38 Norton Colonial

So continuing on after many months, it is slowly coming together. As you would remember, the frame was not and had some bad repairs,in great shape, but I do have the documents for the frame so that had to be restored. The frame ended up at Jake Robbins Engineering and he did a fantastic job.

Hi Richard

thanks so much, are we basically saying that it will operate but the advance retard control will be the other way around?

Thanks so much, Richard.

I think I will be looking for the right unit as my rebuild will bug me if it's not factory correct.

Will start looking:)))

Hi Richard

yes, okay I get it, Thanks for clarifying my other Norton M18 Is a tight wire advance and yes does slip back to retard position whilst riding.

It's part of the characteristic of these Amazing machines.

Back to making the foot rest tubes now:))

Thank you again, Richard for your valuable knowledge!

So as you know, I was undertaking the engine rebuild, However, even with all the new replacement parts at some cost, it's not a simple case of just fitting them correctly as some of the parts just didn't fit.

So I took the engine to Mike Pemberton And with his machining Capabilities and knowledge, he completed the engine for me. With a few internal enhancements.
It was a 60 thou rebore And the correct bearings throughout and crankpin..

Also located the short inlet manifold For the 276AU Carb As the original was missing.

if you're reading this Mike, thank you very much for your time and again, Richard Cornish for your amazing assistance so far :))))

Sadly, the original handlebars were just too far gone to recover being heavily corroded and the original handlebar Brace had been broken and welded many times, However, the handlebar ends, I want to try and recover and put those on the new bars.

A big thank you for Paul at racing Norton For the manufacturer of the new bars and brace to match, See pictures attached