Swing Arm Question

olympus · May 23, 2020

Can I ask, was the commando ever intended to have the final drive chain on the right rather that what we have now on the left????
The reason for asking, why is there a slot on the right hand leg for the brake back plate torque reaction arm and a hole forward of that for the brake cable post????

lcrken · May 23, 2020

My thought is that they just didn't want to have to make and stock two different pattern plates, when they could use a single one for both sides.

Ken

Fast Eddie · May 23, 2020

My conclusion was same as Ken’s...

jbruney · May 23, 2020

I believe it also saved some time on QC issues too.

myron1950 · May 23, 2020

Yep - Ken and jbruney got it. One less part number and no need for poka-yoke on assembly.

Gadge · May 23, 2020

myron1950 said:
Yep - Ken and jbruney got it. One less part number and no need for poka-yoke on assembly.

Norton and poka-yoke was a LOL moment

myron1950 · May 23, 2020

Gadge, I agree that poka-yoke and Norton are divergent. In spite of its many design virtues the Commando was not "Designed for Assembly".

jbruney · May 23, 2020

The Commando was primarily designed to produce a plethora of owner/mechanic/trouble shooter/backyard machinist-designer/ all round fixer/patcher/sometimes rider foolhardy enough to endure a lifetime of continuous punishment and loving near every minute of it, and bragging to everyone willing to listen when he gets more than maybe15 trouble free miles a month on what he has convinced himself is the greatest bike ever to roll and strand his smiling ass in the middle of nowhere.

That is the reason everyone smiles at us when they see us riding my friends.... They know we teeter over the abyss of insanity...... I'm good with that.

cliffa · May 23, 2020

Probably the same reason they all came with Interpol wiring included.

Gadge · May 23, 2020

myron1950 said:
Gadge, I agree that poka-yoke and Norton are divergent. In spite of its many design virtues the Commando was not "Designed for Assembly".

I was going to write a reply but jbruney said it better than I ever could.

I'll just add they weren't designed for ease of maintenance either!

cliffa · May 23, 2020

Gadge said:
I was going to write a reply but jbruney said it better than I ever could.

I'll just add they weren't designed for ease of maintenance either!

Was any British bike though?

Gadge · May 23, 2020

cliffa said:
Was any British bike though?

Designed? I think evolved is a better description.

RoadScholar · May 23, 2020

The acronym RAMP hadn't been coined back in the day. The "M" reference is still evolving.

Best.

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