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May sound stupid but how to cut these cleanly ? Roy.

Hi all,

hello whitch book is better for repair of commando?

Thanks

Tomas Tesar

The bike is far too noisy to play with at this time in the evening, but can anyone confirm the approximate starting position for the pilot screw for a TT carb?  All the Amal data says how to adjust it, but no hint of a default start position for t

In the past I have fitted the pawl with the rounded edge uppermost and it soon wore off the edge and slipped, Then worked fine after I reversed it.  I am working on a friends 650 and have replaced a slipping pawl for him which was the same.  Looki

Stamped on the left hand side of the cross bar, under the petrol tank, near the headstock of a 1952 ES2 there are five numbers.

A member has come forward to have a pair of Manxman silencers fabricated. These will take about a month to complete. Dave has a pair of genuine Manxman exhaust pipes and these have been delivered to the fabricators.

A big thank you to Tony, Chris, Kev, Bristol Branch & all involved in organising another super rally - smashing venue with good facilities & great views - very windy but managed to get out & about - spent many hours chatting with old &

Hi,

The club video talks of centre punching the nuts when re-assembling the crankshaft. Clearly this does not apply to the inner nuts with the tab.

My 1951 ES2 began to suffer from very bad clutch drag. On examining the action of the clutch worm I noticed that even in the optimum position the lever only rotates the worm towards the clutch over a distance of about 1/8".

Is anyone else unable to see the NOC spares lists?

All I see for 'Light Twins' and 'Commando' are the layout for headings  and sections - no parts details within a section. 

Hi,

Recently got a model 7 1949 plunger frame in bits with no wheels, just the hubs.

Does anyone know if the wheels should have an offset or not.

Regards. 

I’m restoring a 1960 Dominator 99 engine. My timing cover is the type that has the oil pressure relief valve fitted to the inside of the cover.

does anybody know if you can turn a 16h engine into an ohv engine?

can anyone help me with picture or list of the toolkit for my 1954  mod19 rigid ,i would like to assemble the correct toolkit, any help will be much apreciated regards pete

Need to replace speedo drive in the rear wheel. The damaged existing is marked 2:1 (previously fitted with incorrect chronometric clocks) an equally damaged unit in the box of bits  is marked 19:10.

A week into my Norton Commando ownership and it seemed like i had cracked the kickstarting.After struggling when i went to look i was now managing it pretty well after it suddenly clicked and bike started easy 1st attempt.I did 2 things differentl

Hi, can anyone recommend a company who could regrind my 99 crankshaft big ends in the Midlands area. Thanks Richard 

Anyone have any knowledge about these intake sleeves?

I've found them fitted to a 650ss head, not come across them before.

Are they a good thing or not?

Thanks

Does anyone have or know where I could obtain a detailed diagram of the frame including the measurements.

Many thanks.

Hello Iam searching for brake pads on my 73 commando which have more soft mix of material for better decelarate.

Thanks Tomas

So after curing the oil loss with a new composite head gasket and some high temperature sealant the first longer ride on my Navigator was half a success! I made it to the British Bike Meeting in Salem, some 25km away from my home but not back.

Can someone look at this post please, it’s seems to be corrupted (on Apple at least)

https://www.nortonownersclub.org/node/9762

its the one about only 2 gears selectable

Hello All of late  Some Riders of vintage and classic Motorcycles are being stopped by the police  as  their  APR as no data  on Exempt Mots  there for the police believe the data  and to them our machines do not have appropriate MOT in place now

Hi restoring a 74 850. Barrels are in good nick and paint is good except for a few minor spots where paint is missing. Rather than have them blasted and re painted can anyone recommend a paint that can be used to ouch up the affected areas?

1959 Dommi '99'

I have recently finished the restoration of my 1970 Fastback, this was my fathers bike and has been in the family since 1982, I choose to fit a single carb as that is how he ran it, I thought I would save some money by fitting a

Hello  Today the East Yorkshire Branch Had there Motorcycle show at the Water Wheel  Of the A19 Howden  and we had a fair turn out of fine Machines  and some very rare specimens  like a very early Triumph T150  from 1968 in all her glory  along wi

I have removed the cylinder head in order to investigate plug fouling and evidence of an oily RH exhaust silencer and in addition the leakage of oil between the head and barrel. There are no spigots on the barrel or head and the pistons protrude 0

My -59 frame has two small tabs near the steering head. According to one racer, they should have been added after it left Bracebridge street. According to an experienced mechanic they were fitted to -59 frames but never used for anything.