Unfortunately some vendors sell shit parts & they they double dip by profiting from postage as well . Highlinepowersports in the US comes to mind , I bought some blinkers , cracked lens ,these cockheads say they will sort out the problem , ask for photos ,ping pong emails until ebay feedback expires then nothing , tried to tell me ebay insists on return or no refund fuckin wanker
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my alphabet fits great good clearance nuts stay tight sounds great!.auldblue said:Alphabet 2 into 1 ,bike went well, but scarey on the front brake!
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Any chance of a picture or two, ref clearance of headers to mudguard. As I said the bike went well and it did sound fine but it was not too clever on the front brake. If you can give me a heads up where I have gone wrong it would be appreciated , cos apart from the fact it nearly put me on my backside I would give it a go again!
Cheers j
Any chance of a picture or two, ref clearance of headers to mudguard. As I said the bike went well and it did sound fine but it was not too clever on the front brake. If you can give me a heads up where I have gone wrong it would be appreciated , cos apart from the fact it nearly put me on my backside I would give it a go again!
Cheers j
Onder said:
Are you aware that replica Dunstall decibels are still being made today :?:
Re; “Quality control always was iffy” - and so it was, but I went to the Dunstall Organisation shop in Well Hall Road and he just happened to be having a shop sale on, there were some full race cams , 2 that were worn badly where the cam followers had cut groves into ALL the lobes, one a brand spanking new one where the lobes had flats ground lengthways every 5 degrees.
And you are telling me that it is O.K. for Paul Dunstall to sell these bits of junk to the guillible public :?:
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Without wanting to turn this into a powder coating thread, one of the ways to avoid orange peel, as well as using the best powders, is to pre heat the parts before applying the powder. This is what I have been told by the chap who does my PC.
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Nigeldtr said:
How do we manage without a machine shop you ask?
This the coping method.
1. Buy crap part in the false hope that it will be fit for purpose and a faithful copy of the original part ; so convincing in it's sheer perfection that even the most studious Commando aficionado won't be able to tell the difference.
2. Hang head in shame that we have fallen for it once again as soon as we open the packaging.
3. Try for at least 3 fruitless hours to make the part fit before giving up due to a lack of remaining wine.
4. Dig out the old crusty original part.
5. Spend at least a day convincing ourselves that the crusty part will look fine if we get it chromed.
6. Get old part chromed.
7. Repeat.
This is why there are so many bright shinny chromed Commandos getting around......IMHO
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I regretted having my Guzzi frame powder coated. Not because of the finish which was great, but because the engine cleaner I used ( Jizer) took the shine off it and left me with a matt black frame just after I'd done a total rebuild on the bike.
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Its the pin that's sheared off for holding the Kickstart return spring.
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CanukNortonNut said:
The early Norton AMC box had a different K/S spring, the inner end of which, located in the small hole in the boss just above the shaft-so these inner covers don't have the pin. The kickstart shaft is also different.
http://www.nsamotorcycles.co.uk/04-0043 ... 1856-p.asp
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