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RH carb has a brass jet the LH carb does not

Richard/Mick, I removed the cold start enrichment device on one of my carbs and found by spraying carb cleaner that there is a passage way from the cold start enrichment device to the jet as shown in Mick's photo. When I first acquired my Commander only the right hand carb had the brass jet, the lef...

Mick,

I can confirm that the jet shown in your photo connects to the cold start enrichment device.

Incidentally, when I acquired my Commander the left carb did not have the jet but the right hand one did?

Tony

John,

Thanks for the post good info for the future

Tony

John

5' 11"

Tony

Mike, Like Tim I do a lot of long distance touring on my Commander, this year alone I have completed over 5000 miles mostly two up with camping gear, with holidays in Europe and the UK. Top heavy; no I would not have said they are, with a kerb weight of 235 KG they are certainly not a lightweight th...

Terry, I would like to keep my Commander on the road for as long as possible, living north of Aberdeen and touring Holland, Belgium and France this summer plus runs to GT Yarmouth etc etc I have so far covered nearly 5k miles this year, not a massive amount I know when compared to others but still g...

All, I have managed to acquire two used but good gaiters from acquaintances within the ROC and NOC so I should be OK for a while, note that there are no new gaiters available. What concerns me is that without a supply of new gaiters my Commander would not be the long distance tourer I need, OK I cou...

Zed,

Many thanks, I will call Graham.

Tony

Just got back from a trip to Cadwell Park and while there noticed oil on the rear wheel, once home got the bike on the lift and found the lower rear chain gaiter split and leaking at the wheel end. Andover Norton do not have any in stock, I have yet to ask Startright but in the meantime does anyone ...

JB, Moto electrical have a Mosfet RR for £132.90, it has 7 wires, three yellow, two red and two black, it has a max charging rate of 50 amps/500 watts far more than the output of your alternator so will work well within its max rating. The three yellow wires will be the connected to the alternator I...

JB,

Did you try:

Moto-Electrical
Wymondham Business Centre
Eleven Mile Lane
Wymondham
Norwich
Norfolk
NR18 9JL
UNITED KINGDOM
Phone - +44 (0) 1953 603420
Email - sales@motoelectrical.co.uk

John, (A)The 3 wires from the Alternator got very warm,(as did the RR,I mean VERY WARM,like, burning the fingers HOT evil) This indicates shorts in the connections between the alternator and RR (B)Then no charging at the battery,disconnect RR and connect Multimetre to the Red & Black wires from ...

John, If the volts drop off as it warms up I suspect the alternator insulation is breaking down shorting the windings. However if it was my problem I would ask an auto electrician to do the following: A. Measure and record the resistance of the stator windings cold, you will need a good meter for th...

John,

Will you be at the In Steam Rally in Norfolk this month?

Tony

John,

Where is the volt meter connected, direct at the battery terminals?

Tony

John, The alternator on my Commander has an output of 220 watt, 12 volts 3 phase, any 3 phase 12 volt regulator/rectifier with an output of the same as the alternator will do what you want. Note that you could fit a 300 watt regulator/rectifier but you would still only get what the alternator can pr...

New disc packaging for info the disc is considerably thicker than the old one

Disc, new pads and new bolts £173.00

All boxed up, run out clocked at 0.01mm wheel alignment to check then to get the bike out to bed in the new pads

Mark,

In Italy at the NOC rally one of the other Commanders had a similar problem when the trigger was overheating, if the trigger is OK I would suspect the electronic ignition.

How long have you owned your bike, what make of electronic ignition do you have?

Tony

All,

For general info, Yambits now stock EBC rear brake discs for Commanders, look for bike model XJ900F

Tony

I like the 'ride it like you stole it' solution :-)

John,

Type Oil Consumption into the search bar, there's a huge amount of info from members going back a number of years on the subject of how many miles they get from a litre of oil

Tony

John,

Approx 450 miles to a pint i.e 0.5 litre is about what I get from my Commander

Line up the marks of the lever and housing at 2000 RPM and you should not be far off

Tony

Richard,

Thanks again, excellent information.

I have set up the connections on both ignition units so that I can change them on the side of the road if I had to, I may swap back to the TT1 to check out the difference.

Thanks and Regards
Tony

Richard,

Thank you for your reply helping me to properly understand whats going on with my Commander.

As the engine starts instantly and pulls well just now I will now plan an overhaul for next winter.

Thanks again for your help with this

Regards
Tony

Seeking guidance regards Commander advance/retard Before the temperature reaches approx 70 degs the engine has a steady tick over, as the sensor closes the circuit the engine speed drops and begins to run very poorly it is very difficult to get anything like a steady tick over, it revs and pulls wel...

John, Once you are happy that the seal kit is the correct one and correctly fitted, the following details how I eventually bled the air from my master cylinder as fitted to my Commander. Last year when overhauling the calipers even though on completion I had used a new oil feeder filled with brake f...

John, I purchased an overhaul kit from Yambits: 1 x XJ900F Brake Master Cylinder Repair Kit Front (MSK016) = £46.99 (Inc. VAT) £39.16 (Ex. VAT) I note that Andover lists the seal kit-master cylinder as out of stock, try calling them as they might get a kit in for you if you do not fancy going to Yam...

Mick, I run a Commander and had oil on the rear wheel, it turned out to be the large oil seal similar to item 18 on the Andover Norton parts diagram for your classic rear wheel, past this into your browser: https://andover-norton.co.uk/en/shop-drawing/374/rear-wheel-and-brake-caliper-mounting If the...

All, Last year as I left home to head off for the IoM the lid on the fuse bow side flew off and was ran over by a car behind, like a prat I had not locked it. If anyone has a spare lid even if a bit tatty I would pay a fair price. See attached photo Thanks in Advance Tony Fuse Box Expansion Tank Lid...