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Thanks for the pictures.
Questions; Are those CNW mounts for those saddlebags?If so,did you have those bags custom made?
Is your motor running a standard cam with a RH10 head?Reason I am asking do you like the carbs you have installed? I love the paint work and how you shortened the front fender along with the flap.Very nice m/c and love to see them used for traveling.
Thanks,Mike
Yes CNW bag mounts, i also have the small teardrop bags they used to do. Bought both years ago, it may have been from Doug Macadam just after he and Matt parted ways. They are very small, good for carrying wet weather gear and not much else, so day trips only.
The leather throwover bags in the original photo - someone found those under a house and passed them on to me, they have Norton tooled into the cover, they just get strapped to the mounts.
Motor has a Australian made Fullauto head, and a PW3 cam otherwise stock. If the PW3 ever had to come out i would likely go back to stock, i don't ride at high revs.
Front fender also CNW, i added the mudflap as the short guard resulted in a lot of muck being caked under the tank and around the wiring loom. That and the 90/90 tire made the front end a bit flighty so i added the steering damper.
Carbs, also ex CNW, bought before Amal released their premiers and before madass was doing his carb gantry. I got sick of worn out, out of sych Amals. Pricey but always in synch and on a par with a single Mikuni for fuel economy. A bit scary starting on the frosty morning though - no choke/enrichener so need to hold above 3000rpm from cold until there is some heat in the engine.
Paint - inspired by BMW R90S silver smoke, thought it would make the interstate tank look a bit less bulbous, which has worked well to my eye at least.
Other than that, Alton starter, from before CNW were doing their one. I think CNW is the better mechanical design but Alton is less intrusive visually. Not sure which way i would go if buying now. And hidden but a Motogadget MoUnit blue looks after the electrics, trispark ei and trispark mosfet reg/rect.
One final detail, i prefer the roadster sidecovers but the dzus fastener over the battery box didn't play well with the big tank so that is gone and a quicklatch does the duty instead.
Nearly forgot - hydraulic clutch conversion FANTASTIC, matching Brembo brake master and CNW switchgear - again from before someone smart worked out how to mount old switches onto Brembos.
And that's how to spend 40 years worth of pocket money : )
