Pictures of your Norton 961

Pictures of your Norton 961


The onset of winter is almost here so with all this doom & gloom bout sell outs ,buy outs , shares are in & then out blah blah etc I thought I’d go for a 130 mile ride with couple of other psychotic two wheeled chums, temps down to 4c .
So ere I am looking a 106, despite having thermal undercrackers on & heated gloves ( well one ) battery packed up on right glove , the 1066 cafe Robertsbridge in Sussex, large venue with plenty of space to eat drink & park , although there was the complete absence of anyone else there today on a bike
 
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Hello Richard , The gold sprocket does look the part . With the gold forks and gold shock reservoirs .
 
TonyA said:
Hello Richard , The gold sprocket does look the part . With the gold forks and gold shock reservoirs .
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Yes Tony , I’m pleased with the look , women call it accessorise the outfit with matching shoes & bag.
We need more pics during these dull winter months chaps, if we can’t ride em , we can still look at em , even if the pics of our modern Norton’s are in hibernation, they are still most welcome .
 
Norton riding season cut short by the egress of oil to everything behind my left foot!

Pictures of your Norton 961


Caused by non-return valve in the oil pump stuck in the wrong position resulting in no flow to tank and many back pressures.

Consoled myself by riding something that I expect oil to come out of.

Pictures of your Norton 961


Bloody good fun it was too.
 
StuartSF2015 said:
Norton riding season cut short by the egress of oil to everything behind my left foot!

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Caused by non-return valve in the oil pump stuck in the wrong position resulting in no flow to tank and many back pressures.

Consoled myself by riding something that I expect oil to come out of.

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Bloody good fun it was too.
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Very original classic 2 stroke Stuart , have to ride behind u at some point , “ I love the smell of 2 stroke oil in the morning “
 
Look on the bright side, with the onset of Winter the oil will work better than ACF50! I had a Suzi 380, ran it up to Aviemore for a 2 week tour, the garages up there didn't stock 2-stroke oil so filled the tank with gearbox oil, bike never used a drop for the next 200 miles lol
 
MxMartin said:
Look on the bright side, with the onset of Winter the oil will work better than ACF50! I had a Suzi 380, ran it up to Aviemore for a 2 week tour, the garages up there didn't stock 2-stroke oil so filled the tank with gearbox oil, bike never used a drop for the next 200 miles lol
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How did it not blow up?
 
Where did the oil come from ? So the one way valve was stuck closed ? So no oil could pass to the filter ? Or do you mean the one way valve was stuck open and lots of oil going into the sump from the oil tank ? Based upon the left foot statement I would say the later and you are a casualty of excessive oil to the air box and a overflowing catch bottle (hence the left foot statement) . So motor should be OK .
 
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TonyA said:
Where did the oil come from ? So the one way valve was stuck closed ? So no oil could pass to the filter ? Or do you mean the one way valve was stuck open and lots of oil going into the sump from the oil tank ? Based upon the left foot statement I would say the later and you are a casualty of excessive oil to the air box and a overflowing catch bottle (hence the left foot statement) . So motor should be OK .
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Agreed, I hadn’t seen so much oil drained from my airbox since before the mod kit was fitted nearly three years ago. Anyhow, new pump has been fitted and checked/tested by dealer and I’m assured all is now as it should be.
 
Bright but cold day today , but had a short ride out, on way back decided to call in at “Albert” one of my customers, Albert had Norton’s back in day , sixties rocker type now 80 years old , still made his day by letting him snatch the throttle a few times , got concerned when he clicked into first & starting moving up the drive , “ Didn’t bother wiv helmets in my day Richard ,” fortunately stopped at the end of his drive,phew, I did have trouble getting him on the bike, but getting him off was harder
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BLIGHTYBRIT/SF said:
Bright but cold day today , but had a short ride out, on way back decided to call in at “Albert” one of my customers, Albert had Norton’s back in day , sixties rocker type now 80 years old , still made his day by letting him snatch the throttle a few times , got concerned when he clicked into first & starting moving up the drive , “ Didn’t bother wiv helmets in my day Richard ,” fortunately stopped at the end of his drive,phew, I did have trouble getting him on the bike, but getting him off was harder View attachment 13858
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Alpinestar Slippers??
 

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