Not a facebooker Grandpaul. Been in contact with Jerry and the sign up problem has been isolated , VIP membership should be forthcoming. Thanks for the suggestions just the same.
Greetings from the sunshine state...
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Thanks for the Welcome. Rain = extra seat time at the Pub . Hope you get some sun soon! Cheers
wish i could but 250 miles away and the only time i go through is at midnight when we go to louisana.
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"...almost...". The pickup screen isn't quite to the bottom of the tank, so expect to see some oil remaining (unless the tank is cracked; another thread). Don't make the mistake of adding oil to the tank until you've drained the sump, or you'll have a mess once it fires.
Actually, if I were you, I'd live with the belt for a while before deciding to change. As I understand, the belt conversion is a pretty nice upgrade, at least from a maintenance standpoint. The stock clutches are kinda finicky, as they were originally designed to run dry. I'm still running the stock primary on mine, but had to upgrade to Barnett plates to get away from high-gear clutch slippage with the stock bronze plates. Hopefully, these statements won't start a firestorm of responses about what I'm doing wrong with my clutch... Make sure the crank seal is facing the correct way so as to hold oil in, not so as to keep stuff out.
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Pacho, that bike is an N15 not an Atlas, they are nice bikes and supposedly the Matchless designed frame tamed the vibrations of a 750 engine better than a Featherbed frame.
I am lucky enough to own one as well as a couple of Commandos, The N15, or the Matchless version the G15 were known as 'hybrids' as they incorporated parts from both Norton and Matchless after Associated Motor Cycles acquired the Norton name to add to AJS and Matchless. The only difference between a Norton and a Matchless example of these is the tank badges and the engine prefix. They were one of the first dual purpose machines and were campaigned in desert racing, although you have to take your hat off to anyone who was able to hustle one of these in the dirt at speed 'when men were men and sheep were afraid'!
Man you guys are sharp! Checked out some n15 pics floating around the net and they have really peaked my interest in this bike, Always found scramblers bad-ass, of which the n15 screams! I'd like to post some more detailed pics for opinions and analysis ,would the P11 forum be the apprpriate forum ?
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Please use the "Other Norton Motorcycles" forum.
Yeah it pretty quick. That's an Yam IT400 behind it, I replaced the 5 speed trans with IT 250 6speed . Its work to keep the front wheel planted. Great fun and wicked fast..
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That light green thing sitting in the way looks like an Austin Healey. I'll tow it out of there for you if you need the room.
(Nothing gets this crowd as excited as a room full of projects. Show these people the photo of a Commando horn and they will start building a bike around it.)
(Nothing gets this crowd as excited as a room full of projects. Show these people the photo of a Commando horn and they will start building a bike around it.)
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The main reason for that is, that's the ONLY way you can start a Commando build. Infernal design, if you are going for originality...
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