Need a nice Adventure Touring Jacket?

We happened to run across a deal on some Cordura textile  3/4 length Touring Jackets

These are first quality, brand new jackets at a steal of a price

They have :

zip out liner

velcro adjustable sides

reflective piping

removable armor

Pocket flaps so stuff doesn’t fall out of the pockets

waterproof membrane

500 denier Cordura shell (heavy duty)

Made by Texport

These jackets retail for $169 but I can blow them out for $89! See the color selection in the picture.

Sizes are from S-4XL

email info@commandospecialties.com or call 339-200-8618

We take Visa Mastercard or I can send a Paypal invoice

I have a limited amount, so act now if you want one!

It’s not a Norton, but it is a BIG Twin

Well, I pulled the trigger and bought the Big Orange Bike

Wow what a nutball bike this thing is.

Knobby tires, 90HP, luggage, WTF!

Most fun bike I’ve ever owned, it goes pretty much anywhere at a high rate of knots…

2006 KTM Adventure 950

Norton Commando Upgrades part II

The upgrade post seems pretty popular so I figured I’d add some more pearls of wisdom. (lol)

The best way to upgrade your bike is to make sure it’s up to snuff. The stock bike is a pretty good bike, so pretend it’s new and do a service routine like you would with a new bike.

F’rinstance if the front brake isn’t working all that well, haul off the caliper and see if both pistons are actually working. Chances are if you haven’t checked them in a year or three, then one is frozen.  Knock the pads out and clean some of the crusty stuff out and install a new set of pads (they’re cheap). Bleed out the old brake fluid.

>>>>>>DO NOT USE SILICONE BRAKE FLUID<<<<<<<<<

Regardless of what your brother in law’s dads third cousin who works at Jiffy Lube and is currently out of work but used to have a 1963 Belchfire 500  says, it isn’t going to make your brakes any better. It will mix with crap that’s already in there and make a real mess of things.  It will turn into something that looks like chocolate pudding (which I like a lot) but doesn’t taste like pudding and will generally make you unhappy.Use Dot 3 or 4 and be done with it. Yes I know they are not technically the same but get over yourself.  So use Dot 4 if you’re mister fussypants.

Replace your cables.

Every old nail I see lately has crappy cables. The throttle is so hard to turn you get a muscle cramp and the clutch needs two hands. Your Norton should have a pretty easy clutch pull. If not, then start with a new cable (nylon lined Venhill is the best) and DON’T STRAP THE CABLE DOWN TO THE FRAME EVERY THREE INCHES WITH CABLE TIES!

If you tie down the cable it will make the pull very stiff and throw off your clutch adjustment. Also put a drop of oil at the clutch lever end of the cable where the ball seats in the lever, it will make a difference and keep the cable from breaking at the end.

That’s enough for now, the pastry cart just arrived.

Commando Specialties 2009 Open House

Here’s a collage from our 2009 Open House in Plymouth Ma.

Lots of different bikes and riders,  did a local tour of the Miles Standish State Park and ended up at the British Beer Company in downtown Plymouth.

Splendid day, great weather, many thanks for the BIA gang for showing up and next year should be even better.

Picture Collage of Mid-Ohio

Figured this might be a cool way of showing more of the Mid-Ohio pics. Enjoy.

Mid-Ohio AMA Vintage Days

WOW, another good year in Ohio!

There were some showers this year but nothing we couldn’t deal with.

One of our vendor area spaces was a fairly serious mudhole but no one got lost in it, so I guess no harm no foul.

Pretty good turnout of vendors and attendees but there was some grumbling about the quality of bikes for sale.

Seemed to be alot of burned bikes but maybe it was just me…….

The races were good, but not as many top shelf hot shoes like there was last year. Maybe AHRMA and the AMA can finally get this worked out but until they do, everyone suffers.

The guy that caught our eye was Ryan Ambrose on a “Big D” prepped T140 Triumph. This guy was flat out flying and showed a clean set of heels to the leading Honda four on the last lap. We couldn’t believe how fast he was caning that old twin. Good on ‘yer lad.

Pictures below give a small idea of what goes on. Liked the Honda 4 cyl bar stool.

World's coolest bar stool

A mixed bag of bikes

Another customer rolls out a bike

Here’s a pic from one of our faithful customers (Many thanks) .

It just goes to show that everyone has an opinion about riding gear!

From an undisclosed (hot) location………………….

Don’t forget folks, mid-ohio is coming…………………

AMA Vintage Days July-24-26

Well it’s here again, the AMA Vintage days have rolled around and we’re making the pilgrimage again to Mid-Ohio.

If you can make the trip, do it. It’s the biggest bike nut weekend I’ve attended yet. Very few Harleys but tons of vintage BSA, Triumph, Honda,Ducati’s and well, any thing else you can imagine!

BSA is the featured marque this year.

We had a very busy weekend meeting customers, selling product and we  look forward to seeing more of you this year.

Our booths are U18 /U20 so we’ve got a little more room to spread out.

By accident we found THE BEST restaurant in the area: check out the Brown Derby Texas Roadhouse in Ontario. Best filet mignon, taters and salad you will find in the area. Lots of varieties of cold draft beer, I can’t wait……………..

The vintage racing is worth the trip alone, not to mention meeting guys like Gene Romero last year. I promise I will take pictures this year as I picked up a pocket camera rather than the bigger lump I hate to carry around.

Owl’s Head Transportation Museum in Maine

Here are some pictures from our Owl’s Head trip in ‘04. Always a great time, they feature cars, planes and motorcycles;  so what’s not to like??

I won a trip in the Waco Biplane which was a real treat!

I suppose I should include a fewbikes………..

All in all , if you’re ever near Owl’s Head Maine, make time for a trip to the museum.

Brit Bike Day in Auburn MA

Last Sunday. June 7 was British Bike Day in Auburn Ma, an event we always attend.  Turnout has been decreasing steadily but there will always be a hardcore bunch (like myself) who will show up no matter what.

In the haydays, the field was filled with bikes, vendors and attendees.  The biggest slice was the Triumph faithful this year who made a good showing with the old bikes and the Hinckleys. Good on ‘yer.

1914 BSA

The above BSA was definitely the oldest nail on site!

Here we are setting up; getting an early start

Here’s our 920 Project Bike

A well turned out AJS

Vincent sidehack racer anyone??

Triumph guru John Healy holds court

Very nice BSA A10