Prepping the NORTON 961 Commando for a tour of Europe
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Preparing for a 2000 mile 2 week tour around Europe on my 2015 Donington built Norton 961 Commando.
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I wore cycling shorts on my recent Spain 🇪🇸 trip dude they really helped have a nice time
Good shout, I have some of those I'll give them a try, thanks! I'd like to tour Spain next year, just curious where did you go?
There are a couple of companies making special padded shorts for motorcycling, one being Moto Skiveez. Reports are these are very good.
Ok update. I finally managed to get Norton to phone me. Smashing lad called John who deals with customer complaints etc and mediates between Norton and the customer. He has said
Norton will honour their original email they sent to me allowing me to service my bike. They also gave me the head bolt torque I need for the first service. Now most folk told me to use the Donnington manual as they have the same engine as the Solihull bikes. While that's true to a certain degree, the materials in the Solihull engine were changed along with a lot of the torque settings. So be warned everyone. I was told to tighten my head bolts at 600 miles to 60 NM. The Solihull engine is actually 48NM. Iv also explained that there are a lot of owners with bikes (some still in warranty)that will be servicing their own bikes. Surley it's only fair we can access the correct manuals etc. He took that on board and is going to channel it to the correct people. Maybe it will work and we Solihull owners will get a manual for our bikes
Excellent update thank you. If it’s okay with you I’ll post a short video at some point including this information?
@@NortonUnofficial of course. Apparently on the Solihull bikes you only torque the outside head bolts on the service and not the ones under the rocker cover.
What a good-looking bike !
Thank you! Do you ride yourself? If so what do you ride? Greetings from Wales 🏴
@@NortonUnofficial Well, I think I cannot be called a rider in the common notion of the term. I am very much fascinated by the design aspect of the two-wheelers. For a long time in my life I abstained from riding any motorized two-wheeler due to some spinal problem. I am 47 and for the past two years, a happy owner of a scooter ( a 110cc Honda Activa, a very comfortable and trusty model, a very popular and ubiquitous thing here in my country ) which makes me happy on a daily basis whenever I ride it. I have done only short rides on it, though dream of riding it on a long trip sometime. Greetings, from Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), India.
Brilliant. You can tour solo on most bikes some way or another as Blondie said 😊
Haha indeed! Thanks for your comments. Have you toured solo yourself? I’m always looking for recommendations 😊🏍️
Enjoy the ride!
Thanks Geoff!
Enjoy.
Thank you!
Have a good trip... be interesting to see if those grips work as that far with vibrating fingers will mean you'll be dropping your beer when you stop...
Thanks! So far so good, made it from Cardiff to Portsmouth this evening and they definitely make a difference. I had a beer with my curry and didn’t spill a drop 😜 🍻
Safe trip mate 👍
Thanks 👍
Fellow 961 rider not far from you in Bridgend here. Anyway FairPlay great setup and some good tips for if ever I'm brave enough to take the Norton on a 2k trip. Think maybe the GS will win on that one tho and I can blend in with all the other Ewan and Charlie wannabes 🥹.. Safe travels :)
Hi thanks, be good to meet up and share 961 experiences sometime! Bike is doing well so far, 750 miles done no issues. Cheers. Jonathan.
@@NortonUnofficial Glad it’s all going well.. mine hasn’t missed a beat in 2000 miles. Be great to meet up sometime. Cheers Carl 👍
You are a braver man than me...
I bought a 961 at the end of May. I've ridden it 3 times since, no more than 20 miles each trip and each time its had to go back to the dealer to be fixed. The first two times the engine was stalling when down changing while approaching a junction. Very dangerous this. Got it back last Monday and got the first chance to ride on Friday. Did 15 miles and stopped for a coffee, restarted it to travel 5 miles home and the orange engine warning light came on and the engine wouldn't rev less than 2000rpm. It will be going back to the dealer for good as I have completely lost confidence in it as well as most of the summers riding weather. Shame as the bike looks good and generates a lot of attention, however the mechanicals just don't live up to the looks...
@@user-GrahamT what year is yours mate
@@movieknifedude3265 2022. The first production batch at the new factory in Solihull. Only 800 miles on the clock from new.
@@user-GrahamT wow
Oh no that's awful. Such a shame. When I visited the factory they said quality was their main focus. And they had apparently made hundreds of engineering improvements to the 961. Such a shame this is still happening. Glad you managed to ride it without getting hurt, and I don't blame you for returning it, I would do the same! Sad hing is that bike might now be sold as a used bike and the next owner could well have the same problems. Ride safe, I hope your next bike is a lot more reliable.
@@NortonUnofficial Thanks. In 25 years of riding and owning about 40 motorcycles this is the worst experience of bike ownership I have experienced. I hope you enjoy your tour 👍
More info on fender extender please. I have a tvs 961 had it for over a year now the factory will not honour warranty on parts if you have removed them from the bike yourself even if they know they break (Broken seat/rear hugger/chain guard}.
Hi thanks for the info about warranty claims, I hadn't heard that before. Did you have any problems with Norton yourself on warranty claims?
I got the fender extender from this website. But please note it doesn’t fit all front mudguards. I was lucky it fitted mine but some owners said it didn’t fit theirs. I have only stuck it on with sticky pads but I pan to put some plastic rivets just to be sure it doesn't fall off lol. Mind you it was only a fiver plus postage:
www.squaredeals-ltd.co.uk/triumph-daytona-675-carbon-fender-extender-carbon-fibre-upto-2011-11640-p.asp
Is it possible to post a link for the mudguard extender. Keen to get the same item. Thanks
Sure thing, here you go. But please note it doesn’t fit all front mudguards. I was lucky it fitted mine but some owners said it didn’t fit theirs. Mind you it was only a fiver plus postage: www.squaredeals-ltd.co.uk/triumph-daytona-675-carbon-fender-extender-carbon-fibre-upto-2011-11640-p.asp
Have you any idea what the head bolts torque settings are?? The 2024 model I have needs them re torqued but apparently the newer models have diffeeent figures to previous. Seems to be a big secret
Hi sorry I only have a service manual for the Donington bikes. I’m happy to check that if you wish. But for a Solihull bike probably best to check with the factory or your local Norton dealer. Do let me know if you want the torque figures from my service manual.
@@NortonUnofficial thanks buddy but I have that manual. Norton don't seem to want to
Play ball and dealer doesn't seem keen either
Many thanks anyway buddy
@@movieknifedude3265 no problem, I hope you get it fixed. I’m making a video about owner experiences with the Solihull bikes and Norton/dealer support. Good and bad. No names or anything. Just thought people might be interested. I have 3 owners already, you sound like you have some experiences too, would you be interested in helping me?
@@NortonUnofficial I have just bought the bike brand new. I'm 170 miles from the nearest dealer and Norton has agreed I can service my own bike because of this. As long as I use Norton parts. The first service however needs head bolts torqued but as yet they haven't given me the numbers. Seven emails and 3 phone calls and I'm still no further forward
If that's of use to you then yes I'll gladly help
@@movieknifedude3265 wow that’s crazy 😔 I’ll certainly mention that. Have Norton been easy to get parts from? Are you happy with the bike apart from the lack of responses from them?
STOP ABUSING THAT RACE BIKE 😅
YOU CANT TERN IT IN TO YOUR HOUSE WIFE 😂
😂😂😂 She was a racehorse, now she's been put out to pasture (like me) and just wants to see the world 😂
@@NortonUnofficial I wish I had those forks on my continental gt 🤠
Is the suspension not good on the continental gt?
@@NortonUnofficial it's great for a street bike 🤠
hard braking in to corners it to much for it, I shouldn't be doing that anyways 😁
😀 👍🏻