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This is a video of the 1975 Norton Commando MKIII I bought a few weeks ago for $3500 US.
The sound on the video isn't the greatest, but at least it's running
I changed the MIkuni VM that was on the bike and put a Mikuni Flat Slide carb on. I think the flutter in the idle is because the pilot jet I chose is not the right one. Not sure which way to go on size up or down. I bought six pilot jets because the threads I read on Flat Slide carbs had a bunch of different sizes. I think the one I put in there is .027 if I remember right. I have smaller and larger ones so if anyone has an idea which way I should go, let me know.
I had to redo some of the wiring and it still needs work, but the bike started on the 3rd kick and hadn't run for a number of years so what you hear and see here is the first run in a long time...pretty amazing
Motor is strong and didn't even smoke when I started it. Quite happy with things right now because I have a good motor
[video]http://youtu.be/-PED95G0zhs[/video]
The sound on the video isn't the greatest, but at least it's running
I changed the MIkuni VM that was on the bike and put a Mikuni Flat Slide carb on. I think the flutter in the idle is because the pilot jet I chose is not the right one. Not sure which way to go on size up or down. I bought six pilot jets because the threads I read on Flat Slide carbs had a bunch of different sizes. I think the one I put in there is .027 if I remember right. I have smaller and larger ones so if anyone has an idea which way I should go, let me know.
I had to redo some of the wiring and it still needs work, but the bike started on the 3rd kick and hadn't run for a number of years so what you hear and see here is the first run in a long time...pretty amazing
Motor is strong and didn't even smoke when I started it. Quite happy with things right now because I have a good motor
[video]http://youtu.be/-PED95G0zhs[/video]