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Some people seem to think that the products issued by a know company are better than what can be done at home, sometimes that is true and sometimes it is not. A case in point is the way the first Commando frames were made, they were even dubbed the "widow-maker" and just look at what the chopper guys run with their absurd long forks, raked front ends and rigid rear ends, those are accepted even by engineers otherwise they would be outlawed. Even the ISOs on the Commando, I was told the early ones were very much different from the later ones, the earlier ones were much sturdier probably because the bean counters had a bigger say than the engineers. Many bikes of the same era have rubber mounted engines, the Norton is AFAIK the only one with the swing arm mounted to the engine yet it does not handle any worse than the others, did the Norton factory do it right or did the others do it right? The single most important factor may be to have both wheels aligned.
I am not worried at all by backyard engineers, usually, if it looks good, it most likely is.
Keep at it Paul
Jean
I am not worried at all by backyard engineers, usually, if it looks good, it most likely is.
Keep at it Paul
Jean