For the first time since 1994

Danno · Mar 14, 2010

Fired up the Norton today. Still have a lot of cleaning, a little tuning and a few glitches (why doesn't the taillight work?) to clear up before it's roadworthy. Tightened up a couple of clamps and bolts on the new fuel line setup and the only other leak was the outer gearbox cover gasket. IT'S ALIVE!!!!

swooshdave · Mar 14, 2010

Danno said:
Fired up the Norton today. Still have a lot of cleaning, a little tuning and a few glitches (why doesn't the taillight work?) to clear up before it's roadworthy. Tightened up a couple of clamps and bolts on the new fuel line setup and the only other leak was the outer gearbox cover gasket. IT'S ALIVE!!!!

Pictures, man, pictures! Better yet, video!

Danno · Mar 14, 2010

This was taken after cleaning it up a bit and bringing it in out of the cold to work on. Still looks much the same other than carbs and aircleaner pods are on now.

Danno · Mar 14, 2010

Another view. it's a '71 with '75 power train, brakes & hubs and isolastics, stainless Triumph fenders, shouldered alloy rims, braided stainless brake, oil and fuel lines, 2-into-1 exhaust (Winning, made by BUB) lightened valve train and various homemade brackets and bits.

swooshdave · Mar 14, 2010

Right side Electric start? Is there a picture of how they did the rearsets on the other side?

Danno · Mar 14, 2010

I built the rear brake setup myself back in the day using the stock parts. I cut the triangular base plate off, welded a shortened peg (with taper and threaded end) to the center, heated and bent the brake pedal around the other way and mounted the shortened carrier bracket to the tapered peg stub. The M/C is now on the outside of the arm/bracket and the passenger peg is mounted above it using two flat plate brackets. The chrome plating has deteriorated over the years and needs to be re-done. I will shoot a pic anyway so you can see how it works. The rest was just a matter of removing the E-starter and associated Rube Goldberg of gears and shafts, blanking off the spare holes and converting the gearbox back to RSS using an inner and outer cover from an older model.

Danno · Mar 14, 2010

swooshdave · Mar 14, 2010

I bet you could make a new pedal pretty easily.

It would just take a pedal like this but with the "lever" at the bottom.

Danno · Mar 14, 2010

The one in the photo got broken in a little off-road excursion and I had it welded but was never re-palted. I always wanted to have it replicated in alloy.

MEHAVEY · Mar 14, 2010

Soak things in Evapo-Rust for a day or two, then coat in ACF-50.

... and that's where **ALL** Nortons should be parked -- in the living room.
(I put a flowing philodendron the seat for formal parties.)

Danno · Mar 14, 2010

Yeah, it has a few rusty parts, expecially on the drive side, for some reason. It has been in the garage covered up all this time. I have already replaced a few nuts and bolts with stainless from the local hardware store, and I have an extra pair of Z-plates that will get the custom-cutout treatment soon. I have a friend who does stainless kitchen equipment and I'm gonna try to talk him into fabbing a copy of the stock chainguard. So much to do yet, but at least it's running.

grandpaul · Mar 15, 2010

Very ingenious left foot brake setup...

Danno · Mar 15, 2010

Thanks. I'm a cheap-a$$ dutchman, so I figured out a way to use the stock parts. A little cutting, a little welding, a little (substandard) plating, a little WHOOPS, a little more welding and that's the result. I love it when I can do something with the stuff I have laying around as opposed to spending money on it.

For the first time since 1994

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