Pictures of your Norton 961

Clive said:
Well I feel a bit humbled after being treated to those excellent images and their historic references. I had a lovely ride to work in a rare occurrence of what I have heard referred to in foreign climes as 'sunshine'; what we tend to know as 'not-rain' so I took a pickture of my 2017 961 just down the road from work in Birmingham's jewellery quarter and d*cked around with it in paintshop pro. I think this bike is just so gorgeous from any angle and now thanks to Stu at Motorvated 🥇it is pulling like a train again. View attachment 114114
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Looking good Clive. What did you do about the cylinder head / rocker post issues?
 
cliffa said:
Looking good Clive. What did you do about the cylinder head / rocker post issues?
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Thank you. TVS Norton, in a huge act of generosity, allowed me to buy a set of new rockers, shafts and shims at around £2500. I polished the wear from the posts and used some of the old shims to set the side float. I used lash caps for the damaged valve stem and modified the adjusters so the oil feed was correct. However it was still not running right so it went to Stu at Motorvated and had a total strip/rebuild. Turns out the camshaft lobe had worn away to almost nothing. He sorted out other issues such as modifying the oilways to the clutch and numerous other bits. He is totally meticulous in his work; an engineer to be admired. So now its running well and pulling strong and I love it to bits.
 
Clive said:
Thank you. TVS Norton, in a huge act of generosity, allowed me to buy a set of new rockers, shafts and shims at around £2500. I polished the wear from the posts and used some of the old shims to set the side float. I used lash caps for the damaged valve stem and modified the adjusters so the oil feed was correct. However it was still not running right so it went to Stu at Motorvated and had a total strip/rebuild. Turns out the camshaft lobe had worn away to almost nothing. He sorted out other issues such as modifying the oilways to the clutch and numerous other bits. He is totally meticulous in his work; an engineer to be admired. So now its running well and pulling strong and I love it to bits.
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That’s great news Clive. I think I saw Stu’s post on Facebook regarding the clutch lubrication mod.👍
 
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