Norton 880 long-term project

Yeah, it's getting real close.

Just need to fab up a proper set of shims and spacers for the front axle, install the rear brakes, swap out the tranny shifting section for the Right-foot bits as soon as they arrive, and fab up the battery tray under the tail hump.

NOT MUCH LEFT TO GO!!!

GP, what did you use for a grommet for sealing off the Sparx alternator wires? Stock grommet doesn't seem to fit the sleeving on the Sparx...

Debby

Stock grommet with RTV "just in case". A bit of Go-Jo makes the wires slip right through.

Just thought I'd tidy things up right where it's at and snap some progress shots with the rearsets, sidecovers & front fender mounted-





I'm kinda liking it!

grandpaul said:

I'm kinda liking it!

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It's not bad.

It's not done!

hee hee

It's a pretty bike, the blue looks good on it.

Besides the fact that it's the very bodywork that was shown on the original 952 prototype (different front fender), Blue happens to be my favorite color. The all-Silver engine is a styling excercise, the prototype engine had an all-Black engine with the cooling fin edges dressed down to bare metal; I'm undescided whih way to go right now...

grandpaul said:

The all-Silver engine is a styling excercise, the prototype engine had an all-Black engine with the cooling fin edges dressed down to bare metal; I'm undescided whih way to go right now...

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Something like this?

Good photo editing!

Now turn the frame Silver, and let's see...

grandpaul said:

Good photo editing!

Now turn the frame Silver, and let's see...

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What about the Z plates?



I like the black frame...

Or even black frame and black chrome pipes...

The Silver frame is too Silver, and the Black engine AND pipes is too much Black!

I think I'll leave it "as is", maybe revert to the traditional Black cylinders on the 880. It will have the CF primary, so it won't be a symettrical overall look...

Thanx for the studies, I do love the Black chrome muffs, but having this exhaust system Black-chromed would be horrendously expensive.

I tack-welded on a prototype fabrication of an under-tail battery tray to see how it would work; I think I'm going to stay with it. may not be enough room to give more than 2" of rear wheel travel after rider sag is accounted for...

I hope it's not like when I mounted my license plate as the end of my rear fender. It slowly wore an edge into the plate until it ate about a third of it but it confused the witnesses.

I know this might be a lot of work but what about putting the battery here:



And move the oil tank (custom fab one) for under the seat?

Where did the battery go on the proto?

Any chance of the battery going under the black part of the seat? Maybe a small flat one. The one in mine Earl took from a power supply and it is pretty small and flatish. If it's a gel it could go in on any angle.

It won't fit between the oil tank and electrical stuff under the seat; and remember, it has to be big enough to crank the starter.

The prototypes had a nominally sized battery under the seat. I can still downsize, and intend to move this battery to my Interstate which needs a replacement anyway. The new smaller unit will go upright with the bracket re-oriented to the main frame tubes just aft of the upright hoop.

A small battery with an electric start Norton?

Is there any room between the engine plates? how about behind the transmission?

Sometimes 2 six volt batteries can be hidden easier than a single bigger 12 volt one.

Jean

You'd have a little voltage drop back there but you could use a bit bigger cable. I forgot you had a starter on it.

It's running. Well; started, anyway. I need the proper top section of the throttle cable with proper abutment to go with an aftermarket throttle I've got.

Had to have a custom fabricated rear brake line, because there was no other way to marry the modern master cylinder with the OEM Norton rear caliper. Took a good, slightly used Lockheed type hose and had the threaded end fitting chopped off; took a modern banjo style brake hose and had one end with a long-ish rigid pipe chopped off to weld the Lockheed thread to it. Connected the remaining banjo end to the master cylinder, and the new threaded end accepted the flare fitting on the rear caliper's tube fitting.

Intalled the fuel lines & petcocks, battery cables and a new starter solenoid, overhauled the starter & rear brake caliper, installed the drilled rear disc & partially pumped up the brakes. Installed all the oil & breather lines, oil filter, topped off all the fluids, installed the plugs & plug wires.

I also installed a continuous solid #4 cable from the battery positive to the frame, and from that same point to the engine; so, everything is HEAVILY grounded, allowing the starter's ground path to flow through cable instead of all the smaller ground wires put together.

I'm totally worn out, pix tomorow.