Hey All,
So I have lurked here for a while but don't really think I have been a participant at all because, well, it has been 20 years since I actually owned a running norton (1992 - 1973 yellow commando). I have a neat collection of parts that may one day be my personal bike (1972 ex AHRMA racer frame with 74 850 engine cases) but for the moment no actual runner.
Anyway, A couple of years ago my father and I picked up a father son project:
We bought it from the original owner's estate, it is a 1972 Dunstall 810 Mk II with privateer race history (and pics to prove it) . My father owned a dunstall dommie-racer back in 67 that he brought with him when he moved back to the states from switzerland and then gave away to a friend of his in colorado. In the last 10 years the bug for another dunstall bit and when we found this one we had to jump on it. It took us some time to get the paperwork squared away so we had ownership papers but now that we do I figured it was time to get to work.
When we were unpacking the engine from its slumber we noticed that the right side pad on the bottom of the case was stamped "Prod Racer" and next to it "92hp". The case also has some other stampings including "Dunstall 810 MKII". Is it possible that Paul may have built this bike out of a Proddy Racer? As delivered the bike was an unfaired mk II with all the engine goodies, the dunstall dual disc forks, rearsets, 2 into 1 into 2 pipe with decebel silencers, and the yellow paint you see it in. It was delivered with a smooth top clamp but that was changed for a handlebar top clamp by the first owner (I have both). the neck tag is stamped Dunstall 810 MK II as well and does not look to have ever been off the frame. The frame has been drilled and gussetted. Is there a chance this may be a production racer that paul converted into one of his bikes? Dunstalls were not being officially imported until 73, the first owner of this bike imported the bike in the spring of 1972.
so what do you guys think?
So I have lurked here for a while but don't really think I have been a participant at all because, well, it has been 20 years since I actually owned a running norton (1992 - 1973 yellow commando). I have a neat collection of parts that may one day be my personal bike (1972 ex AHRMA racer frame with 74 850 engine cases) but for the moment no actual runner.
Anyway, A couple of years ago my father and I picked up a father son project:
We bought it from the original owner's estate, it is a 1972 Dunstall 810 Mk II with privateer race history (and pics to prove it) . My father owned a dunstall dommie-racer back in 67 that he brought with him when he moved back to the states from switzerland and then gave away to a friend of his in colorado. In the last 10 years the bug for another dunstall bit and when we found this one we had to jump on it. It took us some time to get the paperwork squared away so we had ownership papers but now that we do I figured it was time to get to work.
When we were unpacking the engine from its slumber we noticed that the right side pad on the bottom of the case was stamped "Prod Racer" and next to it "92hp". The case also has some other stampings including "Dunstall 810 MKII". Is it possible that Paul may have built this bike out of a Proddy Racer? As delivered the bike was an unfaired mk II with all the engine goodies, the dunstall dual disc forks, rearsets, 2 into 1 into 2 pipe with decebel silencers, and the yellow paint you see it in. It was delivered with a smooth top clamp but that was changed for a handlebar top clamp by the first owner (I have both). the neck tag is stamped Dunstall 810 MK II as well and does not look to have ever been off the frame. The frame has been drilled and gussetted. Is there a chance this may be a production racer that paul converted into one of his bikes? Dunstalls were not being officially imported until 73, the first owner of this bike imported the bike in the spring of 1972.
so what do you guys think?