This is the list I sent to the sellor.
1. The exhaust pipes are not correct PR pipes. The PR pipes were cut and welded at a slight angle where they exit the head, allowing the pipes to tuck in a little closer to the frame rails for cornering clearance. The difference is obvious, with the weld clearly visible on the PR pipes.
2. The foot controls are not original PR items. They are replicas, and not very close ones at that. The original PR brake lever was a cast steel piece, very different in appearance from the fabricated lever on your bike. The footpegs were knurled aluminum, not rubber.
3. The kickstart lever is not the original PR. The PR used a lever from an earlier model that had less bend at the gearbox end. It gave more room for the foot to reach the reversed shift lever. The knurled aluminum footpeg folded up for clearance.
4. The seat is not original. The original PR seat had the cover attached to the base with visible rivets at the rear. It also had a plain Dzus fastener at the rear, not the riveted-on plate style Dzus yours has. Yours looks like the repros Mick Hemmings used to sell.
5. The hand controls are not original PR. The clutch side is a stock Commando item, with stock Commando switchgear. The PR came with a steel Doherty clutch lever, and a small bar-mounted switch for the lights. The master cylinder is a later AP Lockheed with a plastic reservoir. The PR came with a on-piece master cylinder with a metal cap.
6. The muffler mounts are not correct. The original PR had a steel bracket that bolted on to the muffler, and was mounted to the foot control mounting plates by two rubber mounts. Yours has what look like stock Commando mounting plates, connected to the the foot control plates with one rubber mount.
7. The intake manifolds are not correct PR parts, but stock Commando pieces. The PR came with manifolds fabricated from steel tubing and plates, not the cast aluminum ones you have.
8. The front fender is not an original PR. The original was much narrower. It was also held on with hose clamps around the fork legs, not bolted to the legs, as yours is.
9. At least one of the fork legs is not original, but an aftermarket piece. The PR only cam with a single Norvil disk, not duals. Norton sold an optional kit for dual disks, but it used the same fork leg, so that when installed, you had the caliper in front of the leg on one side, and behind it on the other. It was kind of weird looking, but that’s how Norton sold it.
10. Front brake lines are braided stainless, which is not original. Original brake hose was black plastic-covered.
11. I can’t tell for sure from the pictures, but it looks like the rear brake plate is not a PR item. The PR had cooling holes in it, covered with metal mesh. The backing plate was black, and the mesh sections and their mounting plates were aluminum color.
12. The tail light and license plate mount are not PR parts, but reproductions. The tail light mount is pretty close, but is made for the larger, later model, tail light, which it has. The PR had the earlier, smaller tail light. The license plate bracket is not even similar.
13. The front fairing bracket is not original PR. It looks like the one Mick Hemmings used to sell with his repro fairings.
Ken
