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| Jean Des Rosiers | profile | all galleries >> Norton motorcycles >> Café Norton Commando | tree view | thumbnails | slideshow |
 001-0216 starting point, engine and frame |
 002-0215 Tank I will use |
 003-0214 Check of rear wheel (mockup, not final) |
 004-1440 Steering stem cut (too long) |
 1442 Steering stem welded and ground |
 005-1441 With front wheel and fork (mockup, not final) |
 1443 Frame holes welded, big hole opened for oil in frame exit |
 1444 Disk mount bosses removed from one lower fork leg |
 1445 Fastback tank cut |
 1446 Fastback tank top |
 1447 Fastback tank bottom |
 1449 Fastback tank filler and petcock bungs removed |
 1450 parts donor |
 1451 parts donor |
 1453 temporary placement |
 1454 temporary placement |
 1455 oil filler neck welded in place |
 1457 frame cut to remove cross tube |
 1456 bottom of frame tube removed |
 0220 Backbone opened to ease cleaning |
 0221 Plate to close the hole and oil feed fitting in place |
 0222 Big holes welded shut |
 0223 Bottom of oil tank welded in place |
 1458 Carburators I will use |
 1459 Connected the cut frame tubes |
 1460 Baffle to keep the oil from sloshing to the front when braking |
 1461 Baffle to keep the oil from sloshing to the front when braking |
 1462 Right side of oil tank tacked in place |
 0225 Oil tank all welded |
 1469 Checking for leaks |
 1476 Added gas tank supports |
 1477 With bottom of tank in place |
 1480 Mock up with top of tank in place |
 1482 My rose joints with a right hand-left hand threaded connecting link |
 1483 Jig to work on the rose joints (replaces engine) |
 1484 Rear rose joint link |
 1485 Rear rose joint link |
 1486 Rear rose joint link |
 1487 Front rose joint link |
 1488 Front rose joint link |
 1490 Front rose joint link |
 1492 Front rose joint with lock nuts |
 1491 Spindle lock |
 1494 Wheel building |
 1495 Wheel building |
 1497 Wheel building |
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 1499 Wheel building |
 1500 Wheel building |
 1501 Wheel building |
 1502 Wheel building |
 1503 Wheel building |
 1504 Wheel building |
 1505 Wheel building |
 1506 Wheel building |
 1507 Wheel building |
 1508 Back wheel with tire |
 1509 Back wheel with tire |
 1514 Top link |
 1515 Top link with bottom of tank showing clearance |
 1516 Made a steel top link to get more clearance to bottom of fuel tank |
 1517 Anothe rview of the top link |
 1519 Welded the holes in the headlight shell |
 1529 Gas gauge sender unit |
 1530 Gas gauge sender unit and left gas petcock |
 1532 Rear shock temporary fitting |
 1536 Coil bracket welded in place, the ignition module will be velcroed and tywrapped to the shelf welded to the head steady |
 1537 Coil bracket welded in place, the ignition module will be velcroed and tywrapped to the shelf welded to the head steady |
 1538 Rear shocks in position, plates welded, bushings machined |
 1539 Rear shocks in position, plates welded, bushings machined |
 1540 With tank bottom and carbs in place to make sure the throttle cables clear |
 1541 With tank bottom and carbs in place to make sure the throttle cables clear |
 1544 My new milling machine |
 1551 Milling the swing arm for larger axle |
 1552 Torque arms (not finished) |
 1553 Bottom of tank sealed with Hirsh sealer |
 1554 Two halves "glued" together with resin and fiberglass material |
 1555 Rear sprocket carrier (not finished) |
 1556 Lightened rear sprocket carrier |
 1557 Gas taps |
 1560 Muffler brackets |
 1561 Muffler brackets |
 1562 Muffler brackets |
 1563 Muffler brackets |
 1566 Muffler brackets |
 1567 Muffler brackets |
 1570 Fork stops |
 1577 Folding foot pegs |
 1578 Folding foot pegs |
 1587 Brake pedal |
 1588 Brake pedal |
 1589 Shifter |
 1590 Shifter (left side) |
 1591 Handlebars |
 1592 Seat bought on e-bay (made in Viet-Nam) I will shorten the rear loop |
 1593 Seat bought on e-bay (made in Viet-Nam) I will shorten the rear loop |
 1594 Seat bought on e-bay (made in Viet-Nam) I will shorten the rear loop |
 1595 Seat bought on e-bay (made in Viet-Nam) |
 1596 Seat bought on e-bay (made in Viet-Nam) |
 1600 Loop cut and welded back upwards to match the seat |
 1599 With seat in place |
 1605 Stop light and license plate bracket |
 1606 Stop light and license plate bracket |
 1607 Stop light and license plate bracket |
 1608 Handlebars |
 1609 Handlebars |
 1579 Positive plug to make female mould |
 1610 Fender made from mould |
 1611 Fender on front wheel |
 1615 Rough cut of fender |
 1624 Rear axle adjuster |
 1625 Minimalist chain guard |
 1626 Rear brake torque arm. |
 1627 Ignition switch |
 1630 Seat hump full of foam |
 1631 Battery shelf |
 1629 Hogged out seat with room for battery |
 1632 Horn |
 1634 Oil return made from plumbing parts |
 1635 Front brake cable stops and links to front brakes |
 1640 Headlight "ears" |
 1641 Crankcase breather |
 1642 Crankcase breather |
 1643 Crankcase breather |
 1644 Crankcase breather |
 00056 Powdercoated frame |
 00098 Head painted black |
 00104 Paint used |
 00119 Swing arm seals |
 00126 Assembly started |
 00127 Spacers |
 00128 Hidden spacers |
 00129 Froks mounted |
 00135 Torque arm |
 00136 Breather in place |
 00536 Acewell 3250 speedo/tachometer... |
 00537 VIN plate |
 1929 Gas taps and fuel gauge sender unit |
 1931 Polished covers |
 1932 New fender stays for front fender |
 1933 Cad plated hardware |
 1934 20 foot paint job |
 1937 Real assembly started |
 00552 Starting to look like a complete motorcycle |
 1941 Anti-drainback valve |
 1942 Anti-drainback valve |
 00554 Naked side view |
 00555 Left side view with tank and seat in place |
 00556 View from the back |
 00557 View from the back |
 00558 View from the back |
 1947 Wires in the headlight shell |
 1948 Flasher and high beam indicators |
 1955 Left side |
 1956 Right side |
 1957Magnet for speedo pickup |
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| Johan Claeson | 14-Jan-2011 03:53 | |
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