Ms peel and Trixie for sale on Facebook

I thought Steve had one set up with a Blower.

If those bikes could tell a story it would be an interesting tale

CanukNortonNut said:

I thought Steve had one set up with a Blower.

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I thought so also. No good side shots in those pics. I guess we'll see when he takes them out of the trailer

That's a shame. When I initially heard of his plight via @1973x1974 ? I thought I would try and help the man. He was in a home in Berryville, Arkansas. I spoke with him a couple times. He told me his ex-sold all his Norton stuff. He was getting ready to be booted out of the home. I tied to intervene, even writing a letter to the Arkansas Governor. Her office was willing to help, but never heard from Steve again.

Good spot Baz !

Guys, guys, guys…

Someone over there buy this!

Yes, it had a Drouin blower set up on it.

It also had a Maney 920 engine built by Ken Canaga. Maybe Ken can shed some light on the spec, but I recall it being built to a very high attention to detail.

It also had a TTI gearbox.

So, just in that engine, blower, gearbox there is COMFORTABLY over $20k.

Alloy cradle with extra iso. Ohlins shocks. And probably all sorts of expensive bits n bobs in little packets and boxes.

At $4500 (even before haggling) that is a freakin corner cripple humbling Gravel churning bargain !!

Caveat: of course, you’d need to go and see and confirm this is all still the case and it hasn’t already been cherry picked.

The man with his work:

RIP Steve.

More pics:

There are more threads on this by Steve buried in the forum, but here’s a good one. It also shows Steve’s rather unique ideas with regards to styling.

Fast Eddie said:

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It'd be great if someone on here bought it and finished it
Such a shame that hobot ran out of time

piece of history folks, if I was south of 48 I would try

Looking at the pics on facebook the 920 with Maney cylinders is still there in the frame with the Ohlins rear shocks and knobby front tire. I do not see the TTi gearbox anywhere, but it could be hidden under something. Roll of the dice thinking either engine is still functional. What I see is a $4500 ticket to burn more money. Good luck to whomever buys that pile.

Reading hobot’s stuff on this forum has brought me many hours of joy. Even though he was over it before I got here, I really felt like he had a knack for remembering that these are machines for us to use and enjoy, not just to polish and hide away from the world. Every time I take a gravel road on Nortaniel (my kids name for the bike) that the harley guys wouldn’t touch with a ten foot pole, I think about hobots insane videos riding up a dried up creekbed, modifying his exhaust with a shotgun, general rampaging, etc. They’re built to be used and nobody did it with more vigor than him. I hope to god somebody puts em together and rides the piss out of em. May his memory be an inspiration to us all-

The engine in the left side frame, the one with the Ohlins shocks, does look like the 920 I built for Steve. For anyone intrested, this is a summary of that build. Lots of good parts in there, if it is that engine.




Crankcases– Steve Maney, with Timeserts everywhere.

Crankshaft– Norton halves, steel flywheel from Ron Fraturelli, all welded and nitrided by Geoff Collins, journals ground .020" under. Straightened by Marine Crankshaft. Drilled two holes in flywheel and welded in threaded inserts to take 7/8" socket head set screws as weights to adjust balance factor. With no weights, as currently installed, BF is 61.2%. Two different sets of weights, one set shorter than the other, are included, that raise the balance factor to 74% and 80%, resp., when installed. Shafts are loose fit for bearings, so inner bearing races of new main bearings were copper plated for tighter fit. New Glacier .020" under rod bearings. Shimmed .010" on timing side for .008" end play. Installed with new mainshaft seal.

Rods– Carrillo long rods from Jim Schmidt, 6.400" c-c. Bots torqued to .0065" stretch, 35 ft-lb.

Pistons– Jim Schmidt JE high pin, short skirt, forged 920 cc kit, with rings (Total Seal) and pins. Cryo treated piston and rings at Controlled Thermal Processing. Had pistons coated with Swain Goldtop coat and PC-9 coat on skirts. Ring end gaps are .019"/.020"top ring and .031" second ring. Gap on second ring is not significant because of gapless design. Oil ring gaps are at least.030". Ring box has part number XC3189H, and statement "Gapless2nd ring in this box."

Cylinders– Steve Maney 920 cc 81 mm bore. Pistons are 3.1855" at the skirt. Honed cylinders to .0052/,0053" clearance at top and.0059" at bottom, for intentional taper, with final plateau hone. Timeserts installed.

Head– 750 ported head supplied by Steve, converted to 850 head bolt pattern and counterbores opened up for 920 cc 81 mm bore diameter. Valves are 7 mm stem, and use lash caps. Made custom front studs,and fitted Timeserts to all three studs.

Cam– Megacycle 560 NDP 06-07. Fitted with .021" shim to give.007" end play. Timed with intake lobe center at 106 degrees.

Pushrods– Custom LCR .100" shorter than stock.

Oilpump has new rubber seal.

Ken