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Finding British Whitworth (sp?) nuts and bolts isn’t so easy.
I didn’t buy a bike that was complete that needed a rebuild. I’m the nut job building it from a bare frame. So needless to say, I’m missing a lot of parts.
When I work on my car, I have bolts everywhere. I have a bucket, I have draws of stainless if I need them, but my bike???
I need the two little bolts that hold the air filter plate to the battery box and the little bolts that hold the horn mount to the battery box and...and...and...
I look online and it’s hard. If you go on eBay and search Commando horn, there are never the bolts sold separately, and if the are, they’re 20 bucks plus shipping?
I’m upset that I didn’t win a Commando parts lot that was on eBay a few months ago. At that time I didn’t realize how much money I’d be spending on these bolts.
I know I can buy individual bolts from one of the many vendors and buy new, but I’m wondering where I can get a box of misc nuts and bolts that are Norton or British motorcycle threads.
What do you guys do? I assume all of you have buckets of bolts that you’ve accumulated over the years of working on these bikes, but I’m fairly new. I have a some bolts from some Triumph builds, but not many at all and rarely the ones I need.
I didn’t buy a bike that was complete that needed a rebuild. I’m the nut job building it from a bare frame. So needless to say, I’m missing a lot of parts.
When I work on my car, I have bolts everywhere. I have a bucket, I have draws of stainless if I need them, but my bike???
I need the two little bolts that hold the air filter plate to the battery box and the little bolts that hold the horn mount to the battery box and...and...and...
I look online and it’s hard. If you go on eBay and search Commando horn, there are never the bolts sold separately, and if the are, they’re 20 bucks plus shipping?
I’m upset that I didn’t win a Commando parts lot that was on eBay a few months ago. At that time I didn’t realize how much money I’d be spending on these bolts.
I know I can buy individual bolts from one of the many vendors and buy new, but I’m wondering where I can get a box of misc nuts and bolts that are Norton or British motorcycle threads.
What do you guys do? I assume all of you have buckets of bolts that you’ve accumulated over the years of working on these bikes, but I’m fairly new. I have a some bolts from some Triumph builds, but not many at all and rarely the ones I need.