What fell off your norton today?

As I have been restoring my mk2 I have not looked at this thread, somehow thought I would be immune from bits falling off but as it was so far away, didn't give it much thought...
Having assembled and now ridden the bike about 200 miles I can report I've lost two head steady nuts, sidestand nut and bolt, rear indicator left dangling on its wire, engine bolts loose. Its been a while since I've needed so much loctite and spring washers! I'm thinking maybe the isolastics are a bit tight. Its Ok at 50mph but things fall off at higher speeds. Loving it though.
 
Went for a spin, every thing running perfectly.Indicated right and it all shut down. Pulled off the side cover and saw fuse blown, put in spare and away until text right corner. Idiot.No more fuses. Got the Leather man from the tool box(? ) and cut off the fuse holder fashioned an end and proceeded to reconnect to battery. The screw sliped and FELL OF MY BIKE ! Into the guts of the bike or into the grass couldn't find it, what to do? Using the Leather man (the only tool I had) I undid the nut from the top side cover mounting bracket and used the bolt to secure all of the negative live wires and screw them to the battery, they were a loose fit and when i pressed the CNW button the starter said click click click so I squeezed them together and the moter went varroom. As it happily idled away I replaced the side cover and the seat. Twenty miles later I was home free. I must add that the temperature was 37C
 
The small nut on the clutch lever pivot fell off whilst I was just warming the bike in the garage. Its a new lever, and the supplier must not have realised it was going on a Norton, so they hadn't used loctite. They had fitted a shake-proof washer, that fell off too with all the shaking. :rolleyes:
 
Plug wire slipped out of coil on right side at 70mph as she had been growling contentedly a moment prior. An eye opener to say the least.... A really labor intensive task involved in manually sticking it back in. First thought was 'WTF was that?!'
 
jbruney said:
Plug wire slipped out of coil on right side at 70mph as she had been growling contentedly a moment prior. An eye opener to say the least.... A really labor intensive task involved in manually sticking it back in. First thought was 'WTF was that?!'
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Time to sell, then :-)
 
jbruney said:
Plug wire slipped out of coil on right side at 70mph as she had been growling contentedly a moment prior. An eye opener to say the least.... A really labor intensive task involved in manually sticking it back in. First thought was 'WTF was that?!'
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That happened to me only it was the plug boot and I was riding my '67 Thunderbolt.

I made the mistake of reaching down to put it back on at 60 MPH.

I won't try that again!!!!
 
Dan1950 said:
That happened to me only it was the plug boot and I was riding my '67 Thunderbolt.

I made the mistake of reaching down to put it back on at 60 MPH.

I won't try that again!!!!
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Those ancient coils pack a punch don't they? I had a school chum that stood on the front bumper of '66 Mustang and pissed hitting the distributor on the running engine. Radiator was low and he tried topping it off with yellow coolant. Night time with lights off..... All present witnessed a blue spark travel upstream and strike his plug... Flat on his back stunned while we all laughed. Great entertainment in 1969. Fire ants enhanced his experience a lot.
 
Had some strange running , so i remove the boyer terminals and one just fell out 😗 , I think I read this on here .
 
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jbruney said:
Those ancient coils pack a punch don't they? I had a school chum that stood on the front bumper of '66 Mustang and pissed hitting the distributor on the running engine. Radiator was low and he tried topping it off with yellow coolant. Night time with lights off..... All present witnessed a blue spark travel upstream and strike his plug... Flat on his back stunned while we all laughed. Great entertainment in 1969. Fire ants enhanced his experience a lot.
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You will get similar results with an electric fence.
 

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