50th anniversary Cafe Racer

Welshrugby said:
Perhaps catch up with some of you chaps at the Norton bbq nights during the summer. I am normally a lone rider and don't cover too many miles, but if the weather is good this year, Donnington Hall could be on my radar
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I cover more miles on my own. Nobody's wife to bog me down. Hope you love it.
 
But more to the point, I’ve just been told my bike is all ready apart from waiting on a relay to finalise the LED indicators.

I should have it very soon.

Feel like a kid waiting for Christmas...!
 
Fast Eddie said:
But more to the point, I’ve just been told my bike is all ready apart from waiting on a relay to finalise the LED indicators.

I should have it very soon.

Feel like a kid waiting for Christmas...!
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Nigel,
I know the feeling.
I bugged my dealer to become a Norton dealer and get me a 961 ever since I first learned that Garner was selling them in Europe 2010.
Had to wait until the first US shipment in December 2013.
My dealer called me when my 961 was prep'd and ready to pickup.
The next day I hopped a train to his shop - it was 28 degrees F and starting to snow.
I rode the bike home in the snow and freezing weather, but loved it so much I never felt a thing.
 
Perhaps doesn't apply to the purchase of a new Motorcycle, however the source of wonder might be similar.
Borrowed
from another site:


my Oregon Vintage Motorcycle Club Member Profile-

Favorite episode involving a motorcycle: In 1972 an old Chinese man in Takoma Park, MD asked me to look at this strange motorcycle in the cellar of the house he inherited from his brother. It was a rough Velocette Venom that had been sitting for years and was missing the muffler. We worked for over an hour in the dim light before I could finally kick the reluctant dragon to life. It responded by filling the cellar with thick blue smoke, flashes of light from the backfires, and roars from the open exhaust. I’ll never forget his wide open eyes and the dancing smile on his face. He was 9 again and it was the Fourth of July. Also noted was the torrent of Chinese shouts from his wife at the top of the stairs which were totally ineffective at quenching our Celebration. To this day, the key ingredients of vintage motorcycling still are - mystery, frustration, sweat, loud noises, smoke, camaraderie, celebration, and contentment.
 
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BritTwit said:
Nigel,
I know the feeling.
I bugged my dealer to become a Norton dealer and get me a 961 ever since I first learned that Garner was selling them in Europe 2010.
Had to wait until the first US shipment in December 2013.
My dealer called me when my 961 was prep'd and ready to pickup.
The next day I hopped a train to his shop - it was 28 degrees F and starting to snow.
I rode the bike home in the snow and freezing weather, but loved it so much I never felt a thing.
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This is the day I got mine, rode it home 200 miles mostly in rain, parked up here at “ bikestop” in Stevenage ,had to call in & buy waterproofs, note the makeshift number plate made out of card wrapped in a plastic bag, numbers & letters done with a marker pen by Karen who was there at the time, I took bike the moment I could as they hadn’t got the number plate in at the time , stopping traffic on the A1 the bike was , could of been the bike gleaming that got people’s attention or the rubbish yellow card number plate , I’ll never know
 
OMG!
Here is my bike parked up in the factory showroom.
And before anyone spots it, yes, it has the ‘wrong’ mudguard fitted coz I asked for it, I don’t like the scaffolding on the Dommie one.
Right, my first issue, how the bloody hell do I remove those hideous fork reflectors??


50th anniversary Cafe Racer
 
Apologies to all 961 owners but I can't stop looking and taking photo's lol. Yes I did start her; found a 'gremlin' already; warmed up quick enough; std exhaust far too quiet; engine sounds like my old tractor; can't wait to get a sneak run next week!

A perfect stablemate for my Thrux :)

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BLIGHTYBRIT/SF said:
This is the day I got mine, rode it home 200 miles mostly in rain, parked up here at “ bikestop” in Stevenage ,had to call in & buy waterproofs, note the makeshift number plate made out of card wrapped in a plastic bag, numbers & letters done with a marker pen by Karen who was there at the time, I took bike the moment I could as they hadn’t got the number plate in at the time , stopping traffic on the A1 the bike was , could of been the bike gleaming that got people’s attention or the rubbish yellow card number plate , I’ll never know
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Homemade number plate, and you weren’t stopped by the law?
They must have admired your ingenuity and sense of humor.
 
Fast Eddie said:
OMG!
Here is my bike parked up in the factory showroom.
And before anyone spots it, yes, it has the ‘wrong’ mudguard fitted coz I asked for it, I don’t like the scaffolding on the Dommie one.
Right, my first issue, how the bloody hell do I remove those hideous fork reflectors??
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I would imagine that they are epoxied onto the fork leg.
Removing them might damage the finish underneath.
Just ignore the reflectors.
Besides, you can't see them when you're riding.;)
 
BritTwit said:
I would imagine that they are epoxied onto the fork leg.
Removing them might damage the finish underneath.
Just ignore the reflectors.
Besides, you can't see them when you're riding.;)
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If only I weren’t so OCD. I’d love to be happy thinking like that. But it jus’ ain’t so !!
 
Yes, you’re probably right there Ribboncut, prob just a foam sticky pad type effort.

Save some weight when they’ve gone !!
 
Fast Eddie said:
Yes, you’re probably right there Ribboncut, prob just a foam sticky pad type effort.

Save some weight when they’ve gone !!
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It was the first thing that came off when I got my bike a couple of months ago. Reflectors belong on the spokes of children's bicycles, not Nortons. If the reflectors don't loosen with a bit of back and forth movement, you can help it along with some heat from a hair dryer. It is just double sided sticky foam tape and will leave no marks on your forks (at least not on the standard Ohlins gold anodized version).
 
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