RRussellTx - 1974 Commando 850 Project

MichaelB said:
Grer Marsh has good pricing on Tri Spark, he has wiring harness info on his website.
He may build a harness for you also.
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Thanks!
I’ll be reaching out to Greg as my first stop once I get my parts list organized.
 
I picked up the parts from the Powder Coater and I think they did a really good job!
We will see once it goes together, but I'm happy for now.

Also, I talked to Greg and he straightened me out on sequencing and recommended cNw to do the breather mod and clean up some of the parts.
What recommendations do you guys have for what to send to cNw to clean up or modify?
I can polish parts on my buffer wheel but I can't do the blasting finishes.
Again, I'm not looking for a high performance machine but I would like a very clean, reliable and original-ish bike.

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RussellTx said:
Also, I talked to Greg and he straightened me out on sequencing and recommended cNw to do the breather mod and clean up some of the parts.
What recommendations do you guys have for what to send to cNw to clean up or modify?
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I do my own "make new looking" but you can send all needing it to cNw. For non-72/73 750s I send the crankcases for the cNw breather if the engine is apart and have them do the cleanup. If you can't do them yourself and want new looking, send the empty: crankcases, gearbox shell, gearbox inner cover, and head.

While you're at it, send the oil tank (does not need to be clean). They come back completely clean, leak free, rear mount doubled, bottom mount removed and the bottom doubled to prevent future leaks, and powder coated.
 
If you are looking to have machine work done, such as cylinders bored, new valve guides and seats and crank ground, I would highly recommend Big D cycle in Dallas. They are a real deal Brit shop going back many years. Just visiting their shop is like being in a candy store. They focus mainly on Triumph and Vincent but they are quite capable of doing Norton machine work.

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htown16 said:
If you are looking to have machine work done, such as cylinders bored, new valve guides and seats and crank ground, I would highly recommend Big D cycle in Dallas. They are a real deal Brit shop going back many years. Just visiting their shop is like being in a candy store. They focus mainly on Triumph and Vincent but they are quite capable of doing Norton machine work.

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I thought they farmed out the machine work?
 
marshg246 said:
That's what I heard and when I wrote to them asking about boring or where to get it done, I got crickets.
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Any work they direct to their machinist, makes their jobs take longer.

P.S. a phone call will work much better than an e-mail.
 
Consider have the seal conversion work on the kicker, gear change and tach drive.
CNW can do all this.
The oil tank mod is great highly recommended..
They have propensity to leak at the mount.
CNW mod eliminates it..
 
I wasn't aware that Big D farmed out their machine work. I always just dropped the parts at their shop. I would assume that they hold whoever does their work to a high standard.
 
htown16 said:
I wasn't aware that Big D farmed out their machine work. I always just dropped the parts at their shop. I would assume that they hold whoever does their work to a high standard.
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Last time I talked to Keith was 2010 and seem to recall him telling me he used a nearby machine shop. Who knows, maybe he bought the shop! I haven't been in the biz since 2018 and the last time I talked to him was when i was picking up a "bitsa" 67 TR6 to fix up for my oldest brother.
 
I stopped by Big D Cycles on my way to my parents place. They do still do the machining in house on most items. They do outsource some of the more complex jobs but I did not ask too many questions.

I left them the old cylinders to see if they could be saved. Those will be done in house and he said they could also do the heads if I chose that route.

Really nice place and friendly people.
Thanks for the heads up!

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RussellTx said:
I stopped by Big D Cycles on my way to my parents place. They do still do the machining in house on most items. They do outsource some of the more complex jobs but I did not ask too many questions.
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I'm really glad to hear that!
 
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