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Norton ES2 1949 - cast iron

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I have very recently purchased a 1949 ES2 with a cast iron barrel. I keen to source a good maintenance manual as am so new to this. Can anyone advise please.

Thanks

Rob

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Hi Rob,

I got a photocopy BMS document from the National Motorcycle Museum. "Maintenance and Instruction Manual" (ref 2938) which covers singles and twins from '48 to '60, over 200 pages and very useful. I find the spare parts list very useful also. I got mine from the same source but it is for '51 to '54. There may be one for '49. There's also a Haycraft/Clymer "The Book of the Norton 1938 - 1956". Also useful even though a lot of it is identical to the maintenance manual.

Cheers, Mark.

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.. if the one Mark mentions is the "official" one by Edgar Franks (a designer at Norton) but that is my bible. This is it: https://www.nationalmotorcyclemuseum.co.uk/product/norton-1932-to-1949-all-models-pearson-maintenance-repair-manual-by-e-m-franks-comprehensive-carroll1134/

If you become a supporter of the NMM you get a free BMS reprint every year, as well as unlimited free entry to the museum. A bargain!

BTW all ES2s had iron barrels and all (except the 500T) iron heads up till the mid 1950s.

 


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