It’s a Norton engine?

Flatspot · May 25, 2023

Unlikely unless you know better

Yakatak · May 25, 2023

cliffa · May 25, 2023

Flatspot said:
Unlikely unless you know better View attachment 107169 View attachment 107170

Love the hinged (bevel?) covers.

dobba99 · May 25, 2023

Made of wood, appeared on the cover of Roadholder a while ago

Longtimegone · May 25, 2023

I could see something was going on, but figured it might be 3-D printed.

Flatspot · May 25, 2023

I saw it when we went into Mathewsons shop and museum, although the museum was closed and so I bought a load of tat. It is where the TV series Bangers and Cash gets filmed. Yes clearly it’s a wooden mock-up (cock-up or f+ck-up you decide) but it was the hinged covers that made me laugh.

mdt-son · May 25, 2023

cliffa said:
Love the hinged (bevel?) covers.

A bevel drive would require the horizontal shaft to be placed much higher. The head model reminds me of a G50.
Ridiculous valve gear lubrication (mockup)!
Wood is nicely masked - I couldn't detect any traces of wood grain.

- Knut

BritTwit · May 25, 2023

Love the door hinges on the bevel covers, nice redneck touch.
Kinda what you would expect if a fake Harley, fake Ducati, and fake Norton all collided together, and came together to form a third mutant type.....
Harducton.

cliffa · May 25, 2023

The hinges are genuine Norton anyway. They're off a "Garden gate"

cliffa · May 25, 2023

mdt-son said:
A bevel drive would require the horizontal shaft to be placed much higher. The head model reminds me of a G50.
Ridiculous valve gear lubrication (mockup)!
Wood is nicely masked - I couldn't detect any traces of wood grain.

- Knut

Probably placed lower to accommodate the bamboo bevel drive shaft starting to grow.

Recommended lubricant = Danish oil

BritTwit · May 25, 2023

Mighty rare beast indeed.
Single barrel carb with two float chambers, I guess three would have been overkill.

Onder · May 26, 2023

I liked the safety wire hose clamps on the rocker lube tubes...or likely picture hanging wire!

concours · May 26, 2023

BritTwit said:
Love the door hinges on the bevel covers, nice redneck touch.
Kinda what you would expect if a fake Harley, fake Ducati, and fake Norton all collided together, and came together to form a third mutant type.....
Harducton.

Bikes & Beards come to mind.

Dan1950 · May 27, 2023

BritTwit said:
Love the door hinges on the bevel covers, nice redneck touch.
Kinda what you would expect if a fake Harley, fake Ducati, and fake Norton all collided together, and came together to form a third mutant type.....
Harducton.

Here's what happens when a Knucklehead Hog and a BMW have a love child.

Lineslinger · May 27, 2023

Cool, but watch where you put your hands and fingers.

Someone put a lot of effort into the wooden Norton engine, really interesting piece of sculpture?

jan nelder · May 27, 2023

should match the wooden front brake then!

Dan1950 · May 27, 2023

Lineslinger said:
Cool, but watch where you put your hands and fingers.

That's a 22" prop. The engine is a 3.0 cu in 4-stroke making 5HP. It weighs 4#.

It’s a Norton engine?

Flatspot

Yakatak

cliffa

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Longtimegone

Flatspot

mdt-son

BritTwit

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1974 MK II Roadster

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