hi new guy from australia, new guy from new zealand here. i like the look of your atlasesque norton, mines a pretty standard 750 roady. whats the oil tank off?
didnt take ya long to cause controversy eh? at least i think it is, most of it seems illegable to me.

One needs to know the lay of the land before going forth plowing, Some of the folks have been on the land for some time and have an idea as to the harvest of such said things. Unknowing of these such said can bring about fog of wonder as to what one planted to bring about this bounty. Much as the farmers almanac guides one on his work, A group of farmers may know when one has planted more than he could ever harvest. At which much of the work goes to waste. One needs to know his beast of burden and not over work it as at which point he no longer plows, Then sadness sets in. As to the weight of harvest one also knows what a gallon of water weighs.

Hortons Norton wrote:One needs to know the lay of the land before going forth plowing, Some of the folks have been on the land for some time and have an idea as to the harvest of such said things. Unknowing of these such said can bring about fog of wonder as to what one planted to bring about this bounty. Much as the farmers almanac guides one on his work, A group of farmers may know when one has planted more than he could ever harvest. At which much of the work goes to waste. One needs to know his beast of burden and not over work it as at which point he no longer plows, Then sadness sets in. As to the weight of harvest one also knows what a gallon of water weighs.

OMG another one's got infected with Hobotitis

11,000

april 1st somewhere right?

OMG another one's got infected with Hobotitis

Woo, Hoo, I've got to chuckle at that one.

Dave
69S

Rich_j wrote:

Hortons Norton wrote:One needs to know the lay of the land before going forth plowing, Some of the folks have been on the land for some time and have an idea as to the harvest of such said things. Unknowing of these such said can bring about fog of wonder as to what one planted to bring about this bounty. Much as the farmers almanac guides one on his work, A group of farmers may know when one has planted more than he could ever harvest. At which much of the work goes to waste. One needs to know his beast of burden and not over work it as at which point he no longer plows, Then sadness sets in. As to the weight of harvest one also knows what a gallon of water weighs.

OMG another one's got infected with Hobotitis

Must be a mild case as there are no misspellings and the grammar is all intact. Oh, and no unwarranted line breaks.

ashman wrote:Hi all

it very fast ( 130 MPH ) with the SS cam I just got to watch it as it runs freely past 11,000 RPM's if I let it ( standed was about 6,500 RPM before it valve bounced), if any one like to know more about the bike feel free tha ask any qeustions, I
Ashley

How about sending us a pic of that tacho? And what make of valve spring are you using?

Mick

Hi all

Well I truely stirred the pot up with my claim of 11,000 RPMs, I have never taken the bike to those RPMs but when I build the bike I followed the stage 1 hi performance moderforcations in my workshop manal, it said in the part about the SS cam that it will run freely past 11,000 RPMs if you let it, I have opened the twist grip fully in 2nd gear and the motor will run freely but backed off before I over done it (don't like things flying apart inside my motor) but I have no dougth that it would... In my younger days I use to do a lot of burnouts and hi speed runs with this motor and have done a bit of damage as well (excessive wear in the cylinders, hairline cracks in the crank cases) that is why this rebuild to replace the crankcases, I'm alot older and wiser now and look after my motor...

With the featherbed frame, it's shorter than the Commando, I have replaced most steel parts with aloy and the bike is well under 300 pounds the Commando is 412 pounds dry, I say it would be more between 250 and 300 pounds and I will be getting it weight soon when its back on the road, we lifted it of the work bench the other day, I was at the back end and a friend was at the front, we both picked the bike up and lifted it off the stand, it was heavy but wasn't to bad, I have no troubles lifting the rear off the ground for my daughter to put the work stand under it and I'm no body builder...

The Joe Hunt maggie, oiltank and a few other part came from Lowbrows over from the USA, they were made to order and it only took less than 10 days to arrive at my front door here in Australia and for only half the price we can get anythink from here, very happy with the service, I also don't run a battery which also saves a lot of weight, I run a Sparx Battery Eliminator to run the lights ...

Ashley

Ludwig will want a pic of the scale reading. No funny business. Big, fat wideline is going to cost you a few pounds. Seems like a lot of stock parts which aren't light. Looks like a stock tank. Ain't light either. Maybe things weigh less south of the Equator.

Stuck throttle ran Peel's unloaded 2S cam to 11,000 rpm, maybe more.
Conclusion is get a rev' limiter as only Sir Eddie can get a Norton to
live @ 11,000.

I'm a bit anal on Peel project mass wise, so very interested what
your works out to. Combat manual lists 412 lb, but they didn't
come with mirror or signals. I'll be happy if bike+me = -550 lb.

What I'm curious is how harsh it handles turns and if you've
the nature to wisely press them to sense what's happening.
I got no more respect for fat tire moderns but on freeway
opens. Its torquey skinny tire edge cycles I'm pensive
about matching.

Mainly curious what you sense in the Featerbed twists or
jutters. i was under impression it was not up to Commando
power but an isolastic adaption changes the whole equation.

hobot

I wonder if it is coincidence that I am reading this thread and watching Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

Hi Everyone & you Ash,
I'm inclined to be sceptical about this bike like others in here. 130 mph maybe, - brilliant handling, Yes definatley - 11,000 rpm, I dont think the gearing on the drive matches the rev counter gearing as was said earlier in here.
Could it be that your taking the piss Ash ? (No offence mate) Well maybe a little.
My 750 cruises at 90mph at 5000 rpm on my way home from work up the M1 motorway. If it did 11,000 I could catch Concord.
Cheers all

This is great keep it up it beats the c**p out of working and it's raining outside...130mph must have a neck like Mike Tyson

ashman wrote:..the bike is well under 300 pounds the Commando is 412 pounds dry, I say it would be more between 250 and 300 pounds ..

Sorry ashman , but I find this difficult to believe ..to put it politely ..
My Commando weights exactly 132 kg , wich is 291 lbs . With all lubricants and battery , but no fuel .
To achieve this I had to go to extremes like 32 spoke wheels , hollow shafts , sidestand and kick , remove STD instruments , Z plates , headlamp shell , fork internals ...even the steel shims in the isos are gone ..Countless parts are reproduced in ligher material .. Every single bolt and nut is put on a scale .Just name a part and I'll tell you what I did .
The only part where I won't remove weight is the crankshaft .
To reduce weight furter , I would have to go to more exotic stuff like carbon , magnesium , titanium ..
Looking at your bike , I see you still have the original hubs and brakes ( you could gain an easy 20 lbs in your rear wheel alone ) , iron barrel and tripple trees , primary case ,massive handlebar , seat and footrests , etc ..
Put it on a scale and you'll find that your bike is closer to (or over ?) 400 lbs than 300 lbs .
OTO , I do have direction indicators and fuel taps ..

I hope everyone does not think these whimsical tales are common to all of us from the Antipodes. With the cautionary disclaimer that imbibing copious quantities of the amber brew have proven to dramatically increase speed and power and drastically reduce weight and the other various effects of gravity!.