Is this a P11 ?

Early 60's Dominator 500 or 600 were fitted with that timing cover.
 
Non-downdraught garden gate head (post '61?), single monobloc, no breather as mentioned, and timing cover looks like Domi 88 or 99 motor. Slimline frame might be original. Numbers will tell the truth.

Scott
 
kernel65 said:
garden gate head
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garden gate head ???

What do you mean by that.
Thats usually a reference to the old garden gate plunger frames,
not seen it applied to any heads before ?
 
kernel65 said:
Non-downdraught garden gate head (post '61?), single monobloc, no breather as mentioned, and timing cover looks like Domi 88 or 99 motor. Slimline frame might be original. Numbers will tell the truth. Scott
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kernel65 said:
Rohan said:
kernel65 said:
garden gate head
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garden gate head ???
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It's a term I've heard used to describe the casting between the rocker spindle covers. Added somewhere around 1961 from what I understand.
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100% wrong term to use here- the Garden gate were mostly singles after all.
If you have an early cast iron head there is no inlet downdraught angled carbs.
Use a magnet to find out.
Alloy heads also came with a single carb manifold with a split spacer inside the inlet port ....sometimes-whatever you do, do not remove it if you retain the single carb.
 
Bernhard said:
the Garden gate were mostly singles after all.
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That will be news to all the plunger framed Norton Model 7 dommie twin owners here.
And of which I have a few.

The iron heads are quite distinctive, (and HEAVY !!)
And have less fins and less widely splayed exhaust ports,
so the later exhaust pipes couldn't fit.
And small inlet ports, and vertical manifold studs.

Nope, no need to discuss this possibility....
 
Not a reference to the frame just the picket design of the casting between spindle covers. Perhaps picket fence is more appropriate and maybe an error on my part.
 
Rohan said:
Bernhard said:
the Garden gate were mostly singles after all.
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That will be news to all the plunger framed Norton Model 7 dommie twin owners here.
And of which I have a few.

The iron heads are quite distinctive, (and HEAVY !!)
And have less fins and less widely splayed exhaust ports,
so the later exhaust pipes couldn't fit.
And small inlet ports, and vertical manifold studs.

Nope, no need to discuss this possibility....
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No doubt you are right but I never hear of the Garden Gate being referred to a Norton except a Manx- I wonder why :?:
 
Model 7 dommies have garden gate frames, perhaps you've not noticed.
Indeed, the 1st pic that comes up if you google this is my dommies frame.... !

(Just how does Access get so prominent in google ?)
 
"You can eat off any part of this bike" sounds a little dubious too....
 
marshall said:
Hello, I bought my Norton in Malaysia in 1979, and had it shipped back to the United States in 1980. I this point I need to sell it, but I am not sure what model it is. I am thinking a P11 or P11A ? I could check the VIN, but the bike is in Boston, and I am in Albuquerque. (I am planning to fly to Boston to sell it.) In the meantime, based on the photos attached, could anyone hazard a guess as to the model of my Norton. Thank you!

Is this a P11 ?
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Now to find out what you have I like some engine and frame numbers So I can tell you what you have But its NOT a P11 or a N15 its one of the slimline featherbed models and could be 500 or 600 or a 650cc machine with a mix of parts
 
I think you will find its a fairly standard slimline dommy 99 early 1960's ,non std silencers handlebars and seat. could have been an early SS as its fitted with a mag and some chrome but the single carb says std dommy with the distributor swopped for a mag . Not a bitza as many early bikes got customised to suit owners preferences. The kickstart 9fin barrel and early tank says to me std 99 poshed up with later finished parts. could even be 1959. The higher comp big valve head thats fitted came in on bikes built from about 1959 and stayed till the DD splayed exhaust head appeared.
 
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