In 1960, Bob Morton and Tom Somerton built a Norvin with a difference, it was intended as a prototype for a production motorcycle. Norton frames may have been relatively easy to come up with, donor Vincents less so, and only a few were built. Looks like a nice alternative to an Egli....
Boy: The proportions, or visual balance or what have you, look precisely perfect on the Viscount. Makes a lot of Norvins look a bit randomly lumpy by comparison. Thank you for the Show & Tell, Mr. G.
ReplyDeleteIn reading about Norvin building, it seems as if 50 percent of the builders say that the frame and engine will never go together unless you either lengthen the frame or cut off a piece of the engine cases/transmission housing. The other 50 percent say neither of those things need be done.* Does anybody know a Norvin-maker in either of those camps?
* I think Rick Parkington might have said that his Norvin frame was of identical dimensions to other Featherbeds and his engine's cases hadn't been cut. But maybe I made that fact up in my head.
I've read the same thing about the gearbox mount. If anyone wants to donate a Vincent and a Featherbed frame, We'll straighten it out once and for all!
ReplyDeleteWish you'd asked a little earlier. I took all my Vincent and Nortoon parts to the landfill last week.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, I've been tripping over some old rusty Bugatti parts in the garage for years, finally last month called the junk man . What a relief to get that crap gone...:-)
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