It's not so much being new to Commandos although that can do it too. Make Twain once said “No, the romance and the beauty were all gone from the river. All the value any feature of it had for me now was the amount of usefulness it could furnish toward compassing the safe piloting of a steamboat." This is in response to learning the secrets of the Mississippi as a river boat pilot and losing the romance in the process. This current Norton will be my forth one. In the case of my 750, which was my main ride for many years, I have ridden them many thousands of miles. I am no expert by any means but somewhere along the way I have lost the romance of the journey. When I ride, I have to force myself to relax, see the bike with new eyes and just ride. As for this Norton we are in a "getting acquainted with one another" stage. We are stretching our legs a little bit to see how we get on."Tried" to enjoy yourself? I think I know what you mean. I'm relatively new to the Commando as well and some days out it feels a little like too much bike. Other days, it feels like I'm part of the bike and just humming along my favourite back roads here in Michigan. I've learned over the couple years riding it that the road conditions and my state of mind have a much more profound effect on my riding experience. Before I was blaming the bike thinking that something might be loose or such, but in the end it was me, and the roads I'm riding on. Well, that's not entirely true. I had to re-install the correct height rear shocks to bring the bike level. That made a huge difference in handling. I also put in 20wt in the forks instead of the 10wt I had in there before. That switchup made a marginal difference, but still positive.
Yes I'm on my 4 th too , and always re-thinking things.It's not so much being new to Commandos although that can do it too. Make Twain once said “No, the romance and the beauty were all gone from the river. All the value any feature of it had for me now was the amount of usefulness it could furnish toward compassing the safe piloting of a steamboat." This is in response to learning the secrets of the Mississippi as a river boat pilot and losing the romance in the process. This current Norton will be my forth one. In the case of my 750, which was my main ride for many years, I have ridden them many thousands of miles. I am no expert by any means but somewhere along the way I have lost the romance of the journey. When I ride, I have to force myself to relax, see the bike with new eyes and just ride. As for this Norton we are in a "getting acquainted with one another" stage. We are stretching our legs a little bit to see how we get on.
I like to think that I way over think things!Yes I'm on my 4 th too , and always re-thinking things.
Can I do this? Will there be an alignment and/or directional loosening effect from this?
Jim, sounds like you're getting all philosophical on us here manIt's not so much being new to Commandos although that can do it too. Make Twain once said “No, the romance and the beauty were all gone from the river. All the value any feature of it had for me now was the amount of usefulness it could furnish toward compassing the safe piloting of a steamboat." This is in response to learning the secrets of the Mississippi as a river boat pilot and losing the romance in the process. This current Norton will be my forth one. In the case of my 750, which was my main ride for many years, I have ridden them many thousands of miles. I am no expert by any means but somewhere along the way I have lost the romance of the journey. When I ride, I have to force myself to relax, see the bike with new eyes and just ride. As for this Norton we are in a "getting acquainted with one another" stage. We are stretching our legs a little bit to see how we get on.
Don't suppose you got any cleaning instructions with yours? I'm assuming I puff some compressed air through it, inside to out?
Probably the same as the K&N Dryflow type then. (Posted before I noticed your edit).Les, the replacement isn't K&N, looks like it, but an RGM special, not oiled.
Edit: just checked the link, which also covers dry filters. Got it, brilliant, thanks.
Thanks for the link and proper instructions Les. I wasn't too far off. I just use dish liquid instead of the fancy KN cleaner.How to Clean K&N Air Filters | Step By Step Instructions
Follow the official step by step instructions to cleaning K&N Universal, Dryflow, Synthetic (Industrial), heavy-duty, cabin, and washable home air filters.www.knfilters.co.uk
The headlight doesn't even have power with the ignition key turned to the on position. Same for the horn. It's like the battery is dead but the usb charger I have attached shows it as 12.8V.