I can hear it screamng.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Norton-1 ... 20ae0e8146

A fate worse than death.

Reminds me of an abused dog in an animal shelter. It definitely needs a new owner. With some TLC it can probably become a decent bike again, but will it ever forget the abuse by it's previous owner?

Stop torturing yourself, it looks like a good buy, you know you will regret it for the rest of your life if you let it go

Jean

Time for another Cranky Old Britt, Mike?

Shouldn't be too hard to put it back to stock - proper fork stanchions, bars, and seat. A stock seat might be a little hard to come by, but you could probably have something fabbed up for it. A little fettling, and there you go!

No need to repaint or rechrome - just keep that nice old original patina intact.

Debby

Buy it, lose the front brake, paint the tank with US flag colors, sell some coke, put the cash in the gas tank, and go to find America....

Cue Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman" and then Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild...."

BrianK wrote:Buy it, lose the front brake, paint the tank with US flag colors, sell some coke, put the cash in the gas tank, and go to find America....

Cue Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman" and then Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild...."

If you see Jack Nickelson, just run him over

Hell, no, smoke a doobie with him Jean ...gives you a whole new way of looking at the day....!

There are a family of them looking for good homes ..... check this one.....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1965-NORTON-N15CS ... 3ef9fe18f3

Go on you know you want to!!!!

It's either N15 or a P11 .
Can't be both . ( in this case , N15 )
Absolutely worth saving , but it needs slightly more than just a seat and a fork .

Yes, it does look like a great buy - at its current price anyway. The paintwork looks to be original and I would not change it. A new seat, fork tubes, handlebars and front fender should get it close to being and very nice looking bike.

Jason

It looks more Orange than Red, I guess that's sun-faded paint.

Otherwise, it's not raked or chopped, just accessorized.

Not bad if the price doesn't bump more than a grand...

...which it will...

Yup,

If it was a CSR I'd be in the running. I'd do a symapathetic restore on that bike myself. Just proper parts and keep the paint.
I've never ridden the ones with the off road fork internals so i'm not sure if that would need to be looked at. My bike had pretty standard Norton forks.

I presume under U.S. law that the perpetrator of this sacroliffic abomination qualifies for the death penalty?

chiefdeal wrote:I presume under U.S. law that the perpetrator of this sacroliffic abomination qualifies for the death penalty?

Are you kidding. Back in the day I'm sure that was much more desirable. Sure now we can laugh but tastes change.