Surprise in my headlight shell.

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I am curious if any of you encountered this or is it a normal Norton occurrence.

I was taking apart my headlight bucket and noticed a brand new set of factory keys taped to some of the wiring inside. I asked the guy i bought the bike from and he had no idea as the headlight had not been taken apart ever.

Did Norton do this on every machine? Mine is a 1975 MKIII.
 
Sounds like a POSSIBILITY that the bikes were delivered either from the factory to the distributor, or from the distributor to the dealers, with the keys in the headlight shell.

I sure as heck can't confirm it one way or the other.
 
Maybe the keys fit a treasure box buried somewhere in Commandoland and your job is to find it? :wink:

Coco said:
I am curious if any of you encountered this or is it a normal Norton occurrence.

I was taking apart my headlight bucket and noticed a brand new set of factory keys taped to some of the wiring inside. I asked the guy i bought the bike from and he had no idea as the headlight had not been taken apart ever.

Did Norton do this on every machine? Mine is a 1975 MKIII.
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some riders will put an extra key somewhere on the bike just in case they loose thier's on a ride.
 
brutus61 said:
some riders will put an extra key somewhere on the bike just in case they loose thier's on a ride.
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True, but inside a headlight shell? I can think of many more places to cenveniently place a spare key than inside the headlight shell, where a screwdriver is needed to access the internals.

Besides, all 3 keys were there and not just the ignition key.
 
Coco said:
Besides, all 3 keys were there and not just the ignition key.
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All three keys ? Do you think this means that the blasted seat locks aren't meant to match the ignition ? Could well be because I've rummaged through boxes of dealer stocks and never managed to find a matched pair. The closest I've found is a pair of FS's seven digits out !

Rivet Counter ? Who, Me ? :shock:
 
The seat key is similar in profile but slightly shorter than the steering head lock key on my MK 3. I think the ignition key is the shortest of the three (3) keys.

Strange that you would need three keys to operate a motorcycle.
 
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