Pictures of your Norton Commandos

Nice riding suit. Do you still have it?

Unfortunately, no. The docs had to cut it off me after a particularly nasty crash. I was pretty out of it by then, but my wife says that when they asked me if I wanted to save it, I said no. I do still have the other the other three, although one of them also had to be cut off at the hospital.

The first one was pretty basic, essentially a flat track style 2-piece suit with horsehair padding sewn in a diamond pattern, and double leather at knees and other crash points. No such thing as hard plastic inserts back then.

Ken
 
Hello, I am Holger from Germany and I'd like to introduce myself before I ask stupid questions in bad english in this forum. Showing some pics of my Mk3 seems to be the right way:

Pictures of your Norton Commandos
Pictures of your Norton Commandos
Pictures of your Norton Commandos
Pictures of your Norton Commandos


I bought the bike two month ago and did some modifications:
Keyless central control unit, switches and clocks from Motogadget installed.
Lithium battery, 3 phase alternator and open type MOSFET Shindengen type regulator.
Prepared a connection for a Koso lambda probe.
Fitted the Lansdowne dampers and Ikons on the rear.
Removed the kickstart lever - it annoyed me, my feet are to big.

I am planning a twin disks conversation...
This seems to be not so easy, as we have strange regulations here.
 
Welcome Holger. Your English is good. MUCH better than my German!!

Nice bike with good upgrades. Have you updated the starter, cables sprague at all? Might consider those if the kicker is gone...

I find with the Brembo upgrade kit from CNW/Holland Norton Works there isn't really any need for.twin discs.

Edit: Use EBC Double-H sintered pads with the Brembo.
 
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Hello Holger and welcome.

It seems from your post above that your written English is better than that from many English speakers !

Nice bike, and nice mods so far. As Gortniper says, the single Brembo disc from cNw or hNw really is good.

I have a question for you, what handle bars do you have? They look good.
 
Hello, I am Holger from Germany and I'd like to introduce myself before I ask stupid questions in bad english in this forum. Showing some pics of my Mk3 seems to be the right way:

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I bought the bike two month ago and did some modifications:
Keyless central control unit, switches and clocks from Motogadget installed.
Lithium battery, 3 phase alternator and open type MOSFET Shindengen type regulator.
Prepared a connection for a Koso lambda probe.
Fitted the Lansdowne dampers and Ikons on the rear.
Removed the kickstart lever - it annoyed me, my feet are to big.

I am planning a twin disks conversation...
This seems to be not so easy, as we have strange regulations here.
Giday and welcome Holger ...just wondered why you got 750 transfers on your side covers ? ....nice machine
 
Hello Holger and welcome.

It seems from your post above that your written English is better than that from many English speakers !

Nice bike, and nice mods so far. As Gortniper says, the single Brembo disc from cNw or hNw really is good.

I have a question for you, what handle bars do you have? They look good.
Hi Eddie,

it is a A01 from LSL, it is made of Aluminium.
 
Very nice bike, Holger. I have an affinity for yellow Commandos. My first Norton was a yellow Commando, and I've liked that look ever since.

Ken
 
Holger,
Nice looking motorcycle. I have 2 questions
Who makes your twist grip and not to sound ignorant but what is a Koso lambda probe?
I also like the Moto Gadget accessories you have used.They make some nice units.
Mike
 
Holger,

As Mike says, those clocks look great!

I’ve used lots of Motogadget stuff and have always been very impressed with it.

I haven’t tried those clocks though. Were they difficult to wire in ?
 
Holger,
Nice looking motorcycle. I have 2 questions
Who makes your twist grip and not to sound ignorant but what is a Koso lambda probe?
I also like the Moto Gadget accessories you have used.They make some nice units.
Mike
Hi Mike,
sorry, I do not know the maker of the twist grip, it was already on the bike.
For jetting the (older mens) VM 34 carb, for me (an older man (see post #2,251)) it seemed to be more comfortable to see the a/f ratio on a display, than to unscrew the Spark plugs several times. When I bought the bike, there was a 280 main jet installed. With the 260 I have a a/f ratio 13.3 at full throttle wich should be ok.
The Koso probe is not a wide band type, but it shows numbers from 12.2 to 17. So for me it works fine, and it is relatively cheap.
On the first picture you can see the nut for the probe at the right exhaust manifold in the 120° bend.
Holger
 
Hi Mike,
sorry, I do not know the maker of the twist grip, it was already on the bike.
The twist grip is a common type used on Speedway bikes, Joker, Venhill and Gasser come to mind but there are many others too. Beware some are fast action.
Dave
 
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Hi Mike,
sorry, I do not know the maker of the twist grip, it was already on the bike.
For jetting the (older mens) VM 34 carb, for me (an older man (see post #2,251)) it seemed to be more comfortable to see the a/f ratio on a display, than to unscrew the Spark plugs several times. When I bought the bike, there was a 280 main jet installed. With the 260 I have a a/f ratio 13.3 at full throttle wich should be ok.
The Koso probe is not a wide band type, but it shows numbers from 12.2 to 17. So for me it works fine, and it is relatively cheap.
On the first picture you can see the nut for the probe at the right exhaust manifold in the 120° bend.
Holger
Holler,
Thanks for your reply. I just didn’t know what the probe was used for.
Mike
 
The twist grip is a common type used on Speedway bikes, Joker, Venhill and Gasser come to mind but there are many others too. Beware some are fast action.
Dave
I fitted a quick action throttle to my fj1200 rigid chop it made it rather lively off the line with 130bhp and weighing just over 400lb !
 
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