Re: Featherbed frame number.

The model number for the frame was stamped above the frame number. So it could be a Model 88 stamped with an M122 which isa 500cc twin. This number is stamped on the lug at the back of the frame that the swinging arm attaches to.

Hello, I have recently acquired a Norton rolling chassis with a Honda 4 engine "squeezed in".

Luckily there has been no alteration or cutting of the frame and my intention is to separate the engine and hopefully get a replacement Norton engine to start again.

My question concerns the frame number which is 64443. My research leads me to the conclusion it is a 1955 frame...... Would you agree with this, and would I be able to find out which engine would originally in the frame?

Many thanks, John

K122 for 1955. It would be a 500 model 88, as previously mentioned.

Previously john_hodgson wrote:

Thanks for the information. It is K122, 64443.

Could you also advise on the model the fibreglass tank in the photograph could have been on.

Thanks, John

Looks like one of the aftermarket tanks sold for triton builders by Unity Equipe.

Previously john_hodgson wrote:

Hello, I have recently acquired a Norton rolling chassis with a Honda 4 engine "squeezed in".

Luckily there has been no alteration or cutting of the frame and my intention is to separate the engine and hopefully get a replacement Norton engine to start again.

My question concerns the frame number which is 64443. My research leads me to the conclusion it is a 1955 frame...... Would you agree with this, and would I be able to find out which engine would originally in the frame?

Many thanks, John

4 in a bed, it's been a while since I've seen that!

K122 for 1955. It would be a 500 model 88, as previously mentioned.