Have you seen the 12 Motors for sale on FB ?

A new Mk2A 850 motor would be more interesting, for the price.
The Seeley Condor never went into full production.
As a retro, a Seeley 850 would be well worth building.

This smooth-running motor stuff is bullshit. It was the reason the isolastics were developed. I can understand the attraction, but a 650SS might be a much more exciting bike than a Commando. The problem is that many who buy motorcycles don't have much experience. In Australia, we had muscle cars which could not be used anywhere. If you drove one in the way for which the design was intended, you would spend the rest of your life in jail.
I drove one of the Falcons - it was a GS, not a GT - it was ridiculous.

acotrel said:

A new Mk2A 850 motor would be more interesting, for the price.
The Seeley Condor never went into full production.
As a retro, a Seeley 850 would be well worth building.

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You cannot build an ‘old’ Commando motor for anywhere near the price of these 961 lumps! Try pricing up only the big bits and you’ll start to realise what a bargain these 961 lumps are.

But if you were to build a Seeley Commando, why limit yourself to 850 ??

Might as well do it properly !

Nice wrench collection there mister!

I’m envious !

Always wanted an award ( cup ) for the best / cleanest / tidiest workshop space and it looks like you’ve had loads

TonyA said:

This is one of this things that is hard to verify without disassembly . But if loctite was used at least the bolts won't end up in the crankcase bottom , like happened to David C .

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That’s exactly why I was asking. I can’t find any firm information on the date range of bikes this affected. It would be good to be sure my bike may have the issue before stripping the engine.