Hairy Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 what a story, looking forward to seeing this bike coming to life! Seeing as it's so quiet let me let everyone in onto my latest project. A bit of (sad) history - I can't take credit for this bike - it was built by a guy who wanted a Manx Norton, but obviously couldn't afford a genuine one so he collected parts over 20 or so years and when he felt he had enough to begin, started putting the bike together. As you see it now was where he was when he was called in for lunch by his wife, and after lunch took a little nap, from which he never woke up again. He was busy bleeding the oil lines making sure oil flowed through before he started it up. The bikes and all his tools went into his Estate and I bid on the Hydraulic Bench that the bike was standing on. When I went to collect the bench, the Norton was still there - no-one wanted it and they were pretty desperate to get rid of it. In the end I made what I thought was a fair offer and bought it. It's not worth what I paid, it's totally impractical, has no collectable value because it isn't original, but I just could not see it being stripped down and sold for parts which was the next option they were considering. I feel I need to finish what the old man had started. So this weekend I'm going to fire it up. Hold thumbs!
Hairy Posted March 29, 2019 Posted March 29, 2019 A real beaut and great project. I'm sure it would sell to someone if you wanted to sell it. Even Hairy might be tempted.. LOL ...... I was thinking along those lines I doubt it - no papers, it has the 500cc Twin Norton engine which someone told me would battle to pull itself out of bed, has a Suzuki GT750 brake which is probably worth more to a Suzuki collector than the bike(!) and Honda forks off I think a CB750 - you can see the mounts for the disk brakes. But it looks cool.......She sounds perfect sawystertrance and BenReaper 2
V12man Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 thats not very nice.What did you want him to say? "To be honest that's buttugly? ???? Butt its worse than that...
V12man Posted March 30, 2019 Posted March 30, 2019 They're not around any more.I have one in my garage... not for sale...
Grebel Posted March 31, 2019 Posted March 31, 2019 I have one in my garage... not for sale...Probably because nobody wants to buy it....
V12man Posted March 31, 2019 Posted March 31, 2019 Probably because nobody wants to buy it....They have a following - got a list of people waiting in line. What I really want is the electric c1.. but none came in to SA as far as I have been able to find out.
Hairy Posted March 31, 2019 Posted March 31, 2019 Probably because nobody wants to buy it.... They have a following - got a list of people waiting in line. What I really want is the electric c1.. but none came in to SA as far as I have been able to find out.you talking about the C1 ..... those have always intrigued me!
BenReaper Posted March 31, 2019 Posted March 31, 2019 Had to go see a client early this morning and planned on riding there with the bicycle, woke up early and didn't feel up to the 60km there and back so made morning of it with my boy. Grebel, Wannabe, Andymann and 5 others 8
Steven Knoetze (sk27) Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 They're not around any more. Thankfully..........Still puzzles me how you don't need a helmet to ride them
V12man Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 Thankfully..........Still puzzles me how you don't need a helmet to ride themActually - legally - in SA you do need to wear a helmet - but the manufacturer recommendation is that you do not need to wear one (guess because of the seatbelts and cage - and the extra load on the neck in the event of a frontal impact/whiplash.) That said - I don't wear one and have ridden past many many metro cops without issues so far. The only issue with using it as a commuter is that is it very wide - wider than a GS1200.... so not good for lane splitting.
Hairy Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 you sir are doing it right! Had to go see a client early this morning and planned on riding there with the bicycle, woke up early and didn't feel up to the 60km there and back so made morning of it with my boy. BenReaper 1
Eddy Gordo Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 I wouldn't mind a utv. Are they allowed to be used on the road?
Andymann Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 No exciting news from my side on the Norton I'm afraid. It hasn't got a kickstart in the box that came with it, so the only way we are going to get it fired is with some rollers which we don't have. So I had to be content with sitting on it and making wroom-wroom noises while the dog looked on and wondered what I was up to.... Hairy, BenReaper, Wannabe and 1 other 4
Hairy Posted April 1, 2019 Posted April 1, 2019 Can't get someone to push you down the driveway, and back a couple of times No exciting news from my side on the Norton I'm afraid. It hasn't got a kickstart in the box that came with it, so the only way we are going to get it fired is with some rollers which we don't have. So I had to be content with sitting on it and making wroom-wroom noises while the dog looked on and wondered what I was up to....
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