a neglected mt

William
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a neglected mt

Post by William » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:40 pm

Hi
this is my first complete mt rebuild, ive done some partial ones but never delved deep into the depths, i got this bike of ebay a couple of months back and just got round to carefuly dismantling it :) haha no hammers involved honest ;) it was described as ceased even the weel hubs were, the guy who sold it had to cut the chain off in order to load it up.

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in the end after many hours of hitting the piston with a block of wood i left it soaking in diesel for a few weeks which seemed to do the trick even the valves cleaned up with a bit of emery cloth. i hope to have it finished and back on the road by the end of the summer hols :)
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MT500/aprilia 350 bottom end 6 speed E/s with disk breaks and a taco drive :D
Green Norton Commando-1969
Red Norton Commando- 1972
1977 commando 850 E/s

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Re: a neglected mt

Post by Bunker » Thu Jul 30, 2009 10:56 pm

fantastic project!
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Re: a neglected mt

Post by ambassador » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:31 am

great job...i love before & after pics.
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Re: a neglected mt

Post by morpheus » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:46 am

Got a bit of work to do there fella!

Always like to see one coming back from the dead - well done and good luck!

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Pinback

Re: a neglected mt

Post by Pinback » Fri Jul 31, 2009 5:19 pm

Ehh...I thought that is what they were supposed to look like.. :shock:

You should post some pics of the MK1 Commando when you get the chance..

Cheers
Al
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Re: a neglected mt

Post by Daj » Fri Jul 31, 2009 7:45 pm

Good work fella!!!

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Re: a neglected mt

Post by Aleman » Fri Jul 31, 2009 9:28 pm

My first impressions?

OH MY GOD!

You've got a lot of work cut out for you there our fellow MT'er.

Wish you all the best.....you can do it.

Mine was not that much different when I got it from Withams....Now looks like a bike.

Have fun!!

K :o
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Re: a neglected mt

Post by Smokey73 » Fri Jul 31, 2009 10:30 pm

Great work well done.

Love the Norton on the second pic..is it a 1971?
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Re: a neglected mt

Post by opsmgr » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:24 am

Hell, that was in a shocking state.

Good work for putting it back on the road instead of taking the easy option & breaking it for parts.

Cheers,

Paul.
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Re: a neglected mt

Post by William » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:44 am

The commando is a 1969 sent to Barcelona origionally, came back as a basket case :)


its now back on the road where it belongs and Tax Free haha

got some pics of how the project is coming fitted a mk1 amal to try and en-richen the
fuel mixture at startup

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MT500/aprilia 350 bottom end 6 speed E/s with disk breaks and a taco drive :D
Green Norton Commando-1969
Red Norton Commando- 1972
1977 commando 850 E/s

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