Trixie With Her Knickers Down

Craig said:
Got to ask , is your Trixie Hobot’s old ride ? …. Or did you just like name he picked …. Thanks
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It's not Hobot's old ride nor did I even know there was such a thing.

She's named after Trixie Norton from "The Honeymooners".

Is there some rule that there can't be more than one Trixie?
 
Not that I’m aware of , but there is a famous dirt slaying Trixie here living in Arkansas as FE referred to …. but yup trixie Norton well known in this house …. How sweet it is !
 
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Craig said:
Not that I’m aware of , but there is a famous dirt slaying Trixie here living in Arkansas as FE referred to …. but yup trixie Norton well known in this house …. How sweet it is !
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Trixie With Her Knickers Down
 
Craig said:
An eccentric Nortoneer (Hobot) built his Trixie to conquer the back roads (gravel) in his neck of woods … some of most entertaining prose & videos I seen on here in my 20yrs or so , check him out , all will be revealed 👍
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I'm aware of Hobot.
 
A comment on the XS reed valve. I mounted my reed valve (long ago) where Dan has his and found that it created alot of condensation in the oil tank. So I moved it to as close to the engine as possible. I also have the cNw reed valve on my 74 engine. A much better design and no condensation.
 
CanukNortonNut said:
A comment on the XS reed valve. I mounted my reed valve (long ago) where Dan has his and found that it created alot of condensation in the oil tank. So I moved it to as close to the engine as possible. I also have the cNw reed valve on my 74 engine. A much better design and no condensation.
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So far no condensation in mine. The way mine is mounted, I would think that any condensation would drain back into the timing case after shut down. I have never seen sny condensation in either the oil tank or timing case. I would think condensation problems would arise from short trips in cool weather.
 
Check your oil tank next time you drain it on a oil change. Water will stay at the bottom of your tank. if its milky then there is water.
 
CanukNortonNut said:
Check your oil tank next time you drain it on a oil change. Water will stay at the bottom of your tank. if its milky then there is water.
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Nope, I know what condensation looks like and no water in the oil tank either. My rides tend to be long enough to bring oil temperature high enough to evaporate any moisture in the system
 
On another note, I was amazed at how much the head bolts needed to be tightened. The 30 lb nut/bolts took about 1/3 turn to bring back to spec. The 20 lb nuts took nearly 1/2 turn.

The engine head at least four or five heating / cooling cycles and about 250 mi on it.
 
Yea if its the flame ring gasket it takes some re-torques. I do mine after the first heat cycle, Then a 50 mile run, at the 500 mile mark and finally one more at the 1000 mile.
All are re- torqued on a dead cold engine and also re- adjusting the valve tappet clearance to the spec of the cam.
 
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