Norton Commando Alton Starter Motor Project - Part 2 of 6 - Preparing the bike

I hope you will enjoy this latest project! In these upcoming videos, we’ll follow the installation of a new Alton electric starter unit into Geoff’s 1969 Norton Commando. Here is a playlist of the 6 videos for this series!    • Projects | Alton Starter motor installation   As you can imagine, there may be several reasons why someone would choose to install an electric starter onto their bike. In this case, Geoff would simply like to remove the kick starter pedal. It’s getting in the way of his gearshift pedal when he has his feet on the rear-sets. It also makes starting the bike a little awkward and changing gear while riding with the kickstarter pushing his leg out. Geoff’s Commando started life as a fairly rare 1969 model S, but ended up in boxes until he saved it. As you will see, it’s not reconfigured as an S model but it looks great and runs perfectly. As you will see in the videos, there are a few subtleties relating to the way that the earlier Commandos are setup, which require a little modification of the Alton primary case. Here are links to Alton: Website: https://www.alton-france.com/contact/ Facebook:   / alton.france   Link to Alton’s video about installing their starter:    • eKit Norton - Alton France   Geoff also fitted an electric starter to his Vincent Rapide. It was an amazing project and the results are impressive. Here’s a link to that project:    • Another Vincent motorcycle back on the roa...   Music: SKYLINE by Ikson @iksonofficia   / ikson   Buy me a coffee? ☕ 😉 If you found this video enjoyable and would like to support my channel, please consider donating here: www.paypal.me/themightygarage ...a huge thank YOU in advance 🙏 🔴 Please SUBSCRIBE to The Mighty Garage: http://www.youtube.com/c/MiTyMotorcyc... ✅ The Mighty Garage Playlists:    / @themightygarage   ✅ Follow on Instagram:   / themightygarage   #TheMightyGarage #AltonFrance #OregonNortonEnthusiasts