You said
"Then there's my stupid oversights that each up precious time. For example, I put the forks together, mounted them up and *then* realized that I'd left the headlight brackets off."
My favourite is doing the rear isos before putting the battery tray in place :!:
It's all so much fun isn't it. Still, there are worse hobbies.
I hope you ride this bike within your limits when you have it finished, my friend.
A mate of mine lost his Yesterday (Sunday). Mountainous twisty road as usual. 80 mph bend, he went wide & hit a bloody concrete drain & launched himself. I had to pick the bike up off his body. He was convulsing & frothing at the mouth while staring into space for almost 5 minutes. It was very scary seeing a mate in that shape. Unbelievably, he sat up after it & wanted to know why I had called for an ambulance. He is under observation in the hospital for a night at least. He took a bad knock to the head, just as well he came off where he did as he landed in a red dirt embankment. The other side was a cliff.
Heed the warning forum members, ride carefully. You can enjoy your norton without pushing too hard.
Dr_Hiller, your bike is looking very nice, love the yellow paint & the corbin seat. I have just spent about 18 months building my 850 (1973). You will get a lot of pleasure riding yours also, once it is "done". The only oil leak mine had was at the tacho drive. Even though I had it machined & a double lipped seal put in. So on Saturday night I checked to see if the oil pressure shims fitted under the "nut" that screws onto the tacho housing. Guess what, a perfect fit. So I have no tacho atm but no bloody leak :!:
The only other problem I had was with the left side main seal "blowing". Because I have put a 750 crank into 850 cases, the seal sits very close to the "shoulder" of the crankshaft. The seal "popped" a couple times & the sprocket woodruff key "sliced" the seal open. So to stop the seal from "blowing" out I have used a gearbox/differential sealant that sets hard. Now the problem is fixed, no more oil all over my back wheel