Pictures of your Norton Commandos

Rolled Trixie out for a picture after her gearbox rebuild and yes the ham can is missing. I wanted to catch the light as it was just right as the sun was sinking in the late afternoon here near the Canadian border.

Pictures of your Norton Commandos
 
Before and after.
 

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I had a Doctors appointment in a town 20 miles from my home. It was a gorgeous day in the mid 60s (F) a good opportunity to take the scenic route and stop at a quaint little diner for lunch.

Pictures of your Norton Commandos


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The sun really made the Blue Flame Flake paint sparkle.

Pictures of your Norton Commandos
 
Just made some changes:
  • Fitted black headlight bucket & instrument buckets (Matt's new CNC ones)
  • Fitted black brake plate & RH rear wheel cover (both these & above parts done with the 2K epoxy can in satin black)
  • Fitted red tank & side covers bought from our @Dellis - gives quite a different look, I think.
Pictures of your Norton Commandos
 
robs ss said:
Just made some changes:
  • Fitted black headlight bucket & instrument buckets (Matt's new CNC ones)
  • Fitted black brake plate & RH rear wheel cover (both these & above parts done with the 2K epoxy can in satin black)
  • Fitted red tank & side covers bought from our @Dellis - gives quite a different look, I think.
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Rob,

Why is there so little fork travel ?

Dave
 
@Dellis - It's just Matt's build with the Showa forks - unfortunately they have longer sliders. That means less travel for the ride height.
I have done 7500 miles now on our local roads (read - not good) and it really hasn't been a problem, so they must be really good forks.
I changed the rear to Nitron R3's and that was a great improvement - real kidney savers.
More travel probably would be better on the front but this really isn't bad.
Cheers
 
robs ss said:
@Dellis - It's just Matt's build with the Showa forks - unfortunately they have longer sliders. That means less travel for the ride height.
I have done 7500 miles now on our local roads (read - not good) and it really hasn't been a problem, so they must be really good forks.
I changed the rear to Nitron R3's and that was a great improvement - real kidney savers.
More travel probably would be better on the front but this really isn't bad.
Cheers
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Hi Rob,

They just seemed to have very little travel but as long as they do the job that’s really what counts. Nice looking bike by the way, tanks and panels fit with the look of the bike really well. It was worth all the aggro getting them to the other side of the world, they have just sat in my workshop loft so I’m glad they’re being put to such good use.

By the way I’ve always used exhaust rubber mounts on the tank, less faff than the stack of rubber washers but I take your point.

Dave
 
robs ss said:
@Dellis - It's just Matt's build with the Showa forks - unfortunately they have longer sliders. That means less travel for the ride height.
I have done 7500 miles now on our local roads (read - not good) and it really hasn't been a problem, so they must be really good forks.
I changed the rear to Nitron R3's and that was a great improvement - real kidney savers.
More travel probably would be better on the front but this really isn't bad.
Cheers
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Out of curiosity, how much travel do they allow for?

I regularly get > 3.5" of travel on my forks with spirited riding, as I rode with a zip tie on the stanchion for a while.

I have a Nitron on my Duc, great unit.
 
gortnipper said:
Out of curiosity, how much travel do they allow for?

I regularly get > 3.5" of travel on my forks with spirited riding, as I rode with a zip tie on the stanchion for a while.

I have a Nitron on my Duc, great unit.
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Sorry for the tardy reply - I measured then got waylaid.:rolleyes:

I also used a zip tie for over a month to confirm if the I had room for the steering damper clamp.
It's never used more than 67mm and, with clamp I have 74mm (other stanchion) The one you see is 82mm.
It's firm but completely acceptable.
Cheers
 

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