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Mighty Norton Knowledgeable,
Last Sunday after cutting my hand working on my roadster I was feeling sorry for myself and searching Craigslist around the country looking at different bikes (just for the fun of it). Sure enough if you look at to much candy you are bound to buy a piece. Found a 1970 Norton 750 Fastback in Detroit Michigan for a fair price.
Called the owner and we worked a deal and I arranged for an old friend to pick her up and store her in his garage until I could figure out the transport from Detroit to Nashville. Luckily I lived in Detroit for 4 years and had a reliable person to store her for me. He jumped right on it and sent me this picture of my new old girl waiting for me.
My wife and I rented a utility van and left on Saturday for Detroit. We picked her up at 8am on Saturday and immediately turned around and drove back to Nashville. 18 hours of driving in 26 hours. It was worth the trip and I'm glad i didn't hire a freight company. There's something nice about making the trip and picking her up myself.
Have to get back to work but as of last night she's parked up next to "Maggie" my 74 Roadster and both are safe and sound in Nashville ready to be stripped down and rebuilt one bolt at a time. As always, i will need a lot of help from you guys. She needs a lot of work. You can tell she was stored for a long time and I'm pretty confident she switched hands to lots of different owners over the last 40 years. From what I can see there really hasn't been anything upgraded or restored except a bad paint job on the tank and tail. She was just ridden and parked. Very neglected. You can't see it from the pictures but every piece of chrome is pitted, wiring harness is a total mess, all cables and hoses are stiff as metal and look to have never been replaced, etc.
This is going to be a fun one!
Last Sunday after cutting my hand working on my roadster I was feeling sorry for myself and searching Craigslist around the country looking at different bikes (just for the fun of it). Sure enough if you look at to much candy you are bound to buy a piece. Found a 1970 Norton 750 Fastback in Detroit Michigan for a fair price.
Called the owner and we worked a deal and I arranged for an old friend to pick her up and store her in his garage until I could figure out the transport from Detroit to Nashville. Luckily I lived in Detroit for 4 years and had a reliable person to store her for me. He jumped right on it and sent me this picture of my new old girl waiting for me.
My wife and I rented a utility van and left on Saturday for Detroit. We picked her up at 8am on Saturday and immediately turned around and drove back to Nashville. 18 hours of driving in 26 hours. It was worth the trip and I'm glad i didn't hire a freight company. There's something nice about making the trip and picking her up myself.
Have to get back to work but as of last night she's parked up next to "Maggie" my 74 Roadster and both are safe and sound in Nashville ready to be stripped down and rebuilt one bolt at a time. As always, i will need a lot of help from you guys. She needs a lot of work. You can tell she was stored for a long time and I'm pretty confident she switched hands to lots of different owners over the last 40 years. From what I can see there really hasn't been anything upgraded or restored except a bad paint job on the tank and tail. She was just ridden and parked. Very neglected. You can't see it from the pictures but every piece of chrome is pitted, wiring harness is a total mess, all cables and hoses are stiff as metal and look to have never been replaced, etc.
This is going to be a fun one!
