Making a 750ss
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were the side covers always black on the originals?
Les,
You're correct there, though there are a few parts that purportedly are from SS's that succumbed to dismantling.
The chainguard will eventually get replaced as it's rather knackered, like most of the bike was.
But ultimately..So what? Given the state of the bike, when I bought it...It's mine to play with.
At some point I'll have to contact NOC and find out the history of the other 3 I've got waiting in the wings.
If I find one's another interstate...It's getting the 'Pink-Hello-Kitty' treatment! :twisted:
S
You're correct there, though there are a few parts that purportedly are from SS's that succumbed to dismantling.
The chainguard will eventually get replaced as it's rather knackered, like most of the bike was.
But ultimately..So what? Given the state of the bike, when I bought it...It's mine to play with.
At some point I'll have to contact NOC and find out the history of the other 3 I've got waiting in the wings.
If I find one's another interstate...It's getting the 'Pink-Hello-Kitty' treatment! :twisted:
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Why make up one when complete bikes still pop up for less than the sum of their parts?!!!
http://www.2040motos.com/Norton/Command ... -ss-310742
Ad looks to be less than 1 year old.
http://www.2040motos.com/Norton/Command ... -ss-310742
Ad looks to be less than 1 year old.
You will find a similar thread under 'Commando Street Scrambler Questions'.
The SS came only in yellow and orange. Anything else is an owner's choice - not original.
And, both the yellow and the orange were very specific colors - I think they're called Norton Yellow and Norton Orange (really original).
Seriously, they are unique and easy to spot when sitting beside a non-Norton color.
The side covers were always black.
The SS came with a sidestand stock. Having said that, the '71 sidestand was a bit of a standing (pardon the pun) joke since it refused to stay attached to the bike. The stand itself had a pivot hole that fitted over a 1/2" pin welded to the underside. It was held in place on the pin by an external C-Clip. The groove for the C-clip was extremely shallow and there was no washer or bushing of any sort to give it strength. Consequently, in a few miles, occasionally on the way home from the dealer, the weight of the sidestand would overcome the C-Clip which would pop out of the shallow groove and the stand would fall off. On later Commandos, '72 and on, the sidestand was attached with a bolt that went though the pivot hole in the sidestand and bolted to a flange on the frame with a securing nut and washer.
If you have a '71 frame with no pin for a sidestand, it's been removed - not uncommon.
To keep my '71 SS original AND keep the stand in place, I put a deeper groove in the pin about 1/2 way up and then drilled and tapped a small hole in the back of the stand pivot to hold a dogleg bolt. After installation I filled the hole and painted over it. The mod cannot be seen and the stand is on for good.
I have 3 1971 SS frames and can find no indication of "additional side plates to keep debris out".
I think the plates you refer to were braces on the lower frame tubes to strengthen them at the engine mounts and these existed on all '71 models.
I do love the way you call the skid plate a "bash" plate. Just like a real Brit! And probably more accurate too!!
The SS came only in yellow and orange. Anything else is an owner's choice - not original.
And, both the yellow and the orange were very specific colors - I think they're called Norton Yellow and Norton Orange (really original).
Seriously, they are unique and easy to spot when sitting beside a non-Norton color.
The side covers were always black.
The SS came with a sidestand stock. Having said that, the '71 sidestand was a bit of a standing (pardon the pun) joke since it refused to stay attached to the bike. The stand itself had a pivot hole that fitted over a 1/2" pin welded to the underside. It was held in place on the pin by an external C-Clip. The groove for the C-clip was extremely shallow and there was no washer or bushing of any sort to give it strength. Consequently, in a few miles, occasionally on the way home from the dealer, the weight of the sidestand would overcome the C-Clip which would pop out of the shallow groove and the stand would fall off. On later Commandos, '72 and on, the sidestand was attached with a bolt that went though the pivot hole in the sidestand and bolted to a flange on the frame with a securing nut and washer.
If you have a '71 frame with no pin for a sidestand, it's been removed - not uncommon.
To keep my '71 SS original AND keep the stand in place, I put a deeper groove in the pin about 1/2 way up and then drilled and tapped a small hole in the back of the stand pivot to hold a dogleg bolt. After installation I filled the hole and painted over it. The mod cannot be seen and the stand is on for good.
I have 3 1971 SS frames and can find no indication of "additional side plates to keep debris out".
I think the plates you refer to were braces on the lower frame tubes to strengthen them at the engine mounts and these existed on all '71 models.
I do love the way you call the skid plate a "bash" plate. Just like a real Brit! And probably more accurate too!!
Is a good question. I guess for a couple of reasons. At the time of buying mine there just weren't any about for sale (Especially at my side of the pond) + when I didn't have the cash, one would pop up....Go figure. The thing was in such bad condition I had to have a think about what ultimately I wanted from the bike. Unfortunately it was at about that point I had a bad case of Ebay OCD and now have enough 'stuff' to build 3 bikes...and 3 spare engines, lol. To add to that I recently bought a T150 engine, that's now sitting in the garage waiting for some attention. :roll: I've just got to stop buying sh1t. :mrgreen: I've always liked the 'SS' and 'S', so my purchases have largely been geared toward making one of each. The third (when I get round to it), will get put together to my Mrs spec as she's up for learning to ride if she's got a Norton to buzz around on...Which I thought was rather cool.
Funnily enough I've already had a hand full, or so of people asking me if I want to sell it, to which I've replied(bearing in mind the journey/grief of getting to where it is now);
"Sorry, not to offend...But you probably couldn't afford it, as it still owes me too much"
Funnily enough I've already had a hand full, or so of people asking me if I want to sell it, to which I've replied(bearing in mind the journey/grief of getting to where it is now);
"Sorry, not to offend...But you probably couldn't afford it, as it still owes me too much"
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