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tropicdiver 05-19-2004 12:27 AM

Mike, hope to see a photo of you and the Norton being chased by the police in your hometown, soon. :)

rockogre 05-19-2004 04:48 AM

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Originally posted by BooRadley
Hey Rockogre, no need to apologize for using the old carbs!

I'm glad you've kept us up to date with this project. Really gives perspective into things, and might give people a better idea of the time involved.

Your norty looks to be coming along together nicely. If only I could get this kind of progress on my Suzuki TS400... :)

Hang with it brother! It has taken a lot of commitment. I've skipped a lot of stuff that would have been fun but I love to ride and I think it will be worth the effort. If you can ever get hooked up you just gotta stay focused.

It also helped that I had the space and the equipment to do this project and my wife understands that I may be slightly insane. I waited 20 years to get a shop and it was worth it. Thanks for the nice comments.

Tropicdiver, I gave up running from the cops for Lent.

tropicdiver 05-19-2004 01:04 PM

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Originally posted by rockogre

Tropicdiver, I gave up running from the cops for Lent.

Mike, I got a feeling you know most of the cops in your home town. Bet it would make a great photo opportunity, anyway, if you can get them to cooperate. :)

rockogre 05-25-2004 09:36 AM

Like water dripping on a rock
 
Slowly the ancient old machine began to take on life. Step by step, creakingly, agonizingly, it came together.

This is one of the carbs cleaned and mounted.

http://www.mc2home.com/norton/MVC-837F.jpg

These are the slides and the metering needles. The slides control the air and the needle slides up and down in the fuel jet.

http://www.mc2home.com/norton/MVC-840F.jpg

Here are the twin carbs assembled and connected to the throttle.

http://www.mc2home.com/norton/MVC-841F.jpg

With the carbs mounted all that is left is the wiring. There are two main holes in the frame for the harness. Here I have it in the holes.

http://www.mc2home.com/norton/MVC-842F.jpg

Here the wiring gets sorted out for the various circuits.

http://www.mc2home.com/norton/MVC-843F.jpg

Now the long complicated part. All the wiring gets plugged into the correct points on the bike. Strangly enough the wires don't always color match so I am double checking with a wiring diagram. This would be done had one of my daughters not sank our SeaDoo at the lake. I almost have all of the water out of the engine.

http://www.mc2home.com/norton/MVC-844F.jpg

tropicdiver 05-25-2004 01:44 PM

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Originally posted by rockogre
This would be done had one of my daughters not sank our SeaDoo at the lake. I almost have all of the water out of the engine.

Mike did she hit an iceberg or was she torpedoed? ;)

rockogre 05-27-2004 07:50 AM

Alternative site
 
I noticed that there are over 600 view of this thread and I really appreciate that some of you seem to be enjoying it. I also know that this is murder on a dialup. I know because that is what I am on.

I finally got off my lazy butt and made a site on the web. You can just go to the latest page and see how it is coming. I have tried to limit the picturtes to ten per page so that those of you that have been following along will not have to load the TFP thread each time.

You can find the whole thing, by pages, at

1972 Norton Rebuild

Thanks for your interest.

rock

gdr2004 05-28-2004 10:21 AM

I wish I had the mechanical knowledge to work on such project. Props to you :-D

rockogre 06-07-2004 09:26 AM

IT'S ALIVE!!!!!
 
Yes! The day finally arrived when the work stopped and the enjoying started. The beast is back on the road and runs great.

http://www.mc2home.com/norton/MVC-860F.jpg

You can see the last of the details at Page Ten and Page Eleven

Thanks for all the nice comments. It was interesting to share this with everyone.

And gdr2004, I do have some mechanical knowledge but for this project I used three Norton manuals, the offical parts list, the internet, and e-mail so I had a lot of help. I learned almost all the things I know from manuals and just diving in and figuring things out. Find you a small project to start and dive in. It wasn't as hard as it was long and frustrating.

tropicdiver 06-07-2004 02:48 PM

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Originally posted by rockogre
Yes! The day finally arrived when the work stopped and the enjoying started. The beast is back on the road and runs great.
Good for you, Mike! Sure wish we could hear it... you going to drive it down to Florida this Summer???? :)

skier 06-07-2004 05:51 PM

Woohoo! It looks great man, i've been following this thread the whole time, but haven't really spoken up. I think it looks fantastic, and i'm sure you'll have tons of fun riding it.

tropicdiver 06-07-2004 05:59 PM

Mike, what's that at the front bottom of the frame right in front of the crankcase? Is that an oil cooler? Not sure about that seat, tho. Looks comfortable, but not sure about the looks. Overall it looks really great. You riding it to work, now?

rockogre 06-08-2004 05:27 AM

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Originally posted by tropicdiver
Mike, what's that at the front bottom of the frame right in front of the crankcase? Is that an oil cooler? Not sure about that seat, tho. Looks comfortable, but not sure about the looks. Overall it looks really great. You riding it to work, now?
I agree, the seat looks a little different than what I wanted but it's comfy and I have two other seats so I just depends on what I want to do. It does seem to overpower the tank so I may start looking for an interstate tank. I mostly got that seat so my daughters could ride. The thing in front of the crankcase is a toolbag. And yes, I am driving it daily.

And thanks skier, it's a blast to ride. Nortons claim to fame is handling and this thing sure can hold the road.


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