The hot cheerleaders little sister........ the nice one who knows how to cook.
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Trippin' in Commando mode
- Thread starter gggGary
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The hot cheerleaders little sister........ the nice one who knows how to cook.
Fortunately I'm at a place in life where I think can deal with that.The bike, NOT the cheerleader.
......not even with your magic leg?
Sorry Gary - I simply couldn’t resist and you know that somebody was gonna say it.
Put on the gauges and tried to chase down that oscillating idle. No luck I was really bout spot on to start with and no changes helped. I don't think it's carbs. I have an electronic iggy with advance for it, might just get rid of the points and mechanical advance, see if that fixes it...
What make ignition?
Wassell made by Vape!
Looks a nice piece of kit.
Looks a nice piece of kit.
easy to read..........thats the right way up for down here
Must be made in Australia...
There I fixed it!
Better?
Better?
^^^
The Norton gurus are pointing at pilot jet size. Breathless updates to follow, not to mention yet another plastic "lure box" full of expensive little brass bits.
I had a similar problem with hanging idle on my DRZ, and yes, bigger pilot jets should do the trick. It did for me
Japanese....this is the Russian version?
You gotta love it. And no....never heard of friction tape. 
Looks kinda familiar. Wish I had some pictures of the wiring on my Triumph. In some places it got as good as that.
The original wires all cracked insulation, black copper, brittle. Much of the wiring had been replaced with white multi-flex domestic cable, with electricians chocolate block connectors. A lot of redundant wiring. The rectifier looked pre-Wright Brothers - rusty, bent old metal plates with broken wires holding them approximately together. When he started the bike, PO pointed out positive reading on the ammeter. Which had been wired with reversed polarity. Funny that, as PO is a domestic electrician by trade.
No idea why it even ran? The Triumph did - it even got me home before the battery ran out of charge.
The original wires all cracked insulation, black copper, brittle. Much of the wiring had been replaced with white multi-flex domestic cable, with electricians chocolate block connectors. A lot of redundant wiring. The rectifier looked pre-Wright Brothers - rusty, bent old metal plates with broken wires holding them approximately together. When he started the bike, PO pointed out positive reading on the ammeter. Which had been wired with reversed polarity. Funny that, as PO is a domestic electrician by trade.
No idea why it even ran? The Triumph did - it even got me home before the battery ran out of charge.
When she came to me, the wiring on Lucille consisted partly of 14 ga. solid copper house wire joined with twist-on Marrette connectors....and oddly, it did NOT run.
Watched a documentary about the history of Norton on Amazon last night, I loved every minute!
The history is fascinating and I love the racing pedigree!
I’ve vowed that one day I will own one! The 750 ‘space frame’ is absolute perfection to my eye! Could make a true beauty of a motorcycle with that platform!
The history is fascinating and I love the racing pedigree!
I’ve vowed that one day I will own one! The 750 ‘space frame’ is absolute perfection to my eye! Could make a true beauty of a motorcycle with that platform!
Full day in the shop.
Most of it replacing the points and mechanical advance with the Wassell Vape ignition.
Wiring directions were good a couple pics would have helped with the rotor stator timing install directions.
My initial static advanced ignition setting was about 2 degrees retarded from 28 ie 26 when checked with the timing light, going to leave it there for now.
With the condenser holder and ballast resistor not needed and removed, I moved the ignition coils inboard inside the captive nuts instead of outside giving me much better access to the front tank bolts making tank on off a lot easier.
Aaaannnddd.
Hanging idle is cured. Woo Hoo.
Full disclosure I did also reroute the front cable (again), reset the carb top adjusters to match.
Since it was raining about the time I got the iggy done. I pulled the caliper, pushed the pads back, cleaned the exposed piston bores used a BIT of brake fluid as lube, exercised them a few times, sanded the pads, reinstalled. A very noticeable improvement. My theory is that one pad was "immobile" braking effort was mostly bending the rotor instead of stopping. Only a short ride so far but suspect it will remain much better than it was. That'll do 'til I get to the full monte brake rebuild.
Most of it replacing the points and mechanical advance with the Wassell Vape ignition.
Wiring directions were good a couple pics would have helped with the rotor stator timing install directions.
My initial static advanced ignition setting was about 2 degrees retarded from 28 ie 26 when checked with the timing light, going to leave it there for now.
With the condenser holder and ballast resistor not needed and removed, I moved the ignition coils inboard inside the captive nuts instead of outside giving me much better access to the front tank bolts making tank on off a lot easier.
Aaaannnddd.
Hanging idle is cured. Woo Hoo.
Full disclosure I did also reroute the front cable (again), reset the carb top adjusters to match.
Since it was raining about the time I got the iggy done. I pulled the caliper, pushed the pads back, cleaned the exposed piston bores used a BIT of brake fluid as lube, exercised them a few times, sanded the pads, reinstalled. A very noticeable improvement. My theory is that one pad was "immobile" braking effort was mostly bending the rotor instead of stopping. Only a short ride so far but suspect it will remain much better than it was. That'll do 'til I get to the full monte brake rebuild.
Well that’s a good days work Gary! You have really wrangled that Commando into submission in record time!
Nice work!
