Tommy, don't forget that I'm English, so "very interesting" is high praise really, in fact it probably translates into Amercian as "God dam freakin awesome dude"
Very nice bike. I keep hoping to find a clapped-out pile that could be converted into an old-school street-legal race bike. Something like that would be great fun for blasting around the back roads in my neck of the woods. Yours gives me inspiration!
Eddie; just klick one of the pics, and there´s more, both pics and reading. After looking at that, I´d classify this bike as a couple of notches above "very" interesting.....
Tommy
I particularly like the quote: "the bike weighs about the same as a stock Commando Interstate with the engine and gearbox missing"
Tommy, don't forget that I'm English, so "very interesting" is high praise really, in fact it probably translates into Amercian as "God dam freakin awesome dude"
It´s not easy for those of us who don´t use English as our native language having to deal with two almost completely different versions of "English" :wink: ! The worst is the vocabulary concerning motorcycle parts, is there any more than "frame" and "wheel" that´s the same in Britain and the US? I have to write someone about this.... :mrgreen:
Tommy
It´s not easy for those of us who don´t use English as our native language having to deal with two almost completely different versions of "English" :wink: ! The worst is the vocabulary concerning motorcycle parts, is there any more than "frame" and "wheel" that´s the same in Britain and the US? I have to write someone about this.... :mrgreen:
Tommy
According to George Bernard Shaw; England and America are two countries separated by a common language. Take a look about half-way down the page at technical-information-how-post-photos-t2357.html for the "US=UK Terminology". Of course, this may only add to the confusion...
It´s not easy for those of us who don´t use English as our native language having to deal with two almost completely different versions of "English" :wink: ! The worst is the vocabulary concerning motorcycle parts, is there any more than "frame" and "wheel" that´s the same in Britain and the US? I have to write someone about this.... :mrgreen:
Tommy
According to George Bernard Shaw; England and America are two countries separated by a common language. Take a look about half-way down the page at technical-information-how-post-photos-t2357.html for the "US=UK Terminology". Of course, this may only add to the confusion...
What is worth the effort is also worth the wait. it took about 5 1/2 years to finish but I am happy with the outcome.
1975 Commando MKIII. Updated with some nice updates. My own design negative ground wiring system using a Motogadget controller, Tri-Spark, single coil, Hydraulic clutch, CNW head steady, Brembo brakes, floating disks, digital guages, new handlebar controls, new st/st tapered spokes and upgraded hubs, new CNW mufflers, Keihin carbs, custom aircraft digital oil pressure / tempreature guage and sensors, custom seat, high performance beehive springs and valves, oil cooler with (overkill) braided st/st hoses, ballistic battery, modified and relocated (under seat) oil filter, improved suspension, CNW starter, o-ring chain, ETC.
Sure its all overkill but what else do you do with your time and money?
Here is my '73 850 Interstate soon after I mounted new exhaust. I ordered the bike new in 1973, panicked and sold her in 1978. About six years ago, she found her way home with only about 2k more miles that when I sold her! Not for sale now.
We had an Import (read; non-Harley-Davidson) bike show today, so I spent a couple of hours after work yesterday primping the old girl. Something strange happened, though; when cleaning the engine, I found only the strangest dry, powdery-like substance that, on anything else, would be called road grit. I've never seen anything like that before on the Norton! After utilizing the Dorman crank breather, repairing the head studs, replacing the primary to crankcase gasket, and replacing the o-ring in the tach drive, there's no oil leaks! Anywhere!
Here we are after a light douching with the garden hose:
Check out the center cases right under the timing cover. Crazy clean!
The show went well with around twelve bikes (kind of light due to the unseasonably cool weather) with a handful of late-Sixties/early Seventies Triumphs, a few Nippons, and, as usual, just one Norton. I'll proudly carry the torch for the marquee.
To end on a high note, even with the inevitable audience, she started on the first kick.
Great wiring job, Someday I would love to slim down the wiring on my MK3. You wouldn't happen to have a wiring diagram, for say, a life time supply of good English beer
I've registered a long time ago but never really got around posting anything. Well here you go, some pix of my slightly cafe'd 74 MKIIa. Pix were taken on a recent trip through the Dolomites, around Lake Garda and Eastern Dolomites:
This one caught up with me as we passed Passo Rolle and we blasted the Passo Valles up together..750 Combat vs a mildly optimized 850 flat out up to 2.200m elevation. Not much power left at these altitudes but plenty of motivation! Really a surprise to find another Commando out on the road, and being given plenty of stick too!
He was from Padova, out on a tour with his son on the Tuono in the background, plus 15 or 20 other guys. Apparently a real Norton nut..told me about a Commando he owns (among others) with over 100k KM on the clock, on which he had to rebuild the engine 19 times :shock:
Thanks, guys, glad you like it.
Actually Bronze Pearl Metallic over white base. And lots of clear urethane. Thinking about a pinstripe, so I saved some clear to go over that and the graphics, which are vinyl stickers.
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