I graduated high school in 67. In my time, japan had pretty much taken over but if you had the bucks, you bought either a Triumph, BS, or Norton. They were a wonderful bike. The Triumphs were light. The BSA's felt torquie but heavy. The Norton Atlas was a monster. It had the torque of the BSA, handled as well as a Triumph but pulled like a Harley Sportster but was way more fun to ride.
I had a Triumph Bonneville at the time (1969) but my friends Nortons. Always liked riding a Norton which felt more nimble and certainly more powerful than the Bonne. Those bikes handled well -- far better then a Honda 750 K0 had later. Remember the Honda CL 77 305 Scrambler -- had one in Japan during an assignment there. It was my first bike and a great learning experience. There were no training schools as I recall. In Japan, the first meter of the road was marked off for bikes, scooters as so forth. This meant you could go to the head of the line in traffic which cut time in getting around through the bad traffic they has in Tokyo. It would take a car close to an hour to drive from Fuchu to Tachikawa AB where a bike could do it in about 25 minutes. Memories!
Nice. I disconnected my chokes and removed the slides as I've never needed them. Given the pistons are mildly flooded with fuel using the tickle point anymore can fowl the plugs. Nortons need to be ridden hard now and then keeps everything nice. Beautiful bike!
Beautiful, the only things I can see wrong would be the exhaust nuts, from my fading memory, they were like the ones used on the Atlas, also, these ealy models had the small round badges on each side of the tank and on the tailpiece. Also, the brake pedal was not chromed, rather painted silver. Does it still have the "widowmaker frame"? At any rate, it is still a very good looking example.
you lost me when someone had to help you get fuel.. Sorry bud. You own, you don't beat a britt and run one. Try as you will to glorify it but form still follows function.
Beautifully detailed rebuild and nice paint also. Nothing spared, probably an awesome runner too.
A beautiful bike, in top condition, nice colour, well done.
Finally a video with someone starting a brit bike with boots on, not flip flops or running shoes.
I graduated high school in 67. In my time, japan had pretty much taken over but if you had the bucks, you bought either a Triumph, BS, or Norton. They were a wonderful bike. The Triumphs were light. The BSA's felt torquie but heavy. The Norton Atlas was a monster. It had the torque of the BSA, handled as well as a Triumph but pulled like a Harley Sportster but was way more fun to ride.
I had a Triumph Bonneville at the time (1969) but my friends Nortons. Always liked riding a Norton which felt more nimble and certainly more powerful than the Bonne. Those bikes handled well -- far better then a Honda 750 K0 had later. Remember the Honda CL 77 305 Scrambler -- had one in Japan during an assignment there. It was my first bike and a great learning experience. There were no training schools as I recall. In Japan, the first meter of the road was marked off for bikes, scooters as so forth. This meant you could go to the head of the line in traffic which cut time in getting around through the bad traffic they has in Tokyo. It would take a car close to an hour to drive from Fuchu to Tachikawa AB where a bike could do it in about 25 minutes. Memories!
Lovely...well done..
Superb thanks for posting, Great to hear a rebuilt one clearly.
Beautiful 😍
Nice. I disconnected my chokes and removed the slides as I've never needed them.
Given the pistons are mildly flooded with fuel using the tickle point anymore can fowl the plugs.
Nortons need to be ridden hard now and then keeps everything nice.
Beautiful bike!
So, nice
I enjoyed riding a friend's Norton years ago when I had a Bonneville. Recall the Norton shifted on the right different from Japanese bikes.
Beautiful, the only things I can see wrong would be the exhaust nuts, from my fading memory, they were like the ones used on the Atlas, also, these ealy models had the small round badges on each side of the tank and on the tailpiece. Also, the brake pedal was not chromed, rather painted silver. Does it still have the "widowmaker frame"? At any rate, it is still a very good looking example.
Very nice. Any idea of the value? Thanks, Paul.
Nice bike, I think you need to reroute a few of those cables, looks awkward.
you lost me when someone had to help you get fuel.. Sorry bud. You own, you don't beat a britt and run one. Try as you will to glorify it but form still follows function.