New 961 Owners Manual

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Hi All,
Just had a delivery of the lovely Owners Manual for my 961 from new Norton.
It's really cool, made to look like an old LP, large, 100 or so pages, with excellent pictures, descriptions and a lot about the history of Norton as well.
Best one I've ever seen to be honest, including the Porsche, Audi and VW ones I've got for my cars.
I sopke with the Sales team when they rang after my delivery last year and suggested that it was a bit naff to expect us to download a pdf when we are buying such a permium product.
They obvioulsy listened and have done something about it.
I know a lot of you guys have posted a few negative comments about the new set up, and I'm not saying that they're not justified, certainly all opinions are valid, but I for one, have been well chuffed with the product, service and after market contact that they've provided me. Just saying.......
 

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Hi All,
Just had a delivery of the lovely Owners Manual for my 961 from new Norton.
It's really cool, made to look like an old LP, large, 100 or so pages, with excellent pictures, descriptions and a lot about the history of Norton as well.
Best one I've ever seen to be honest, including the Porsche, Audi and VW ones I've got for my cars.
I sopke with the Sales team when they rang after my delivery last year and suggested that it was a bit naff to expect us to download a pdf when we are buying such a permium product.
They obvioulsy listened and have done something about it.
I know a lot of you guys have posted a few negative comments about the new set up, and I'm not saying that they're not justified, certainly all opinions are valid, but I for one, have been well chuffed with the product, service and after market contact that they've provided me. Just saying.......
Hello , Very nice . Is that hard bound ?
 
Hi All,
Just had a delivery of the lovely Owners Manual for my 961 from new Norton.
It's really cool, made to look like an old LP, large, 100 or so pages, with excellent pictures, descriptions and a lot about the history of Norton as well.
Best one I've ever seen to be honest, including the Porsche, Audi and VW ones I've got for my cars.
I sopke with the Sales team when they rang after my delivery last year and suggested that it was a bit naff to expect us to download a pdf when we are buying such a permium product.
They obvioulsy listened and have done something about it.
I know a lot of you guys have posted a few negative comments about the new set up, and I'm not saying that they're not justified, certainly all opinions are valid, but I for one, have been well chuffed with the product, service and after market contact that they've provided me. Just saying.......
Open up!
Let's see a few more pics.
 
Hi All,
Just had a delivery of the lovely Owners Manual for my 961 from new Norton.
It's really cool, made to look like an old LP, large, 100 or so pages, with excellent pictures, descriptions and a lot about the history of Norton as well.
Best one I've ever seen to be honest, including the Porsche, Audi and VW ones I've got for my cars.
I sopke with the Sales team when they rang after my delivery last year and suggested that it was a bit naff to expect us to download a pdf when we are buying such a permium product.
They obvioulsy listened and have done something about it.
I know a lot of you guys have posted a few negative comments about the new set up, and I'm not saying that they're not justified, certainly all opinions are valid, but I for one, have been well chuffed with the product, service and after market contact that they've provided me. Just saying.......
Very nice. For comparison, could you please show the pages for the suspension setup? The current version doesn´t even offer information on factory settings.
 
It's not hard bound, but does have a sleeve on it to make it look like a LP.
Inside there's the usual manual stuff, but also a large section on the brand history, logo, key persons and bikes.
Frustarting though, no info on suspension settings, just 'contact your service partner'.
 
Very nice. For comparison, could you please show the pages for the suspension setup? The current version doesn´t even offer information on factory settings.
Hi CR961 , If the suspension is the same as the earlier USD forks and rear shocks , why not use the Euro 4 service manual settings ?
 
Very nice. For comparison, could you please show the pages for the suspension setup? The current version doesn´t even offer information on factory settings.
Front USD:

Front Fork (per one unit)
Fork Inner Tube
Diameter 43 mm - - -
Compression Damper
Setting 16 Clicks From Fully Closed +11 to -16
Rebound Damping
Setting 18 Clicks From Fully Closed +6 to -18
Spring Preload Setting (3 Turns From Fully Out) +7 to -3
Fork Oil Öhlins Front Fork Fluid 01309 - - -
Fork Oi Viscosity 19 Cst (5W) - - -
Fork Oil Capacity N/A - - -
Fork Oil Level 150mm ± 2 mm - - -
Fork Spring Free Length 260mm ± 2 mm - - -

Rear :

Rear Shock (Per One Unit)
Compression Damper
Setting 3 Clicks From Fully Closed +1 to -3
Rebound Damping
Setting 18 Clicks From Fully Closed +36 to -18
Spring Preload Setting
7 Turns From Fully Out (2 Rings
Showing) +8 to - 7
Fork Spring Free Length 230mm - - -
 
Front USD:

Front Fork (per one unit)
Fork Inner Tube
Diameter 43 mm - - -
Compression Damper
Setting 16 Clicks From Fully Closed +11 to -16
Rebound Damping
Setting 18 Clicks From Fully Closed +6 to -18
Spring Preload Setting (3 Turns From Fully Out) +7 to -3
Fork Oil Öhlins Front Fork Fluid 01309 - - -
Fork Oi Viscosity 19 Cst (5W) - - -
Fork Oil Capacity N/A - - -
Fork Oil Level 150mm ± 2 mm - - -
Fork Spring Free Length 260mm ± 2 mm - - -

Rear :

Rear Shock (Per One Unit)
Compression Damper
Setting 3 Clicks From Fully Closed +1 to -3
Rebound Damping
Setting 18 Clicks From Fully Closed +36 to -18
Spring Preload Setting
7 Turns From Fully Out (2 Rings
Showing) +8 to - 7
Fork Spring Free Length 230mm - - -
Thank you both for responding and for taking the time to copy the specs. Yes, I previously downloaded the Euro4 manual from here.
I was more interested in just finding out if Norton actually fixed this awkward situation on something with Öhlins. I wonder what Gillen will say to this and other such similar seemingly small but painful bites of reality. It´s mysterious to me, especially because the Classic manual had the actual settings before it got pulled from the owner´s library.
 
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