Commando 961 production

mean gene · May 16, 2021

No worries bike in my possession for 48 hours. I had this on Yamaha FZ600. Brought it home and ,no shit, the wind blew it over!!! That will never happen again. Removed side stand hacksawed it off and will reweld tomorrow.

TonyA · May 16, 2021

mean gene said:
Picked up my 961 Friday. Had my first ride today, just around the block. Waiting for tags. Walked out an hour later and was greeted by a familiar sight, Small oil leak from a breather tube! Haven't read on the forum about the side stand being long, but this bike stands up pretty straight when using it, might cut a 1/4 inch out of it and reweld.View attachment 79869 View attachment 79870

Looks Nice. !

Fast Eddie · May 17, 2021

mean gene said:
No worries bike in my possession for 48 hours. I had this on Yamaha FZ600. Brought it home and ,no shit, the wind blew it over!!! That will never happen again. Removed side stand hacksawed it off and will reweld tomorrow.View attachment 79912

Thats a good move. I recall someone on here had an issue whereby the tyres went flat whilst parked on the shed... resulting in it falling over because of the long side stand and lack of lean.

Gazz · May 17, 2021

Fast Eddie said:
Thats a good move. I recall someone on here had an issue whereby the tyres went flat whilst parked on the shed... resulting in it falling over because of the long side stand and lack of lean.

Yikes, something else to watch out for... Need to develop a pressureimate

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TonyA · May 17, 2021

Gazz said:
Yikes, something else to watch out for... Need to develop a pressureimate ))

The easiest way to be safe is get some spools for the rear swing arm and a rear bike stand. The spools boss use 6mm bolts. If you get mini spools (short spools) will clear the mufflers too so you can leave them bolted on.

iwilson · May 17, 2021

TonyA said:
The easiest way to be safe is get some spools for the rear swing arm and a rear bike stand. The spools boss use 6mm bolts. If you get mini spools (short spools) will clear the mufflers too so you can leave them bolted on.

I still crap myself using a rear bike stand. Always need two people to make sure it doesn't topple over particularly when releasing it. Now I use a front stand I can just ride straight into and out of with zero risk of something going wrong.

Clive · May 19, 2021

Fast Eddie said:
Thats a good move. I recall someone on here had an issue whereby the tyres went flat whilst parked on the shed... resulting in it falling over because of the long side stand and lack of lean.

Yup - I got a back puncture and that's enough for the bike to tip on the stand. You're then in a potentially awkward position as you need to support the bike and if you're by yourself what do you do? On my new little Kawasaki it leans at a terrifying angle on the sidestand but then most of the weight is low down.

Commando 961 production

mean gene

TonyA

Fast Eddie

Gazz

TonyA

iwilson

Clive