Looking for a Norton engine builder in the US Southeast

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I'm new to the forum, just bought a 75 Mk3 that I'm going to restore. I'm in the Atlanta area and looking for a Norton expert to through the engine and gearbox. Any recommendations for someone in the Southeast?
 
Talk to Nathan Kimmel at AeroCycle.
404-668-4480
He is the Atlanta area and has been involved with Nortons forever.He is also a great source for parts.
Dealer for AN and others
 
Where in the SE? Are you willing to drive, and how far? Chris Greenbacker in MD does good work. If you want his contact info, I can send it to via a private message.
 
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Where in the SE? Are you willing to drive, and how far? Chris Greenbacker in MD does good work. If you want his contact info, I can send it to via a private message.
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MD is fine, please send me his contact info. Guy up there built my MG Le Mans drive train last year. Thanks!
 
Thanks for the references guys, I'm following up on all of them. At some point I'll post more about my restoration, perhaps create a build thread. My bike is being delivered next Thursday and I plan on getting it up on the table and go through things to sort out what this project is going to cost me. It's a relatively low mile 2 owner bike with14,300 miles that looks to be all original. From the pictures, it looked great in 2006 after a partial cosmetic and mechanical restoration, and then rarely ridden and sadly sat uncovered in a garage since 2013. So a whole lot of dust, surface rust, and light pitting has set in everywhere. I'll never understand why people do this. The PO has no records and can't remember all what was done other than new pistons/rings. So I don't know whether the cam was replaced, values/seats were done, layshaft bearings, etc. Given it only had around 12K miles on it when they worked on it, not much may have been done, sort of a mystery why the pistons were replaced but I guess that's what you get with barn stuff. I'm shooting for a like new bike with sensible upgrades so my approach is to simply pull it all apart, inspect, clean, recoat, and fix/replace where needed. I ride all the bikes in my garage, so it has to be ready to go and dependable. I'm fresh off a 1978 Moto Guzzi Le Mans frame up restoration last winter that went way, way, over budget but I'm extremely happy with the result, it's a killer bike. Hopefully this Norton won't be like that however as my wife told me about her wedding ring "The value remains long after the price is forgotten". Cheers!
 
As long as it was stored with oil in the tank, it has gone into long term, self preservation mode with all the oil in the sump. :)
If it 'Ran when Parked', Do a regular out of Hibernation service, it'll probably be good to go.
 
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I'm fresh off a 1978 Moto Guzzi Le Mans frame up restoration last winter that went way, way, over budget but I'm extremely happy with the result, it's a killer bike. Hopefully this Norton won't be like that however as my wife told me about her wedding ring "The value remains long after the price is forgotten".
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I suspect that you know as well as the rest of us do… that is BOUND TO HAPPEN !

But your wife is quite right… hang on to those words… you might need to reminder her later…

Looking forward to the build thread, they’re often the best ones on here.
 
Stan Keyes (Cyco Cycle) in Jacksonville, FL is also a very good Norton mechanic and restoration guy
 
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Thanks for the references guys, I'm following up on all of them. At some point I'll post more about my restoration, perhaps create a build thread. My bike is being delivered next Thursday and I plan on getting it up on the table and go through things to sort out what this project is going to cost me. It's a relatively low mile 2 owner bike with14,300 miles that looks to be all original. From the pictures, it looked great in 2006 after a partial cosmetic and mechanical restoration, and then rarely ridden and sadly sat uncovered in a garage since 2013. So a whole lot of dust, surface rust, and light pitting has set in everywhere. I'll never understand why people do this. The PO has no records and can't remember all what was done other than new pistons/rings. So I don't know whether the cam was replaced, values/seats were done, layshaft bearings, etc. Given it only had around 12K miles on it when they worked on it, not much may have been done, sort of a mystery why the pistons were replaced but I guess that's what you get with barn stuff. I'm shooting for a like new bike with sensible upgrades so my approach is to simply pull it all apart, inspect, clean, recoat, and fix/replace where needed. I ride all the bikes in my garage, so it has to be ready to go and dependable. I'm fresh off a 1978 Moto Guzzi Le Mans frame up restoration last winter that went way, way, over budget but I'm extremely happy with the result, it's a killer bike. Hopefully this Norton won't be like that however as my wife told me about her wedding ring "The value remains long after the price is forgotten". Cheers!
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I parked mine covered in a concrete floor steel shed for about 10 years after I moved to NZ, got divorced, remarried, had more kids blah blah blah.

Same deal with surface rust and pitting. That's is kind of the deal in places with humidity or salty air. Like in NZ...

Beware of the cylinder walls, though as one will be open to the air. I had to go +.040 to get rid of the pitting on mine.
 
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