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<blockquote data-quote="Pushrod Twin" data-source="post: 116786" data-attributes="member: 340"><p>Yes, that keeps cropping up. Mine is a "standard" Rapide, maybe 8:1CR, 28mm Delortos, Mk III cams, nothing at all spectacular.</p><p>However, I took the opportunity to support the outer end of the sleeve gear in a bearing as I believe the factory racing Commandos did. It only needed a few thou of hard chrome and a precision grind to fit into a half inch wide ball race which in turn lives in the 1/2" engine plate.</p><p>You can see in one of the pics above that I used a Vincent slipper chain tensioner.</p><p>I dont go with the folklore regarding the "heavy Commando clutch" I dont see why the weight of the clutch would have any influence at all. It is simply the force generated by the power of the engine which pulls on the wee spindly shaft.</p><p>There are other separate g/boxes which are up to it. Roy Robertson's race bike runs a box which looks like a Triumph and that motor makes plenty grunt. I recall him telling me it has 5 speeds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pushrod Twin, post: 116786, member: 340"] Yes, that keeps cropping up. Mine is a "standard" Rapide, maybe 8:1CR, 28mm Delortos, Mk III cams, nothing at all spectacular. However, I took the opportunity to support the outer end of the sleeve gear in a bearing as I believe the factory racing Commandos did. It only needed a few thou of hard chrome and a precision grind to fit into a half inch wide ball race which in turn lives in the 1/2" engine plate. You can see in one of the pics above that I used a Vincent slipper chain tensioner. I dont go with the folklore regarding the "heavy Commando clutch" I dont see why the weight of the clutch would have any influence at all. It is simply the force generated by the power of the engine which pulls on the wee spindly shaft. There are other separate g/boxes which are up to it. Roy Robertson's race bike runs a box which looks like a Triumph and that motor makes plenty grunt. I recall him telling me it has 5 speeds. [/QUOTE]
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