Auction thi weekend

Chris · Feb 17, 2024

Well someone got a nice project.
Manx rear wheel. Facinating timing cover & crancases. Lots of nice parts. I put a couple of bids in 8 grand on this & £1600 On one of the engines. Close but no cigar.

Fast Eddie · Feb 17, 2024

Chris said:
Well someone got a nice project.
Manx rear wheel. Facinating timing cover & crancases. Lots of nice parts. I put a couple of bids in 8 grand on this & £1600 On one of the engines. Close but no cigar.

Shame you missed out mate. A new project is just wot you need

SteveA · Feb 17, 2024

Chris said:
Well someone got a nice project.
Manx rear wheel. Facinating timing cover & crancases. Lots of nice parts. I put a couple of bids in 8 grand on this & £1600 On one of the engines. Close but no cigar.

Sorry Chris, but some of us sleeping in the countryside have no idea what you didn't win at auction!!

Nice to know you are still in the game!

Chris · Feb 17, 2024

Ha the photos are missing!

Fast Eddie · Feb 17, 2024

Chris said:
Ha the photos are missing!
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Wow!

You shudda tried harder Chris !

Anyone know what that engine is? Home made? Factory?

t ingermanson · Feb 17, 2024

I like the engine stand made from a rotating mill vise. That's cool.

robs ss · Feb 17, 2024

I know that it may be just because it's black but that timing cover doesn't appear to allow for a cam chain or oil pump?
Wonder where the crankcases came from - no timing side rear "protrusion".
The combination of these two doesn't look very "Norton" to me.
Cheers

Fast Eddie · Feb 18, 2024

robs ss said:
I know that it may be just because it's black but that timing cover doesn't appear to allow for a cam chain or oil pump?
Wonder where the crankcases came from - no timing side rear "protrusion".
The combination of these two doesn't look very "Norton" to me.
Cheers

That cam looks like it’s still in the right place to me. I’d like to know what the big blue access plates are for though…

Chris · Feb 18, 2024

Ignition same as the Mantis. Beautifully cut & welded crancases.

cliffa · Feb 18, 2024

robs ss said:
I know that it may be just because it's black but that timing cover doesn't appear to allow for a cam chain or oil pump?
Wonder where the crankcases came from - no timing side rear "protrusion".
The combination of these two doesn't look very "Norton" to me.
Cheers

It looks like it's still there, but well removed redundant sections & converted to crank triggered ignition? by John Turner according to the bottom of the engine.

Sold for £8,600

baz · Feb 18, 2024

cliffa said:
It looks like it's still there, but well removed redundant sections & converted to crank triggered ignition? by John Turner according to the bottom of the engine.

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Sold for £8,600

I'd be curious to see behind that central blue cap how the idle sprocket spindle is supported?

daveforty · Feb 18, 2024

Sold for £8600, then 15% to the auctioneers. So nigh on £10k....

SteveA · Feb 18, 2024

cliffa said:
It looks like it's still there, but well removed redundant sections & converted to crank triggered ignition? by John Turner according to the bottom of the engine.

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Sold for £8,600

I don't think it is engine speed 'crank triggered'. My guess is that the trigger mechanism has been moved to the intermediate gear so that it still runs at half engine speed, but doesn't have the timing chain tension and variability to deal with. You can see the trigger output cable. The forward blue plate seems to just be a cover for the empty points plate/pick up trigger hole.

I would also guess that the breather is by G50 flap valve on the crank drive side, which was quite common on Nortons in the 1970s.