1972 Norton 750 Commando Rebuild Page 8
My brother and I wanted some idea of how she was going to look and I have never had the new seat on the frame so we gave it a shot. I have the wheels back but we didn't get that excited yet.
This is a shot of the oil tank and front end installed.
We finally got all the primary drive sorted out and the clutch cable installed and everything adjusted up to specs. I sure was glad to get this cover installed.
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This is a shot of what all is going on underneath. That's the new chain on the left. The yellow hose goes to a hollow bolt that feeds oil to the swingarm bushings. It's hell to get to for service and this is a fix I read about to make it easy and to make sure that there is always oil to the bushings. The rings I had made are installed and all the oil hoses are hooked up, the filter on, and the tank has oil. It's sitting a bit while I watch for leaks.
Things should go on pretty quick now. A lot of my time is spent polishing, measuring, checking, adjusting, and just generally backtracking and making sure everything gets done. I will spend some time cleaning up the wiring and getting it on. I'm getting close.
After cleaning, buffing, and polishing I have the rear fender and chain guard installed.
The rear end is assembled and ready to go.
For some reason I decided that the kick stand needed to be installed. Hopefully I will be using it soon.
An illustration of why this project takes so long. Many of the parts are aluminum castings with no clear coat or other protective finish requiring hand polishing. This does, however, show the wonders of elbow grease and polish.
The front brake and fender are installed, buffed, and polished of course. I took one of the bearings out of the front wheel for new grease. Not all of the bearings are sealed.
I need a wheel, wiring, and the carbs done and I am on the road again, hopefully.
