me "the fun retarder". Life doesn't get much better than this.
The modifications on this bike where so many that the idea of stuffing up someone's labour of love was of no concern so I bought it. Once home the task of getting things to a standard I'm happy with have begun. All the mods I'm fixing/adding are left cosmetically unfinished at the moment. Once I'm satisfied with the overall package (as if that will ever be the case says the wife) the thing will be stripped to the last nut and bolt and full rebuilt mechanically/cosmetically.
Although the overall look/aesthetics of this bike are great, several existing mods are quite impractical. The worst of these is the oil tank mounted high up between the subframe rails and having a capacity of well over 5 lt. This is probably one of the reasons the thing wheelies so easily (great fun I must admit). Anyway here's the story of what I'm doing to resolve this issue.
Firstly, I'm looking for a secondhand Norton Commando 750 "S" exhaust system. The system with upswept exhaust pipes on either side of the engine. Am interested in all different components of this particular system. If anyone has any parts they are willing 2 sell please contact. I have a set of 750 "SS" exhausts pipes to sell/exchange if a deal can be struck.
I'm looking for these parts to get the exhausts out of the way under the frame rails as the next step, once fitted is to make a stainless steel, underbelly oil tank (should solve the wet sumping issues at least). I intend to make all oil line connections dry break to aid with oil changes etc and eventually have the tank coated mat black to make it as unobtrusive as possible.
On that note, any advice on setting up the oil system would be appreciated. I believe I should be able to simply reverse the oil pump lines to ensure that the engine receives oil from the tank under pump pressure rather than with gravity assistance. To do this I will need to determine the output pressure of the oil pump and set up a bypass sytem to regulate the flow/pressure if proves too high.
Following successful setup of this tank/oiling sytem the next step is to mount all the electrics on a flat metal plate between the subframe rails. With the inclusion of all modern electrical components, including a battery eliminator and secret wiring that should leave the entire area where the original oil tank and battery would have been mounted totally devoid of any components.
I'll ride it like this for a while and decide whether to mount a single shock setup although at the moment I'm leaning towards the existing twin shock setup for aesthetic reasons. Maybe I'll just mount some high quality shocks and a stronger swinging arm.
I have a both Paypal and Visa accounts as well as access to a Bank of England account plus both UPS and Fedex shipping accounts, so payment/frieght should pose no real problems. Hopefully someone out there will be able to help me on all counts.