Rotary Owners' Club

Hi Guys, hope you are all keeping well - we are Fine ( as is the Darmah) . There is a F1 on display in Garlands Motorcycle Shop, Haverford West, Pembrokeshire. They might sell if the offer was good enough !!

Hi Guys, hope you are all keeping well - we are fine. I have spotted this well used looking example on this outfit's website; they import all sorts of wierd and wonderfull from the states, any one interested ??http://www.apincorporated.com/Best Regards and Festive Whatsits - dave and kerry

Hi Mike, glad you sorted out your minor woes, and that the dear old bus is still running well. I did swap the hangers around to provide extra comfort. I did also drop, at standstill, the bike quite some time ago, so that explains the dinks. Did anyone get Fido the IP2 running right ? I would love to...

Many thanks Richard, I will get hold of another one and arrange to take you up on your kind offer. Yes, I am a clumsy B, but you already knew that! Best Regards dp

Hi again Guys and Gals, and Richard in Particular !We (Don & I) need a replacement speedo drive box, the one that is fitted on the front wheel spindle. Don's bike has the uprated NML suspension. We managed to crack the casing on the original drive box while re-fitting the fornt wheel ! Is it fro...

Very Best Wishes to You and the TRL, Mike, and also to the rest of you Rotary Reprobates of course, dp

Many thanks for that Mike, I'm very glad that the dear machine has found a good home, Good Luck with everything, and keep us posted, best regards dave perry

Hi Again this is rotary related (mostly) ! The East Coast Chapter of the NOC, with me as Treasurer, went for a spin out a couple of weekends ago. I have to report that I was on my latest effort at a track bike, a Ducati 900SS, what a snip at £1320 ! In my defence, of the six riders that showed, only...

It is with a deal of sadness that I have to report that, following the departure of the TRL.Com, Fido has also found a new home. I could have sold it several times over. It went because I could not get the idle issue sorted out, and was not therefore prepared to invest in a Madden exhaust, deemed ne...

Gents, ( & any Ladies of course), following my mid life crisis and subsequent change of loyalties, I have the following for sale1) Pair of SU carbs, Fido's originals, should be OK with a clean. Comes with 90% complete overhaul kits, £10 each 2) Pair of SU needles, grade CUD 1049, unused, still i...

1987 E Reg interpol II for Sale. No longer has police fairing, but small perspex screen and lower 'bars. Engine recently overhauled by Startrights, who also supplied 'civilian' loom, nearly-new silencers and many other bits and pieces. The bike has NML hydraulic clutch, ignition unit, new silencer h...

Summer Update, It’s been a goodly while since my last post, a lot’s been happening !!The TRL Commander has found a new and very appreciative home, after a bit of a mid-life crisis forced a rethink in Drax’s most famous garage. This was brought on by a small case of angina, then some minor replumbing...

HI Gents, I seem to remember having seen a figure of 350 miles per litre, but I'm sure that the Commander does a bit less than this figure, and you also end up doing more miles that you thought - so take plenty !, cheers and have a good trip - dp

You will be aware that TRL .Commander did not go on fleebay, not a bid at the bargain price of £4,000 - I must admit that I am a bit stunned at the lack of interest in this wonderful machine. I do have a couple of guys interested, and hope for a result this weekend.The bike and I have just had a 3 d...

Thanks for your support IP2471, I should keep it I know, but what with the Beemer in the garage and the bank account dipped well below the horizon, it's time for a change. I will regret it I know, just like I did selling the Velo Viper, the R100/7, and recently the VFR 750. I am a bit of a makala th...

I found that tweaking the mixture screws on the carbs can have quite a marked effect on the smooth running; my (still) Commander went through a phase of hunting at steady throttle. Try a quarter turn on each, in and out in turn. Record what you are doing each time, it's easy to get lost !!

Well, no-one wants the TRL.Commander, well at anything like a reasonable price ! What did you think of my advert on fleebay ? Was my starting price too low, or have I spent too much (and therefore am asking too much) on the beast to make it a tempting proposition ? It has got to be worth more than t...

May the Fourth Be With You !Sorry for not keeping my diary up to date, things have been a bit hectic just of late !!You will have seen that TRL.Com is up for sale; I guess that I have decided that it is time for a change of tack. I do feel a bit of a traitor, especially after writing the piece in th...

The bike failed to sell first time on fleebay, so she is on again, and one of you lucky peeps has now only to part with £4,950 to own and love this legend of the Rotary world - you will not be disappointed !!

She is now on Ebay, sale number 280335927018, with some super snaps

Seems a lot for an un-moly'd bike with no history - makes the TRL (fully sorted) Commander seem like decent value. And while I may not be an enjineer, at least I can spell the name of my bike !! Good luck to however bought it - was it one of "us" ?

For Sale, 1991 Krauser Commander, TRL Version.I have owned the bike since August 2004, and covered around 42,000 glorious miles. In between the miles, a great deal of work has been done on the bike, and starting from the front :- twin 4” headlamps fitted, front forks stripped and rebushed, headstock...

Hi you cranky/sensitive/grumpy/loveable lot ! Next time you are ready for some new rubber, you might want to think about Avon Roadriders. As I have reported elsewhere, a mate of mine with much more & varied experience than me - reported that they make Fido (sans fairing) feel like a 250 moto- cr...

Bl**dy typical - no sooner had the ink dried on my last misty eyed ramblings than TRL.Com started playing up !Down at the St Neots hotel she would not start, not a spark in sight. There was power to the white wire on the ignition unit connector block; all the lights etc were fine, no blown fuses.The...

Back on the Road Again !I finally finished fitting the engine and all the bits and pieces to TRL.com, rolled it of the ramp and went for a tootle around the lanes on Saturday. There were no leaks and no strange noises, quite a surprise ! It felt great to back on the dear old Bus once again.When Grah...

The Avon Road Riders fitted to fido feel very flighty on the road, but as stable as a table round Cadwell's Curves, - so it's not often you are wrong - but right again ! cheers dp

Has the bike been stood a while ? Fido used to pogo down the road when I first got it, a check on the balance machine showed them to be well out of round - cured with new rubber. Are you going for Battax 45s ? They seem to suit these bikes well. Good Luck dp

Hi Rustynuts, the other way to get more speed is to lose weight and make better use of the power the engine has to offer. My take on this is to (so do the opposite) is to try one of Geoff's lightweight exhausts. I am not sure how many more BHP are liberated, probably not too many. What is for sure i...

Hi David, I am no expert, ( proven several times !) but I have had three engines that would not start, and after doing all the checks that you have carried out, it came down to poor compression every time. Your mileage is most impressive, the seals are bound to be pretty worn by now.When you say the...

Things are looking rather good ar Drax at the moment !I am to pick up the TRL.Com engine and the re-rubbered clutch hub tomorrow, should be back on the road at the weekend.I think that most of my clutch woes have been solved with new rubbers relacing the old, disintigrating ones. Certainly Fido's cl...