Pictures of your Norton 961

Stu Bodycote said:
Literally just picked up from Dream Machine...I'm like a kid at Christmas 😂 Just need to carefully give the aluminium a buff up, which I'll do this evening once I've dropped it back on the bike.
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No wonder, that looks bloody awesome !!
 
Cheers guys!
I'll take some better pictures this weekend.
Next up, exhausts....and I'm thinking leather tank strap?
 

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After quite a bit of flip-flopping on the scheme Stu, not assisted at all by me I seem to remember, you’ve got it spot on! Exactly what I’ll be doing in black/gold if I ever receive the TAB tank.

Tell me that’s not just gonna be a show pony!? To not to ride it would be a travesty:oops:!! If you are, you’re gonna need a tank pad.

I reckon Ogri would want that as his next bike!!

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Stephen_Spencer said:
After quite a bit of flip-flopping on the scheme Stu, not assisted at all by me I seem to remember, you’ve got it spot on! Exactly what I’ll be doing in black/gold if I ever receive the TAB tank.

Tell me that’s not just gonna be a show pony!? To not to ride it would be a travesty:oops:!! If you are, you’re gonna need a tank pad.

I reckon Ogri would want that as his next bike!!

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I may put just a small strip of ppf, but don't particularly want a proper tank pad.
 
Stu Bodycote said:
Cheers guys!
I'll take some better pictures this weekend.
Next up, exhausts....and I'm thinking leather tank strap?
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I have some PPF on mine, but tank strap is something I've thought about. In true pioneering spirit, I'll look to follow where you lead on that one...in an inspirational way you understand ;)
 
NortonDominator2020 said:
My bike is stripped off now, I took out the starter, oil pump and the clutch slave for powder coating and also did ceramic coating to the exhaust pipes…
I’m doing everything by myself, I un assembled everything and assembled it back together and I’m very proud and glad about it! I worked with my hands all my life but never on bikes/cars…
As you can see in the photos it is such a huge difference between how the parts looked before and how they looked after professional black grainy powder coating.
It’s a lot of work but worth any second!
By the way, everything is with titanium grade 5 bolts and nuts from AliExpress(there is a thread about the titanium bolts from China so no need to comment about it here🤪).

Still have a lot of work to do, getting rid of some electricity wires and connectors and some hoses…
Cleaning up the bike from a lot of stuff that is not needed there…

What do you think about the honey gold Oberon clutch slave?
I made them sell me the last one they had without their logo engraved in white… I also took a black one just in case I will think that the gold one is too much of a bling bling…
I will post photos when it’s on the bike, maybe even today.
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You are doing a great job . Keep posting your progress you are giving me inspiration and new ideas !
 
That’s a lot of work to get it exactly how you want it ND - these bikes are keepers for most of us so that’s pretty important. There‘s an interesting mix of finishes there which I think looks great - polished (primary), cast ally (foot peg hangers) and your grainy powder coated parts. Not sure if high polish is something that you want, but getting the primary cases polished to high shine (Norton logo picked out in black) and footrest hangers polished could look pretty sweet IMO.

Not sure there are enough gold highlights to carry off the clutch slave - it does rather stand out there on its own. Personal preference though mate. Looking forward to seeing the finished bike. Keep posting.
 
Gojuu said:
Is that a custom seat pad @Bluey72e ? Red stitching looks great on the silver with the red pin stripe.
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Yep, really liking the seat cover too Bluey - did you get that done in Brizzy? Must get around to painting the engine case logo also; that looks 👍 !
 
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NortonDominator2020 said:
By the way, I’m taking my inspiration from the Domiracer and from the black line Dominator which are blacked out… So I don’t think I’m doing anything out of the original DNA..
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I think the blacked out engine cases are what really makes the Domiracer look work - and it's your bike - but I think the slave in the same black as the cover might look better.
 
I got the black one also, I will need to see the whole picture when the bike will be put together and out in the sun, if the honey gold color will be too much I will change to the Oberon black one…
 
Pulled into a bikers haunt today and a bike cop followed us in, directly behind. I was frantically trying to remember if we’d just broken any traffic laws (which we had) before it became apparent that he’d just followed us in to have a look at the Norton! Well, that’s my story and I’m stickin‘ to it!

My riding buddy beat cancer last year, just in time to get punted off his Penegale V4 and writing it (and nealrly himself) off. If there was any upside to that I thought, as he’s in his mid sixties now, that whole scenario might slow him down a little. He might just buy something more befitting his situation - he still has broken bits! But alas not to be! He picked up a 23 plated fire breathing BMW S1000RR M Sport yesterday! Anyone know where I can get a supercharger :oops:?

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