Pictures of your Norton 961

Henry_0510 · May 29, 2019

richard-7 said:

Hi Richard,
What did you use for coloring the Norton word on the right cover? I quite like it. Was it a difficult thing to do? Thanks.
Best regards,
Henry

richard-7 · May 30, 2019

Henry_0510 said:
Hi Richard,
What did you use for coloring the Norton word on the right cover? I quite like it. Was it a difficult thing to do? Thanks.
Best regards,
Henry

Super easy. I used a heat cure paint. Masked around pretty rough. Sprayed. Wiped off where I didn’t want. Went for a three hr ride to bake the paint on. Next day when cool, polished the cover.

Welshrugby · Jun 27, 2019

I hadn't been on the bike for about 4 weeks. Twisted my ankle playing squash so no sport for several weeks so had a great ride out around some country roads in east northamptonshire and cambridegshire after work. Nice empty roads

Fast Eddie · Jun 27, 2019

Nice empty roads ?

If you look very closely, I think you’ll see there’s a motorbike ...

nopdog · Jun 27, 2019

Yes but what a cycle!!!

MxMartin · Jun 28, 2019

The best day of the year weather wise; An empty(ish) A52 mean't I got to play in the 6k-7krpm bracket, awesome, still haven't red-lined her yet! Checked in to Chris Walkers Grantham to see if my new ride was on the horizon but alas not, took the opportunity to sling my leg over a few bikes anyway!

Welshrugby · Jun 28, 2019

aha, so you have succumbed and ordered an evil american twin with 120HP?

Mind you, 6-7K and I bet you were flying on the 961

Was out on mine last night as per pictures and on part of the route i was tootling along at 75-80 mph and a group of sports bikes just blasted past me, maybe 110mph on country roads. I was happy to let them go and wouldn't want anything faster to keep up. The nakeds/semi-nakeds feel like proper motorcycling to me. I appreciate raw power don't get me wrong, but I would probably end up in a morgue prematurely

Welshrugby · Jun 28, 2019

Sold the V7 on ebay, being picked up monday so more space in the very scruffy man cave. Whilst enjoying a beer, i counted up my internal combustion engine ownership and counted 15 including rotavators, strimmers, mowers, bikes, cars etc

MxMartin · Jun 28, 2019

Welshrugby said:
aha, so you have succumbed and ordered an evil american twin with 120HP?

Mind you, 6-7K and I bet you were flying on the 961

Put a deposit down a couple of weeks back, just popped in to see how things were moving along. It seems one depositor has pulled out so they've offered me that one, but still don't know when.

I didn't break the speed limit once, honest officer, too many average speed cameras on that particular road! The gearbox is so silky above 5k and you can snick in and out of 3rd/4th and have a lot of fun playing tunes, I chicken out before the red line.... one day lol

Britfan60 · Jun 30, 2019

I have an Indian dealer about 6 miles from me. How do you like it?

Welshrugby · Jun 30, 2019

Britfan60 said:
I have an Indian dealer about 6 miles from me. How do you like it?

I have put about 1000 miles on it already, very smooth engine and quite torquey. The bike gets a lot of comments which I wasn't expecting. The V7 goes tomorrow so more room to admire the two left. I am hoping to keep the 961 long term, I love riding it and looking at it, but it must remain reliable. It will see between 1200-1800 miles per year which will be similar to the Indian so it should be many years before anything really needs doing.

Mark mentioned the slick gearbox and I have always found it to be pretty good also but on my ride the other night it did get stuck between 4th and 5th and made a right racket, took me a few monents to decide what to do, decided to pull the clutch in and come to a stop. All fine after that but was a bit alarmed at the time.

Welshrugby · Jul 3, 2019

Just a little recommendation for the man cave. Beer is important of course, but if you don't want to go full sonos system, I can recommend the BOSE soundlink micro, excellent portability, sound and price.

And not in view

Britfan60 · Jul 4, 2019

Welshrugby said:
Just a little recommendation for the man cave. Beer is important of course, but if you don't want to go full sonos system, I can recommend the BOSE soundlink micro, excellent portability, sound and price.

And not in view

I have the conical shaped Bose. They are spectacular! Helluva shed!

ETG MD · Jul 4, 2019

Fast Eddie · Jul 5, 2019

Nice number plate collection there ETG !

ETG MD · Jul 5, 2019

Fast Eddie said:
Nice number plate collection there ETG !

Thank you, I’ve got a ‘thing’ for ETG

Fast Eddie · Jul 5, 2019

Ok, that’s not a collection anymore... it’s an obsession...

Welshrugby · Jul 5, 2019

Slightly worried he's going to beat my 14 x internal combustion products

richard-7 · Jul 6, 2019

ETG MD said:
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Thank you, I’ve got a ‘thing’ for ETG

Didn’t know you could have the same plate in different vehicles. They don’t allow that in Canada. Your lambo and Norton have same plate. BO55 ETG

Fast Eddie · Jul 6, 2019

richard-7 said:
Didn’t know you could have the same plate in different vehicles. They don’t allow that in Canada. Your lambo and Norton have same plate. BO55 ETG

Same here, I imagine he’s moved the plate from one vehicle to the other.

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