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Saying hi from across the pond. My new to me `51 Inter 30

Submitted by jerome_kaplan on Fri, 11/06/2021
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Brought this beauty home from the recent Las Vegas collector bike auction,  I'm hoping it will run as good as it looks.  This will be my first OHC Norton and I'm looking forward to learning its in's & out's.  I really hadn't planned on buying this bike, it was as if the bike found me, having known 2 of it's prior owners and the last mechanic that worked on it along with its Chicagoland history.  I'll call it kismet, it was fated.  You'll probably hear more from me when I start delving into its innards. I want it to be fun.  Looks as though I'll need to learn how to resize my photos too?

`51 Model 30

Submitted by robert_tuck on Sat, 12/06/2021

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Welcome Jerome,  You have an interesting journey ahead. Nice that you know something of the history , sounds like it should be a rider ,  In my eyes there are a few  "modern " alterations that I would want to  backtrack on , But important to get it out and riding first to form that "bond" .

Submitted by david_cooper on Sat, 12/06/2021

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Welcome, Jerry! As Robert suggests...please ride it first.  You are experienced enough to know that "delving into its innards" is something best done when it needs it and not before!

I confidently predict your next post will be all about oil...

Submitted by anthony_curzon on Sat, 12/06/2021

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That is different to the P11's that you have normally been riding. When you first told me you had bought it, and I saw the pictures you sent me, it looked an amazing bike.

Submitted by richard_payne on Sat, 12/06/2021

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You'll need the correct foot pump then ! :-)

 

Kismet

Submitted by robert_tuck on Sat, 12/06/2021

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I don't think the 276 carb was orriginal , I think it should be a  10TT     1  5/32"   but the 276 would have been an easier carb on the road. 

Submitted by david_cooper on Sat, 12/06/2021

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The RN carb came in just about then. I don't know anything about them apart from what I have read, but I don't want one. The GP then arrived but again the advantage over the TT seems to be not worth having unless perhaps you want to wring its neck.  TT are available new but you need a separate matchbox float chamber as they don't make the original type. I'm sure the monobloc is most practical and looks fine anyway. I suspect it is just as good in practice. The bike looks great...lots of the chrome plate you lucky Americans were treated to in those days.

Anthony, Sammy and JerryThanks for chiming in Anthony.  We do go back some 20 or 30 years now. Here's a shot from Mallory Park in 2006 at the Festival of !000 Bikes.  Not sure who the man in the middle is but that's Anthony on the left and me on the right. 

You're absolutely right about my fear of the oiling issues.  1st concerns are sufficiency and leaks.  At least I'm confident that it's been properly purged of bean oil (Castor) if it even ever had any in it?  I have another project  (P11build) that I've vowed to complete before even laying any wrenches on my new pride and joy, so it will be another month or so?

Submitted by jerome_kaplan on Sun, 13/06/2021

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Yes, please send it right away, C.O.D. Too funny

Yes I know it's not as standard and it's a `47 frame with a `51 engine, so you might say it's been updated all along and I rather like the looks of the chrome fenders and far prefer the monobloc to the 276 Amal carb.  Anyway we'll see how she goes when I can find time to give her a full service.  Fortunately the mag is producing a fat  blue spark.

I'm in Davis, CA.  I've been watching your thread too. Hoping I don't have too much trouble getting mine sorted.

yes, i hope you have a good experience with your new to you machine.  Very exciting to own an International, so best of luck with yours, will look forward to hearing more as your adventure unfolds! 

Considering the trials and traumas of these machines have endured, i am very happy with mine so far.

Submitted by michael_sullivan on Sat, 19/06/2021

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Hi Jerry:

Is not the chap in the middle in the photo at Mallory Park the famous Sammy Miller?

If not I am sure that I will be corrected.

Mike Sullivan 

You're absolutely right Michael.  That event was a lot of fun. Anthony brought his unified twin and there was a special collection of the Norton hybrids. 

 


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