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Hi All, At the risk of wrecklessly swerving back on topic again... How can you tell if an engine has been Moly coated or not ? I have a '90 Commander that I bought 7-8 years ago with very little history. It starts and runs well so I've never really worried if it's been Moly coated or not. I belive s...

This is a 1990 civie commander in factory grey for sale with only 32k miles. Owned by me for the last 7 years. Not getting used and I now have more bikes than shed space so something has got to go. Body/paint is grey and very good with some small chips to paint as expected for age. Everything is the...

For sale 1990 factory civilian Commander with integrated panniers. 31,500 miles Engine runs very well with plenty of power. The cooling system has been overhauled so it sits at a steady 80deg on the move (regardless of air temp), higher in traffic when the cooling fans kick in and never overheats. I...

Hi Interpol2471. I sent you a PM Pete

I also tried changing the plug leads as Graham suggested and it made absolutely no difference at all. A thought struck me. The temperature sensor on the front of the engine (for the ignition module) is referred to as a thermistor. It has 2 wires going to it and in my case it is a temperature sensiti...

Hi, I know this post is a bit old but I was wondering if you still had any of these parts left ? Pete

The main problem has been solved Very Happy and of course it turned out to be trivial to fix if not to find..... Someone here suggested that I check the fuel filter. It looked fine to me and I could see fuel in it so I thought it was ok. I suspected the fuel tap might not have sufficient flow so I p...

Ok, I had a bit of time over the weekend to have a poke at it and while I haven't had it out on the road again, it's still not running right. It starts, runs and revs but dies for no apparent reason. It runs unevenly (lumpy idle) with a small fluctuation in the revs and sometimes refuses to rev and ...

Thanks for the response guys.I contemplated reversing all the changes I made but I'm not convinced that they are directly the problem and I don't really want to undo everything if I can avoid it. The smoke was white/pale grey rather than thick oily black smoke. I'm not sure how I'd check the choke O...

Hi All, I'm looking for a few suggestions. My Commander has been running fine since I got it a few years ago. I've had a few niggles here and there but it never failed to start or run properly. I'm a fair weather rider and it was laid up over the winter. I took it out for a run a couple of months ba...

Thanks for all the replies. It's reassuring to know that it's "normal" for them to do this. I checked over all the wheel bearings and the head bearings at the weekend and there is no sign of play in any of them. Tyre pressures are probably ok when I'm riding. I've a small leak from the val...

Just checked the tyre and it's dated 2505 (June 2005) so I guess it is probably time to replace it. Pete

It's a BT45 with about 2.5mm thread depth still on it and no signs of hardening or cracking. I'm reluctant to ditch it just for the sake of it until I'm sure it's the problem. I hate shotgun-maintenance. Much prefer to find what's causing the problem before I start replacing things. Pete

Thanks Richard, I'll check all the bearings as you suggest but I have no reason to suspect any of them are on their way out. I put a new BT45 on the rear last summer which has done less than 1000miles but the front tyre came with the bike and needs to go. I was also going to check the wheel alignmen...

If I have my hands firmly on the handlebars it pretty much stops it but I can feel the vibration of the front end wanting to oscillate. It's definitely a front end oscillation and not rear end. It's not the wobble and weave you described. It happens mainly when I ease off the throttle to slowly dece...

Hi Guys,Has anyone else had the wobbles with a Commander?With mine, the handlebars start to shake side to side when slowing down from around 50-40 mph.It's not too bad but it certainly isn't pleasant either.I'm just wondering if anyone else has had similar or has any suggestions.Pete