What Did You Do With Your Commando Today?

SteveBorland said:
I don't have a side stand on mine, so it's always parked on the centre stand. I wonder if this has squashed the iso rubbers?
It's a real bugger of a job to replace them, so I doubt that I'll pull them just to have look though!
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I don't use the side stand either - I use a scissor jack on the frame rails.

BTW - above I was referring to not doing the iso check/adjustment on the centre-stand.
 
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Fast Eddie said:
I did that when I was 17 on the soft fleshy part of the inner forearm. I actually smelt the burning and saw the smoke momentarily before feeling the pain.

Still got the scar if I look closely !
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Almost funny how you see it and smell it before you feel it.
Then it's too late...

Hmmm, what's that smell....Oh Sh.........ttttt!!!!
 
I tested the temperature of the sweet and sour sauce straight from the microwave. It was f-hot!
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SteveBorland said:
Yes I know, but the same logic applies to parking the brute on the centre stand, hence my musings... :cool:
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Parking it on the scissor jack has the added benefit of not leaving the centre-stand spring fully stretched for over 90% of the time (I now flick the stand up!)
 
Flatspot said:
I tested the temperature of the sweet and sour sauce straight from the microwave. It was f-hot!
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I've done OK on heat for quite a while - the last test was holding back a Norton being timed with the outside of my leg against the muffler.

However, hammers - that's a different story, yesterday al least!

The smaller hit was a ball peen hammer and that made me think I should be using a rubber hammer. So, five minutes later I tested a hard hit with a rubber hammer. That joint was already swollen from arthritis, it's much worse now! At least I know my bones are strong.

I'm pretty comical these days. My right shoulder is about useless and my left is a problem. So tightening/loosening things causes me to get into contorted positions and in both these cases I was about to hit a wrench when something slipped and I missed. Of course, my impact wrench was laying right beside me!

What Did You Do With Your Commando Today?
 
Took it for a ride, to warm up the oil before a change. Nice ride. All was well until I backed into my garage, the throttle started hanging, around 2,000rpm. I found the cause. I have a single 934 Amak mk2. Where the throttle cable exits at the top of the carb, it has a plastic screw cap and the cable is in a stainless sheath through the centre of the cap. The sheath looks like it is rubbing a rubber grommet on the frame when the engine's running. I think this is enough to vibrate the plastic cap loose. As in, no longer screwed on. Amazed it ran so well!

Short of milling a very slight extra angle on the 2-1 inlet manifold (beyond my ability), I can't see any way to create more room for the carb. Another regular check to add to the list.
 
Mart UK said:
Took it for a ride, to warm up the oil before a change. Nice ride. All was well until I backed into my garage, the throttle started hanging, around 2,000rpm. I found the cause. I have a single 934 Amak mk2. Where the throttle cable exits at the top of the carb, it has a plastic screw cap and the cable is in a stainless sheath through the centre of the cap. The sheath looks like it is rubbing a rubber grommet on the frame when the engine's running. I think this is enough to vibrate the plastic cap loose. As in, no longer screwed on. Amazed it ran so well!

Short of milling a very slight extra angle on the 2-1 inlet manifold (beyond my ability), I can't see any way to create more room for the carb. Another regular check to add to the list.
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The carb is rubber mounted, just tilt it to one side by enough to clear.
 
What about duct taping the plastic cap? Or coating threads with a little rubber cement.
"If it moves and shouldn't, DUCT TAPE. If it doesn't move and should: WD-40"
 
Mart UK said:
Do you mean rotate it? Might be possible. Not sure there's enough before fuel level gets to the gasket. Have you done this successfully?
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Yes that’s what I mean.

Have I done it…? That would mean running a single carb… so of course I haven’t 🤣

I have a (slow ;)) mate who ran that set up for a while and that’s what he did.

I don’t recall any leaky gasket issues.

It’s easy to try… and easy to reverse.

Either way, that BLACK cap should be tight and should not come loose. The uncontrolled / unexpected WOT can be VERY dangerous …
 
I will try it. I guess they survive sidestand angles without issue and it should be less than that. I'll go the other way to sidestand lean. Thanks.

I love my torquey single carb, especially each time I worked on my Honda's 4 x Keihins... (Actually, a pain to set up, not difficult, just repetitive attention to detail, thankfully no trouble since). In truth, I'm not averse to trying a couple of premiers, but each time I have tried to prove the single runs out of steam above 6,000 revs, it makes me grin, and I think "why bother"?
 
Mart UK said:
I will try it. I guess they survive sidestand angles without issue and it should be less than that. I'll go the other way to sidestand lean. Thanks.

I love my torquey single carb, especially each time I worked on my Honda's 4 x Keihins... (Actually, a pain to set up, not difficult, just repetitive attention to detail, thankfully no trouble since). In truth, I'm not averse to trying a couple of premiers, but each time I have tried to prove the single runs out of steam above 6,000 revs, it makes me grin, and I think "why bother"?
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Only pulling yer leg dude.

Don't fix what’s not broke.

If you like it, you like it, so what’s not to like 😵‍💫 !!
 

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