What model is my Commando
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Haven't seen a C on the head but that doesn't mean it's not there. No idea where to lookFullauto said:
I would have guessed a high boy because I remember back in they day I rode it a few times & felt like I was sitting in a high chair compared to my ole Triumph
Nov 1972 should make it a 1973 model, and a 750 obviously - the factory year started about Sept of the preceding year.
And its not actually possible to tell just from the VIN what model it started out as.
It looks like a Roadster though (now), doesn't it. And its in the post-Combat era
The Factory records just may show color and model, or not, depending on if the records survived,
and if they were fully written down or not. The NOC charge a small fee for this service, if the records actually exist.
Nice find.
A bit of spit and polish, and should be on the road soon (!).
Just open your wallet.....
Your hiboy may be a HiRider ?
Which means someone has fitted Roadster bits to it...
And its not actually possible to tell just from the VIN what model it started out as.
It looks like a Roadster though (now), doesn't it. And its in the post-Combat era
The Factory records just may show color and model, or not, depending on if the records survived,
and if they were fully written down or not. The NOC charge a small fee for this service, if the records actually exist.
Nice find.
A bit of spit and polish, and should be on the road soon (!).
Just open your wallet.....
Your hiboy may be a HiRider ?
Which means someone has fitted Roadster bits to it...
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Wolfman said:
Wolfman said:
I thought we'd done that already gotta-few-questions-t25413.html#p335968 but it's certainly a post-Combat Roadster as it stands, in which case the head is more likely to be stamped RH6 or perhaps RH5, and there's nothing to suggest it was a Hi-Rider originally (which isn't to do with frame, forks, seat or ride height, only the high handlebars).
A Hi-Rider from that period would be much more likely to have a front drum brake and 30mm carbs/intake port head, as well as smaller fibreglass tank, different seat, smaller headlamp etc.
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In your photos, the fin spacing at the head to cylinder joint looks closer than the rest of the fin spacing, like a Combat head would. The stamped "C" on the head is hard to spot, it's probably under the head steady bracket. The intake ports on a Combat head should measure 32mm.Wolfman said:
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pantah_good said:
But then all Commandos typically have less fin gap at the head joint, and the post-Combat RH6 head was also skimmed but not as much as the Combat 'C' head. Even if it is a Combat head it's unlikely to have been an original Combat model.
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Darn, just when you think you have something about these things figured out....
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A lot of modern cable inners are stainless steel.
Stainless steel needs special flux to 'tin' properly.
Its no problem... once you know it, and ensure you use the right flux.
If you don't, you'll have a 'dry joint' that will not last long.
Stainless steel needs special flux to 'tin' properly.
Its no problem... once you know it, and ensure you use the right flux.
If you don't, you'll have a 'dry joint' that will not last long.
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