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My '89 Commander

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Now for sale to fund another rotary-engined bike project.

Variances from standard:

USD forks, 3.50 x 17 three-spoke cast wheel, 320mm discs, Nissin 6-piston calipers, sintered pads, Bridgestone 120/70 BT023

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Hello To All Members Well You Cannot Stop Member Writing about There Feeling and experiences ,and the Club work's in a democracy and we as member,s are Not beholden too Norton Motorcycle,s or anyone else ,So If you like to stop Members Writing abo

Seat height

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How feasible or practical is it to reduce the seat height of the Commando? I ask because I'm not very tall, my current every day machine is a Hinckley Bonneville which at 30.5 inches is just about right for me.

Flatslide Keihin carbs

Has anybody this side of the pond bought a pair of Jim Schmidt's flatslide Keihins? They sell for $445 and include rubber mounted manifolds, cables and airfilters. Jim has developed the needle specifically for the Commando.

New to NOC

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Hi all, I have just aquired a 777 norton that has been sitting idle for a lot of years. The scale of this project can be seen at my website.

16H

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sorry for last empty message could,t get body text to work!!

Engine numbers

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On a '68 fastback the engine number I have starts with 20M3/ then the engine number. What does the20M3/ bit refer to. My '73 Roadster is much more battered and worn and canbarelysee any prefix to the nearly legible engine number.

1950 ES2 valve springs

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I'm in the process of overhauling the cylinder head on my 1950 ES2 (cast iron head). I've noticed that the valve springs appear a little soft, i.e. lacking stiffness. Thought I had better check them out before re-assembly of the head.

Single mk.1 Amal or Mikuni ?

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Hi - which one to go for if i single carb my commando 850 with the carbs i all ready have on the bike which is amal m1 what is the best air filter to us could i use the bellmounts i have on and will it run as good a the 34 mikuni i an thinking of

Removing magneto sprocket

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Hi, with a full strip down on my 1958 99SS well under way I encountered a problem when trying to remove the sprocket so that I could then take off the very worn chains, well I tried everything, thank goodness I had the service manual handy, I foll

 



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