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Sweet bike with a pretty girl...or is it the other way around.

It’s easy to spend another guys money and I’ve written this in other commentary, for me the only thing more important than acceleration is being able to stop it.
The brake upgrade was one of the three top expenditures I put into my restoration.
 
I've never been able to get over my love of older sporty's...….nor pretty women for that matter, but that is a really nice looking both. Congrats. Now you have a fine Norton in the mix.
 
One aspect that’s often overlooked with drum brakes is modern traffic.

The stopping ability of modern ABS equipped cars is nothing like the cars on the roads when Norton’s had drum brakes.

Add to that the busier roads and hugely distracted drivers on the roads today and you have ‘a challenge’.

I still have a couple of drum braked bikes I ride on the road, they’re fine so long as you ride them accordingly and make more allowances, but there’s no doubting that a good disc set up is better.

Lineslinger, are you running the cNw Brembo set up you showed in the picture? I run that set up and it’s great!
 
Hortons Norton said:
Yea but what's with the chicken burger?
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The story behind the photo is that Chick-fil-A had contacted her about using a Jefferson Starship song in one of their ads. She does not agree politically with the management at Chic-fil-A, but decided to accept their money and donate the whole amount to organizations who are 180-degrees opposed to the ideals of Chic-fil-A. This was a couple of years ago. She was 77 at the time the photo was taken but pretty much looks like the same gal I remember from 50 years ago. Finger and all.

As for our original poster and new member. I guess the best welcome we have to offer is hijacking your thread for a lot of side conversations that have little to nothing to do with the original post or Norton motorcycles. You are now one of the family. Welcome aboard.

Russ
 
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Lineslinger, are you running the cNw Brembo set up you showed in the picture? I run that set up and it’s great!


Yup, I studied up on the components and found it was what I was looking for with Matt already having done the homework and development.
Glad you endorse FE.
I have 60 miles on the cNw setup and find the braking characteristics impressive.
 
Well...He is now vetted. I like the looks of the Sporty & the Commando with the drum brakes. It give much to aesthetics, but disc does do much more on the stopping end I grant. Very first Commando I laid eyes on was scratched up badly, as was the new owner upon discovering Newton's Laws. Something about speed/velocity, tight curves/barbed wire, drum brake fade....Nothing can replace sound judgement.
His old/new Norton shall become the envy of many once he gets it cleaned up because you can see a lotta good bike there as it sits.
 
The Norton I picked up has what I call "good bones". It'll be a great bike to run the back country mountain roads up here. I did a fluid check and got her to fire up, no smoke from the engine or Lucas wiring and no funky rattles. The carbs are puking their guts out but I kind'a figured they're gonn'a need a full rebuild even though the shop I got the bike from said they "cleaned 'em up". LOL! OIt does have a new Boyer ignition in it. Working up a "missing/replace/repair" list. Spent most of the weekend clearing out the bike shop and lift to make room for the bike. ( I sooooooooo need to have a yard sale or rent a dump truck!!):D
 
You can only go as fast as you can stop. Goddard's Glow is good for old bikes - it improves performance immensely.
 
Read up on layshaft bearings. Get a workshop manual or download the .pdf file.
 
Mine sat filthy for 38yrs and only needed some gaskets,1 float, needles, some good cleaning. I've always liked Amals.
 
Hmm, I remedied the layshaft bearing issue in mine by installing Barnett clutch plates, constant power shifting and driving the layshaft out of the case after it broke in half :)
That did net my a 5 speed in the end, which was sooo cheap back in 1974
 
First thing I did was get the FSM, Parts Manual and Service Sheets. I'll look into the whole layshaft bearing issue. Yea, never outrun your brakes. Ya' got to know your limitations. (and your bike's) If I wanted to go fast and stop on a dime I'd bought a HondayamasukiXYZ 1200. I got fast bikes....
Look what followed me home...


And slow ones. (real slow!) LOL!!
Look what followed me home...

(I need to quit building these things! LOL!!!)
 
Whiterabbit said:
It'll probably run VR1 racing oil 'cause I use that **** in everything. :D (1962 R60/2, 1970 XLCH, 198? Dnepr MT16 and some other odd ball junk running around here) ;) Mothers Mag Polish & I have an intimate relationship already.
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VR1 is basic oil. Pure marketing hype. Castrol GTX 20w50 is better.
Check out the comprehensive oil test thread.
Mobil 1 V-Twin or Royal Purple HPS, much better.

Very nice original bike, they are only original once.
 
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Danno said:
You also may want to become acquainted with Evapo-Rust.
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:D:D:D I got a jug or 2 of that sitting around, 'cause that's some real good stuff. I caught it on clearance for 1/3 the price while rebuilding my ol' beater/beemer!!
I'm going to keep it as "original" as I can but some things will need changing like installing an oil filter kit, 850 center stand and such. Some things like the HL mounts, HL bucket, frt fender, chain guard and some fasteners are sadly just too far gone to be presentable.
 
I'm going for some of that stuff this week because some stuff on my old wing is looking poorly after all these years of storage. If nothing else to kill the rust prior to paint.
 
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