Oil In Frame

Hi all

A while back photos were posted of a Belgium mans Cafe race Commando.
I cant find the photos of it at the moment. I would like to adapt the frame top rail to hold oil. Anyone else besides this Belgium gentleman done this?
Thanks Chris

I don't know, but it sure seems like a natural to me other than slightly elevating the center of gravity...

Chris, do you mean this one ? I posted some pictures before but I can't find them either !

The owner of this one is the eccentric Belgian who visited you after the Sussex NOC National rally to blag a gear selector spring for his then standard Commando.

pm me if you want contact details

Gahi Thanks

Gahi
Thank you that is brilliant.
I have spend a considerable time following that link up & reading it all. Facinating. I am going to check my petrol tank to yokes clearance to see about the filler neck & then will draw one up while running the bike on the oil tank so that it does not hold up the project.
Thank you once again
Chris

Paul

Paul
meant to mail you about those pipes. They are stunning. Does Kenny have any more? Guide to price maybe?
Keep working on those bikes!
I have got to sell one to sort out my racing bills. I will be running the Seeley in the twins classes next season & will be trying out a 7s cam. I usually run a 4s on my commandos (I still have a PW3 to try) I am thinking about it all the time so I must be looking forward to it. New set of tyres & the front & rear end sorting, then I just need some track time! Never will win but I want to pick it up a fair bit next season.
If I worry about the money I will never get out there.
Take care
all the best Chris

79x100 a distant memory!

79x100 a distant memory!

God that took me back!
Cant quite believe where all the years have gone. It was only our first year as the sussex Branch when I offered to do the National rally. We still talk about it.
The branch totters on but I dont put in the time & effort that I used to as its all about the racing with me at the moment. I spent to many years waiting & wondering about my health before the op. Got to make the most of it now.
I only joined the club to find out how to build a Commando engine.
Shows how time flies because the gearbox spring that you borrowed we stripped out of my my Commando in a featherbed project which is long gone. The twin disc front end went onto my Slippery Sam. The engine formed My Rickman Commando & I now have a 500 Triton! Nothing wasted!
I think I stripped it because the Triumph forks sat the bike up to much at the front. I also finished the Seeley Mk3 so had my racer on the road.

I have promised the lads that I will be doing some road / club stuff next year. I am getting a couple of the lads out to parade with the Classic racing motorcycle club & also taking money up front from the rest of my club members to ensure they do the lunch time parades with the Crmcc next season. We will also be taking a group to Beezumph & Chimay.
Roll on next season.
Chris

Years ago i put the oil in the frame on a Commando. I used a Triumph 250 filler neck up by the triple tree and just brazed an outlet at the bottom of the top tube. I also had an oil tank and a Pontiac oil filter so I'm sure that was not waht you are looking for. Seems like I had to move the tank back just a bit for room for the filler neck.

Filter & cooler

Cookie

just as I was thinking of doing it. My Italian friend has forwarded photos of his race commando with oil cooler betwen the pipes just below the front isolastic. looks the biz. Not sure about Uk roads & salt but very neat.
Chris

Chris - those were one-off pipes, the only set on the face of the earth.

If you have to ask, you can't afford them. More than most top-of-the-line Vikings or similar, and that without mufflers!