Pictures of your Norton 961

Clive said:
Well I feel a bit humbled after being treated to those excellent images and their historic references. I had a lovely ride to work in a rare occurrence of what I have heard referred to in foreign climes as 'sunshine'; what we tend to know as 'not-rain' so I took a pickture of my 2017 961 just down the road from work in Birmingham's jewellery quarter and d*cked around with it in paintshop pro. I think this bike is just so gorgeous from any angle and now thanks to Stu at Motorvated 🥇it is pulling like a train again. View attachment 114114
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Looking good Clive. What did you do about the cylinder head / rocker post issues?
 
cliffa said:
Looking good Clive. What did you do about the cylinder head / rocker post issues?
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Thank you. TVS Norton, in a huge act of generosity, allowed me to buy a set of new rockers, shafts and shims at around £2500. I polished the wear from the posts and used some of the old shims to set the side float. I used lash caps for the damaged valve stem and modified the adjusters so the oil feed was correct. However it was still not running right so it went to Stu at Motorvated and had a total strip/rebuild. Turns out the camshaft lobe had worn away to almost nothing. He sorted out other issues such as modifying the oilways to the clutch and numerous other bits. He is totally meticulous in his work; an engineer to be admired. So now its running well and pulling strong and I love it to bits.
 
Clive said:
Thank you. TVS Norton, in a huge act of generosity, allowed me to buy a set of new rockers, shafts and shims at around £2500. I polished the wear from the posts and used some of the old shims to set the side float. I used lash caps for the damaged valve stem and modified the adjusters so the oil feed was correct. However it was still not running right so it went to Stu at Motorvated and had a total strip/rebuild. Turns out the camshaft lobe had worn away to almost nothing. He sorted out other issues such as modifying the oilways to the clutch and numerous other bits. He is totally meticulous in his work; an engineer to be admired. So now its running well and pulling strong and I love it to bits.
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That’s great news Clive. I think I saw Stu’s post on Facebook regarding the clutch lubrication mod.👍
 
My 961 is the best yet and ready for the long haul.

Pictures of your Norton 961

Pictures of your Norton 961
 
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Super sunny Monday, no traffic, couldn’t resist! Spotted a short stress crack forming in the rear brake resevoir hanger, as I was prepping the bike. ‘She’ll be right mate’, as the Aussies say with blind optimism, for one more short ride before I fix that. Nah,…..she’s not always right!:oops:

Shake, rattle and roll!

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Pictures of your Norton 961
Pictures of your Norton 961
Clocking some more miles up while the weather is still OK , thought I would go to my home town of Westhoughton a small rural place where not much happens today. But in 1910 just before Christmas there was a terrible explosion in a local coal mine which affected nearly every family in the area. The youngest person killed was 13 and the oldest 61, one woman lost her husband four sons and her brother all at once . It's hard to comprehend this scale now, but within a two mile radius of the town centre there were 16 mines at the time and health and safety was nil. A relief fund raised £145,000 ,which is £10 million in todays money and every year a memorial service takes place.
 
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