What did you do to your Norton today?

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Sorry for the crappy pics. I'll take better ones when I get home from work today.
 

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Nice... shiny bits look good :D , looks like I'll be putting hand in pocket again... glad my wife's over yonder and can't see what I'm typing 8)
 
Contours. I'm wondering if you had a similar issue as Patchy-man. The Clutch Safety Switch stuck in under the clutch lever.
 
Britfan60 said:
Contours. I'm wondering if you had a similar issue as Patchy-man. The Clutch Safety Switch stuck in under the clutch lever.
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Except my bike was starting up okay. It just wouldn't warm up and idle. I thought for sure it was a failed temperature sensor, but it seems fine now. I took 'er out for 70 mile ride this afternoon and she ran just fine the whole way.

Peter
 
contours said:
Britfan60 said:
Contours. I'm wondering if you had a similar issue as Patchy-man. The Clutch Safety Switch stuck in under the clutch lever.
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Except my bike was starting up okay. It just wouldn't warm up and idle. I thought for sure it was a failed temperature sensor, but it seems fine now. I took 'er out for 70 mile ride this afternoon and she ran just fine the whole way.

Peter
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Yea. I rode mine of Thursday for 140mi. and it was great. Today, after warming up, went to fill up and when restarting, it would low idle and stall. Had to keep it revved till I got on the highway. Then, after 10 miles, my trip meter went back to zero and started to recount. The digital read wouldn't scroll through the other functions either. Stuck on Trip mode. When I got home, I just kept restarting it and playing with it, then it came back. Annoying quirks. Did another 60 miles today. The electrical components are a pain in the ass. Guess I need that patch kit.
 
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Don't know if the patch would go fix that, anything get wet?
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No, it never gets wet via rain or washing. About the only thing that can happen is moisture in the air as the shed it resides in is not totally weather proof.
 
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Don't know if the patch would go fix that, anything get wet?
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My bike never gets wet. I wipe it down with a washless spray wax after every ride. The problem is intermittent. That happened to me after it sat at the dealership for 6 months off of a tender. It stopped when I started riding it more and hooked up the battery tender. I'm wondering if my battery is getting weak. Someone suggested that to me about two years ago. Also, I think I should get the ignition wire and coil kit for the stalling. Matt Capri said the current wires are crap when I told him of this problem.
 
Britfan60 said:
I'm wondering if my battery is getting weak. Someone suggested that to me about two years ago. Also, I think I should get the ignition wire and coil kit for the stalling. Matt Capri said the current wires are crap when I told him of this problem.
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Now that the weather has finally become more typical for this time of year (about afoot of snow on the ground now) I will swap out the wires and plugs ahead of next Spring. I have put in over 900 miles so it's time for the head to be torqued down, too. I have a new Bosch coil, but I'd rather hold off on that swap. Seems silly to toss out the stock coil with so few miles on it.
 
Wow, this is an old thread! Time to wake it up. I'm sure you've all done something with your Norton since the last post, Nov. 2016!

Well, I took my wife out for a ride, for the first time, today. First year for me riding a motorcycle. First year for me owning and riding a Commando. First time for me riding with a passenger. If it weren't for her holding on to my torso so strongly I would not have known she was back there. She's only 100 pounds. Bike handled wonderfully riding around the neighborhood in second. She had a thrill. Mission accomplished! This was her first day back at school. She's a teacher. So, she needed it!

Let's keep this thread going fellas.

Cheers,
Rob
 
Wonder how this thread went to sleep back in 2016 considering all the issues with the 961.
I would think this thread should have at least 10000 pages by now.:p
 
I looked at my Combat again to this morning. It's hard not to. It's sitting in my office, right beside me. It's been here since it arrived in February. I've been restoring it somewhat, and it's a wonderful distraction from my work. I still have the clutch to work on and then the fork service. Then it should be ready to ride. In the meantime, it sure is beautiful to look at!
 
Starvingphotog said:
I looked at my Combat again to this morning. It's hard not to. It's sitting in my office, right beside me. It's been here since it arrived in February. I've been restoring it somewhat, and it's a wonderful distraction from my work. I still have the clutch to work on and then the fork service. Then it should be ready to ride. In the meantime, it sure is beautiful to look at!
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Vintage Commando then ?
 
I continued to wait for Ollies box of parts as it sits in Covid Lock Down in a courier depot in Auckland :(
 

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