End of last summer I had a pre arranged visit from a couple of TVS guys , had a great chat & shared my highs & lows of 961 ownership , they were keen to hear my tales of great times & the not so great , your right Brit twit bout inherited pile of spare parts & built those 961 classics pretty quickly, BUT , no way is there 40 , not from what I can make out . My faults have been, parasite drain on battery, battery/tank support bracket broken ( twice ) de cat pipe broken bracket ( twice) & pipe broken, minor fueling issue on running ( but lamda delete resistors soughted that) and that spring that broke up on back of clutch basket that damaged the balence shaft gear & crank gear ( outrageous banging noise occurring at 50mph ) , stopped immediately.
So thinking about that last issue , the bike could of locked up thrown me off & then goodnight Vienna , the TVS guys were gathering info from a few owners at the time & took my comments seriously.
Nine months on now & still no delivery of the 961 Classic I can only think that they were concerned bout releasing these last few bikes & one of them causing them legal & publicity problems if someone fell off as result of a faulty bike & suffered injury or death !
So I imagine they must of improved the quality of the clutch springs ,strengthen the other parts that broke at the very least . Hence that pile of spares they may have can’t be sold with them knowing that there are documented existing faults with some of the 961 design , such a shame & really tbh with the combined effort of all here on ACCESS NORTON particularly from Richard 7 & his dad /Ian Wilson from NZ who both directly tried to help & support Skinner & his team where things could be improved, it was Richard 7 that first discovered the fake sensors being used & the absence of a transmissIon vent that caused serious oil leaks . Richard put one on my bike at 1000 miles , 10 weeks later my bike had covered 9,500 miles without any issues / oil leaks etc ,the factory serviced the bike & after that all the bikes started having transmission vents fitted from new .
So basically the answers to a perfect 961 are on this forum already.
There you are , said my bit