Rotary Owners' Club

I sold the bike about 18 months ago,, i bought it off the original owner who lived around the Blyth area, not sure of his name now, but he purchased it new from one of the big London dealers, i must have purchased it late 90s or early 2000s, Dave

I'm sure thats my old bike, it was in very good condition, and ran well, i didn't get much interest when i was selling it, and didn't get nothing like that price for it, but fair play if the seller can get that sort of money, At the time i was selling there was also a new unused one at Bristol, I wa...

Parts have now all been sold, thanks Dave

Sorry to use a 2nd post to the above, but i could not see a way of editing the original, but found another box today, ( not the one i started hunting for still !! ), but anyway, more Commander bits, these i believe were off an ex police bike i bought many years ago, so all have been stored for a lon...

Whilst having a tidy up i came across the following Commander parts, some are new, but were bought over 10 years ago, so have been stored, so bear this in mind, New starter motor, spins ok 2 new mirrors, but one has quite bad tarnishing in middle of glass, the other has very slight tarnishing to the...

Did you get sorted, regarding the mirrors, Dave

Hi sorry, they have now been sold, Dave

For sale on behalf of a club member from abroad , Commander bodywork panels, consisting of, front mudguard, 2 side panels, tank cover, inner screen cover complete with lights, (lights not tested ), main top fairing (no pocket covers ) radiator cover, and a seat, the parts have suffered some chips an...

Terry am i right in assuming you are still after the bodywork parts you were advertising for in a previous post ?,If so I think i have the complete bodywork off a Commander , but until i have time to dig it out i'm not sure what is there, but i would not want to split it unless there were several pe...

I have after 20 years or running rotary's just sold my bike, the new owner did not want the Rotella oil, which although it has been stored in my garage for a few years, was what i used in the bike, so if anyone near Swindon (Wilts ) would like to collect it, they are welcome to have it, i have just ...

Just in case anyone needs parts, there's a Commander being advertised for breaking on E bay, nowt to do with me, just pointing it out , looks like no engine or ignition parts, Dave

Looks like removing the whole set up is not a good idea then, mine is a krauser model so hopefully is fitted with a riveted link, but after reading this thread i think it will be wise to check just in case, looks like you found your's just in time. Dave

i went and looked at mine the day you posted, but mine has no markings on at all, would A/N know ?. Dave

Don't want to hijack the thread, but would the comments Richard made regarding a service release in 1989, possibly mean that the last Commanders had chains with a rivet fitted as standard ?, also would it be easy to remove the chain bath set up all together, and run the chain open, with just some so...

Like JB, i would have thought a club forum is the best place to post any questions/answers regarding rotary's, ( or any other club/group site ), but then again, i am not a Facebook user, Dave

Just to update my post, and thanks to Joe and JB ,i took the radiator back to the company and they moved the inlet stub back to where it should be, [or as close as we could guess from Joe's pictures ] and after fitting to the bike it was still very tight to get a pipe to fit but i did manage it in t...

Hi John, i am certainly no expert on electrics, but have you measured the voltage at the battery with a independent meter, in case your voltmeter on the bike is out?, or you can buy cheap digital meters or the traffic light type real cheap to connect up as a temporary double check, i bough a voltage...

Hi John, Thanks for taking the time to reply, a forum member has kindly said he may be able to send me some photos this weekend, which i hope will show that my pipe was moved during the re core and allow me to go back to the firm who did the work and see what they can do about it, obviously putting ...

http://www.rotaryownersclub.co.uk/thrapp/download/file.php?mode=view&id=424 I am hoping there is a picture attached here to try to show better what my problem is, as i hope can be seen the stub outlet from the radiator bends to the right away from the bottle outlet,{plastic on the bottom of bott...

Hi sorry to ask what should be a basic question but has anyone got any tips on fitting the expansion tank on a Commander.I have been trying to fit my tank back on, after having the radiator re cored, but no matter which way i try there is no way i can fit it all back in place, I have tried all diffe...

Hi, i don't mean to hijack this thread, but i have got replace the two pipes that go from the radiator to the expansion bottle, if the maximum pressure of the system is only 1.1 bar, does anyone know if i could use normal petrol pipe as replacement, rather then hunt down two small lengths of high pr...

Thanks for your kind offer Tony, but i have ordered two off E bay, they are supposed to be the genuine Mann 1213, so should last me a few years with the mileage i do, thanks again to all who took the time to reply, Dave

Thanks for all your replies, i have been round to local car shops today and the filters are not available from any of their suppliers any more, i was looking for Reliant Robin or the Mann c1213 which fits citroen 2 cv, and some compressors, i have found some dealers on E bay selling them for around ...

Can anyone tell me a manufacturers part number for a Fram or other well known brand of air filter for a Commander?, I'm sure i used to buy Reliant Robin ones, but my local car shop shows these as oblong rather then round, and on the A/N site they list a complete replacement like a K&N , If i can...

I was also with Carole Nash for years, but last year my premium jumped up and I had also been charged what i thought was an excessive amount to remove two bikes from my policy during the year, so i was recommended to try Peter James, and found them very helpful and saved over two hundred pounds for ...

Hi Joe thanks for the part numbers, i will check this out and see if anyone has all the parts involved to do the change, thanks for taking the time to write them out, much appreciated . Dave

Thanks for taking the time to reply, i will see if i can get hold of a lever and shaft from a interpol to try, ( i presume they are a straight swop? ) but in the meantime i will change the oil and see if it makes a difference, thanks again Dave

In this months magazine is an article by Roger Slater about a ride on his Commander, in it he writes he has modified the gearchange by fitting a direct action gear lever, reduced clutch plates from 18 to 10, and thin oil in the primary chaincase, just wondering if anyone has tried any of these mods,...

Yes i see that one, and i must agree that at some point the prices must drop, however i've thought that for a few years and there's no sign of it happening, but as you say the buyers group in theory is getting smaller and some prices, particularly british bikes are getting silly.I have always run br...

Hi and welcome to the forum, i agree if that figure was not a error then the seller was high on something other than just the price, i'm no expert, and i know prices of british bikes are on the rise, but i would say he was asking around double what a good Commander would fetch, indeed i would think ...