Norton P11 center stand
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Here's a few as promised:
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNdxAZTVIHwdrRMTMaHDXuGJ7WkBgo1Esiuiq5P
I also recall the auctioneer saying something about a "factory racing" frame or something. Could just be a sales pitch.
I'm still learning about the whole bike because I've never seen one (I recently looked into one of my old MC books from when I was a kid, and there's no P11 anywhere in the Norton sections)
But the mount looks solid to me.
https://photos.google.com/album/AF1QipNdxAZTVIHwdrRMTMaHDXuGJ7WkBgo1Esiuiq5P
I also recall the auctioneer saying something about a "factory racing" frame or something. Could just be a sales pitch.
I'm still learning about the whole bike because I've never seen one (I recently looked into one of my old MC books from when I was a kid, and there's no P11 anywhere in the Norton sections)
But the mount looks solid to me.
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this linked photo (or for that matter anybody's linked photos) does not work for me, can you post the photos some other way please?
The P11 chassis is, according to my poor recall, a factory racer G85CS chassis....chrome moly/brazed construction.
I enjoy the blank stare from motorcycle people when I report "it is a Norton P11" .
The P11 chassis is, according to my poor recall, a factory racer G85CS chassis....chrome moly/brazed construction.
I enjoy the blank stare from motorcycle people when I report "it is a Norton P11" .
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https://photos.app.goo.gl/j8NSeQPkVwZtTKXf8
I changed the share settings for the album now. Should work. Let me know and I'll try another way.
Cheers!
I changed the share settings for the album now. Should work. Let me know and I'll try another way.
Cheers!
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Somebody spent a lot of time fabricating that. Looks all custom and good.
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Excellent photos, thank you for this photo posting.
If you take this apart, we need more photos and dimensions if possible.
Does anyone recognize the center stand, as it looks a stock center stand off another bike??
Seems to be an angle section running across the frame to which 4 tabs / lugs are welded which holds two pivot bolts. The outer lugs appear to be threaded. They are L-shaped, thus supporting the angle section under the frame rails. The forward facing part of the angle section is fitted with two tabs/lugs which are clamped by the lower gearbox bolt.
Neat arrangement, apparently avoiding the frame to be altered.
The centerstand including the horizontal tubes which attach to the pivot bolts appear to be factory made. The rugged design suggests it came off a heavy bike. I believe the donor was a Suzuki GS750 and the OEM stand was trimmed for lever etc.
-Knut
Neat arrangement, apparently avoiding the frame to be altered.
The centerstand including the horizontal tubes which attach to the pivot bolts appear to be factory made. The rugged design suggests it came off a heavy bike. I believe the donor was a Suzuki GS750 and the OEM stand was trimmed for lever etc.
-Knut
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I picked up a GS550 stand off ebay for $1 +$10 ship.
Looks promising as a duplicate of the one in Pops pictures....with some mods, pics later.
Looks a tad too tall and side arm needs to be smaller as pictured.
dimension at top , outside both tubes is 6" in width.
Spring hook , cross tube, foot style look same.
in this stock form it weighs 1550 gms
Looks promising as a duplicate of the one in Pops pictures....with some mods, pics later.
Looks a tad too tall and side arm needs to be smaller as pictured.
dimension at top , outside both tubes is 6" in width.
Spring hook , cross tube, foot style look same.
in this stock form it weighs 1550 gms
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Looks like it is bolted to an additionally added round or square bar with tabs welded to the bottom of the frame tubes? Maybe an old Suzuki subframe piece?
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Looking at the photos from pops, it appears to me to be a single flat bar (maybe 1/8 thick) that has 6 tabs welded to it, seven tabs if you include spring tab mount.
Four tabs down to hold the stand, two tabs up to allow bolting to the bottom trans thru bolt, requiring a longer thru bolt.
I see 90 degree tabs at the outside bottom to keep this assembly from rotating up, with bike weight, but I don't see yet what is keeping the whole assembly from rotating down.
Four tabs down to hold the stand, two tabs up to allow bolting to the bottom trans thru bolt, requiring a longer thru bolt.
I see 90 degree tabs at the outside bottom to keep this assembly from rotating up, with bike weight, but I don't see yet what is keeping the whole assembly from rotating down.
The bar is obviously an angle section, not a flat bar.
According to my calculations, there are positive contact forces between the rails and the "90 degree tabs" when center stand is lowered (bike parked) as well as center stand raised (weight of stand balanced by the spring force). Thus, the assembly will not rotate down.
Obviously I made a few reasonable assumptions wrt. geometry based on the images in this thread. If anyone is interested in the calcs, please pm me.
-Knut
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