Norton 961 Specialist / Mechanic ?

cliffa said:
A quote from Stu in an earlier thread...

"Visually, the steel liner barrels have a machined area visible around the bottom of the barrel as you look at the engine (if that makes sense?). The later Niklasil plated barrels are just cast finished all over"
Click to expand...

Thanks, I missed his previous comment. I had steel liner barrels on my 2013, but they were replaced with Nikasil barrels in 2015 because the liners had dropped causing the head gasket to fail.
 
SirJoe17 said:
- The bike does not turn over at all anymore, you can just hear the starter spinning and spinning.
Click to expand...
That sounds like the starter relay under the seat. Although, doesn't a relay fail open, not fused closed.
Do 961s have a solenoid? I've seen older bikes with damaged solenoids welded closed that continued to crank the starter until the battery was either drained or disconnected.

That's a lousy way to begin a relationship with a bike!
 
BritTwit said:
That sounds like the starter relay under the seat. Although, doesn't a relay fail open, not fused closed.
Do 961s have a solenoid? I've seen older bikes with damaged solenoids welded closed that continued to crank the starter until the battery was either drained or disconnected.

That's a lousy way to begin a relationship with a bike!
Click to expand...
They use a harley sportster starter. but Im sure he got his answer back in 2022
 

Similar threads

CoryDee
961 specialist/ mechanic Alberta Canada needed!
2
Replies
32
Views
2,234
TonyA
TonyA
Back
Top