1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby ntst8 » Mon Feb 15, 2010 12:46 am

Good news, i'm sure Di will be happy with her new bike. :D
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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby pbmw » Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:24 am

Nicely done
I've always liked the ES2
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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby Cookie » Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:40 am

Wow, that sounds good. an Es2 would be great on a lot of Kiwi back roads.
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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby Baldrick » Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:49 pm

I went down to the workshop today and the Greasy 2 has been taken out of the loft after 20 years and cleaned down.
New oil and a tickle to the points then a carb clean...
bingo it fired up and ran like a sewing machine!
The bike is a serious runner and I think all I will need to do is get it re registered and slap on a new set of tyres.
I get to ride it later this week and will be told what the "going" price is?

I am sure it will be more than the "as is were is" offer I first made.

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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby Cookie » Wed Feb 17, 2010 1:47 am

Give her a few oil changes to clean her out a bit. I quite envy you, I have a secret lust for an easy 2.
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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby Baldrick » Mon Feb 22, 2010 7:06 pm

Yippee,
I have just ridden it home and will start to order new cables and get the tank down to the paintshop.

I am stoked and will post a picture soon.

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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby ntst8 » Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:27 pm

Congrats -
How bad is the tank? There's nothing wrong with looking a bit weatherbeaten - i do every day :mrgreen:
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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby Cookie » Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:00 pm

How about pix!?
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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby grandpaul » Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:01 am

Cookie wrote:How about pix!?


HA HA

I was JUST going to post the same thing!
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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby grandpaul » Tue Feb 23, 2010 7:01 am

OOps

double post...
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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby Baldrick » Fri Feb 26, 2010 1:51 pm

Hey Iain,Cookie and Grand Paul,

i have spent saturday morning working out with Photobucket...

Here are acouple of pictures of the bike after I had just ridden it home.

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I am waiting for the new cables,handle bars and tires to arrive and will then look to get it registered to ride on the road.

We have got another 3 months of good weather before the rain comes and I want to get some miles on the bike before Iget the tank off and away to be panel beaten and painted.

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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby Cookie » Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:39 pm

Nice looking!
You are up by the Bay of Plenty aren't you? I would have reckoned that would be sub tropical and you'd have pretty good weather for bikes year round. Are you close to the beach? The reason I ask is that I am less than a mile from SF Bay and it makes quite a differece in corrosion problems. I clean my electrical systems and grease and protect them as well as I can.
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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby robatron » Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:43 pm

You are getting new bars? What are you doing with the old ones? What do you want for those old ones when you take them off? Seriously email or PM me. I call dibs.
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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby Baldrick » Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:37 pm

The old bars are bent and twisted and I will just add them to the collection I have in the rafters!
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Re: 1951 Plunger ES2 Norton

Postby Baldrick » Fri Feb 26, 2010 3:44 pm

Hey Cookie,
You are lucky to be living in SF.

I live about 500 meters back from the beach and have changed all my Commando nuts and fittings to stainless to avoid the rust.

Check my other posting on the Commando page regarding Commando paint colors and you will see the beach in the back ground.

The beach is Mount Maunganui and we enjoy being able to walk to beach all year around.

The bonus about living here is I get to ride all year round and very rarely does the Commando get a chance to wet sump.

Having the choice of two Nortons to ride will mean I have to spend twice as much time riding!

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