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I'm new here and am going to recreate a 1952 Manx Norton based on the long stroke 500cc DOCH engine. I will not be racing it so competition wise is not important.

Hi, I have a nice oily rag es2 but cannot find out which oil pipe goes where!!! It has one block to the rear of the timing case with two pipes soldered in. Which is the feed and which the scavenge? Cannot figure it out for the life of me!

Why not rename the 'messages' section as 'forum' and make more of a song and dance about it on the site?

I'm currently working on a stalled project. My 1971 Fastback with standard head steady.

Any advice on the routing of the throttle cables, through the middle of the head steady, either side ??

Many thanks

Charles

My recently purchased m50 appears rather slow compared to the one I had in 1977.

I appreciate that time plays tricks with the mind plus I am porkier than I was then,however I am disappointed with the 46mph cruise.

Just wondering whether anyone has bought a pair of the new Indian inner and outer primary chaincases off the well known auction site.

If so what is the quality and fit like.

regards, Ian

If like me, you keep an eye open for Norton parts on eBay, you will be assaulted with loads of offerings from a variety of suppliers who have sprung up over the last few years.

This arrived in my inbox this morning..... It sure isn't Anna given the grammer.

It was nice to see the Commando at the end of the House of Fraser 2015 Xmas advert,.... Very glamorous!

I have looked at classified adds and cannot find how to put a parts adds on the classified thread help needed Mr webmaster

Hi

does anyone know if there is a way of checking an alternator without the engine running I'm restoring a 99 and want to keep the 6 Volt alternator but would like to know if its ok

Hi all ,how much oil should be coming out from the cam box Union to the small pipes that leads to the head that feed oil to the valves?

Geoffrey Myers Classic Motorcycles - anyone know anything about this company? Bought some parts online on the 14th November for which I received an acknowledgment.

Hello

I was more than a little annoyed to find that despite using a tyre lubricant to fit my most recent tyre, that in only about 3 months it had started to corrode the alloy rim onto the rubber. It put up a very good fight to break the bead.

Notadvertising, justa recommendation; if you arestruggling forsomething torequestfor under thetree. "GardenGate Manx"a beautifulbook by Niels Schoen. Any "Plunger" enthusiastwill appreciate it. Notcheap, but theycanclub together!

My change has always been a bit stiff. having looked at everything else,I'm thinking camplate and plunger. Do we have a figure for the spring load ? It may have been swopped for something non std.

1958 Dommie owned by me since 1960. About 10 years ago I lined the petrol tank with liquid lining solution. 5years later Laid up under covers and not ridden . minimal petrol in tank. more recently covers off and refilled with petrol and ridden.

..... to plunger International? Looks plausible. My scrounged original example is bent. I don't actually have one in hand to compare them. Looks to me like I may be able to get away with a simple mod to the anchor point.

Hi, I have just purchased a Norton Big Four as my first entry into classic bikes (from Harley Davidsons)and I am having problems starting it as I don't understand all the levers on the handlebars can anyone help please.

Thank you

I have a 1971 Commando, which has been a stalled project for the last nine months which means that I am a bit haisey on some details.

I have bought A LED BSM and also have fitted an Areg Regulator.

I bought this 99in boxes last September and am very pleased with the way it's turned out, my last Norton was an ex WD 16h in 1969 sold that in 77 to pay for ne

Just dismantled the clutch on my '55 ES2 (trying to eliminate drag as usual) and found that adjacent the clutch sprocket was a plate with friction pads on one side (away from the clutch sprocket) and a plain side facing the sprocket which of cours

Having stripped a couple of navigator engines the cam followers and guide blocks are all badly worn in the barrels , I have ground the tappet assemblies [20871]lightly until true [ they were more worn than the tappet bushes ] and still had good ha

I have started to rebuild a 1962 navigator delux I have had for many years, the previous owner had taken the bike fully apart and boxed it with labels and it looks fairly straightforward but for a couple of questions, there are a few new parts and

The centre stand pivot holes in the gearbox cradle on my Mk3 commando 850 have become very worn. I had them them welded up and re-drilled about 15 years ago. They were never quite in the right position after that.

I just need to air my frustration.

Done the deed, and fitted a D/T headsteady everything tickety boo in a straight line, but a trial "slalom" and you are aware that something is not quite right "down there ".

This should keep quiet those who still insist Commando's have barrelled roller 'superblends'.

I will need to MOT my unregistered Norton that I'm re-building in the conservatory to get an age related number. Do I have to get the engine running (with all the resulting drips of fluid) to obtain a MOT.