Yeah It's like that hot first wife....... Cept I will NEVER forget
that pain....
Random thoughts cuz I ain't settled down yet.
I also have been watching for a Norton for decades they
are thin on the ground.
About 4 years ago I missed the deal of the century by about half an hour, dammit, to pour salt I think Mr Monkey Claw got that one.
All the rest I have seen have been horribly customized or were nose bleed expensive, though this will be an upside down experience no doubt.
Leaning towards restore.
But y'all know I'm big into "little improvements"
Yesterday was cleaning and today that will continue.
It will need a few thousand dollars of chrome work.
Yes way back in the day the weak swing arm nearly got me. JP n I, neither the Norton or the hardtail Honda were up to the speed we were running that night. In those days WIS DOT engineered "supers", highly banked corners, to get a road through a tight spot while allowing speed. The downside, the suspension and tires are heavily loaded in a banked turn and when it cries uncle, it gets ugly REALLY fast. We actually stopped and looked the bikes over both to catch our breath, and cuz it wuz so bad, we thought sump'n broke caused it.
The bike ad was basically a lie. Pics were 10 year old snap shots, the storage conditions had done ten years of damage. There have been only 400 miles on the bike since major work by a shop in 2016 but was coated in oil/dirt, looks like it's leaking everywhere, That's good and bad, the good is it kept a lot of parts from rusting.
So, clean, clean, clean, wiring is tatty or worse in many places, carbs are suspect. gas is leaking, some clattering in the motor.
After clean up will do a full round of maint and see if I can "chase the issues down" one at a time, or if the motor will have to come out for a full redo.
It did come with a complete file folder of invoices and communication with several bike shops all located several hundred miles for his house. It seems nearly all work on the bike was done by those shops.
So far I'm (mostly) getting it started on the third kick. Only had it up and won the driveway and a 1/4 mile when I bought it. No longer runs til after I've gone through the basics. I'm kinda surprised it runs at all from what I'm seeing...
Unlike many of you guys I'm more of a fixer upper than a strip to baggied parts in tupperware and build from the ground up restorer (Mailman!)
This bike prolly favors the latter approach.
Hoping to get it rideable/presentable for this summer and start a list....
zoom pics for the "true story"