What would you do?

One thing I wish I had done when converting mine is swap it to negative earth. It's much easier to get LED bulbs and they drain the charging system so much less.
I used a switch block from ebay for the main light/horn/indicator switches and it has a built-in high beam indicator that's an LED. I had to rip the switch to pieces and reverse the polarity of the LED wiring.

Agree...the bike is wired neg. ground currently, although a new harness would be needed for a street version.

Just one thing if you're located in the UK. I had a friend with a very similar race bike. He went to his local MoT tester and asked the minimum requirement for a road bike of that age. It's actually very little. You don't need lights, indicators or much really. He needed a rear reflector, horn and err I think that was it! You just can't ride it after dark.

To true, there was one of the British mags that obtained a AJS/Matchless 500 DOHC and rode it to a race circuit to see if it was still possible.

pommie john said:

Just one thing if you're located in the UK. I had a friend with a very similar race bike. He went to his local MoT tester and asked the minimum requirement for a road bike of that age. It's actually very little. You don't need lights, indicators or much really. He needed a rear reflector, horn and err I think that was it! You just can't ride it after dark.

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Doubt you would hear the horn over the exhaust..

Heck, compared to all the dang Harleys running around here with open pipes, the old race bike is quiet as a mouse!

Well, do you have the garage space to keep it? Do you have the money to convert it, register &license and insure it? Do you have the time to devote to it? not trying to be a kill joy --just sayin'. Time is my biggest problem these days.

If you have a love of riding motorcycles then you will always have the time to ride them and if you have a love for Nortons then riding and working on them will always be part of ownership and if your raced it well then you should have every thing down pat as far as working on them, even when working full time and long hours my Norton was a every day ride for over 35 years and I still had the time to play with it as well weekend rides with the mates.
Not having time was never a excuse for me, riding is my stress relief in life.

Ashley

I have the time, the money and the knowledge. I built the bike and refined it over the years, like most vintage race bikes. I would sell it to a racer if there was interest, just to know it was going to be raced again. I also have a Commando I've been riding since about 1977 and an Atlas, so the racer would be a fun bike for me but I don't necessarily have to do anything with it. I built the bike when I was racing a Ducati F1-B because the new SV650 Suzuki's were coming on line and I didn't want to keep upgrading or buying newer bikes. There was an old Atlas sitting in the corner that had been beat to hell so that's what I started with.

I run my Norton all LED including headlight positive earth. Look here http://www.dynamoregulatorconversions.com/led-bulbs-especially-for-motorcycles-shop.php

Email the guy and he will tell you what you need, the LED headlight is a revelation! No need to rip anything to pieces.