Rotary Owners' Club

Hi the later XJ 900 forks have larger diameter staunchions so you would need to swap the yolks , plus the handle bar mountings will differ. Norton Andover have stocks of fork sliders which are new old stock and will go straight on your staunchions if they are ok . Ive just purchased a pair for a lit...

I have plumbed my Plenum drain into my right side inlet tract and the Intermediate Plate drain ( see Graham Wilshaws mod on his website )into the left side inlet tract on my Commander .I thought this would give a more balanced input of oil to each rotor housing . I still get smoke on start up (from ...

Correction to my last posting . The cast impeller i intend to machine came from a Suzuki RF 600 & not as i said , a DR 600 .

Hi , water pump impeller now sorted . Graham obtained a plastic one from a friend who spent several hours trawling thro manufacturers books to find something near the dimensions required . Eventually found one from (i believe ) a washing machine pump . Graham arranged to get it machined where requir...

Hi Graham , thats good news on the manufacture front . I am now ready for an impeller but will hang on a little longer in the off chance an alternative shows up . Have been looking at car waterpumps , and one or two (mainly Citreon ) look as though they could be adapted with a little machining .! I ...

Hi all , Just had all new rotor seals , and three of the Mollied faces reground on my Commander engine at 55k miles . Graham at Startrite put it all back together for me . I now need to source an Impeller for the water pump as mine ( black plastic/ Bakerlite ) has disintegrated . Graham does not hav...

Hi ,400x19 should be a rear tyre size on a Norton 500 T . You could try " woosters " in Leeds in the UK , who specialise in trials bikes and do a huge trade in tyres for these machines. WWW.woostersmotorcycle.co.uk/ and t/n 01132733556.