What Did You Do With Your Commando Today?

Andy Higham said:

My laser cut parts for my head steady arrived today. I fitted them together and tested for clearance on the bike

I use a tab and slot system to lock the parts together prior to welding. The two holes at the front are where the spring support ties in.

20260310_192633 by Sigma Projects, on Flickr

20260310_192703 by Sigma Projects, on Flickr

20260310_192836 by Sigma Projects, on Flickr

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Andy,
I love the look on the dogs face.Keeping an eye out on the progress!
Mike

He is called Dio

Today I: checked head bolts, looks like the composite gasket has finally settled in, checked valves, clearances good, checked primary and gearbox oil, both levels OK. I replaced one exhaust valve gasket and the intake gasket with the JS Motosports silicone fiberglass gaskets. Decided not to replace the other exhaust valve gasket yet, because the paper gasket looks good and I want to do a test run on the fiberglass.
I replaced the head and tail light with LED's. The headlight is from Paul Goff, tail light is Lucas. The first photos is the LED headlight. The second photo is the old taillight. Photo 3 is the LED taillight. Photo 4 is the previous headlight, a 60 watt H4