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A technical forum for subjects common to more than one Norton Model type

Registering a special

Hello, new member and first post so hopefully right forum.

I have the chance to buy a P11 frame and an N15CS crashed bike, both dated 1967. My plan is to take engine gearbox, wheels and forks from the N15 and build them into the P11 frame. Engine and gearbox are the same for both models, 750 Norton with AMC primary but, the N15 forks and hubs are Norton whereas the P11s are AMC. I am obviously not trying to build a P11 but should make a nice Norton special.

Hydraulic front brake

Over the years I have seen a few Nortons with a hydraulic  front brake conversion, utilising parts from some car or van, does anybody know what the donor vehicle was?, I know there are probably dozens that would do, but scrapyards don't let you wander around anymore so I could do with having more information, I would like to give it a try because, in theory at least, it ought to work really well, and if it did I might try making an alloy brake plate, does anybody know more?Hydraulic brake

Full width hubs, painted or not?

I’m still cleaning and prepping my 1957 Norton, it has full width hubs which I’d always assumed were all aluminium but I now realise that the front hub is a bolt together steel drum and aluminium item. I’m guessing that they were painted silver rather than polished. My question is, is the ribbed part of the hub painted and the flange and brake plate polished?

Nemesis V8

Just found out that the legendary- or rather almost mythical- V8 Norton Nemesis is alive and well. NMM have passed it to 'Enry Cole or rather mechanical genius Allen Millyard to restore and hopefully have a crack at a speed record with it.

Its being shown on C4'sThe Bike Show (I'm out of the UK, so dont know if this is current or old news).

https://www.visordown.com/news/general/nmm-norton-nemesis-v8-ride-again-thanks-allen-millyard

Here it is, being fired up at the Motorcycle Live event.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OIFm4-VsIw

 

Free Copy of the Vintage Motorcycle News

I received my link to this yesterday and downloaded it. Having skimmed through it- it is 164 pages- all I can say is Wow! What a stunning publication- free remember!- potted histories, model descriptors, rebuils, specials, all things Norton from Pa right up to TVS.

Cannot recommend it more highly, something there for everyone, no matter what your level of Nortomania is.

Get it soon, I think it is time-limited.Follow the link from the News tab.

Thanks to the VMN guys over in Canada, and for NOC in making it available to us.

 


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