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04-17-2017, 11:06 PM | #1 |
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My brother bought a few boxes of rust last year.This Norton N15 is what he made out of them.Not finished yet,but you wont ever see a better one.
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04-18-2017, 12:12 AM | #2 |
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That's some slick lookin' rust.
Good job! It looks great! |
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04-18-2017, 06:48 AM | #3 |
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Yeah, I didn't know rust come in chrome color. Nice looking bike.
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04-18-2017, 08:23 AM | #4 |
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I love the old Norton's! Would you tell us more about it?
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04-18-2017, 08:51 AM | #6 |
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It looks really nice, I like the Nortons. Its too bad that they died off. A few years ago there was a Norton distributor bringing new bikes in to Canada, they had a couple models available, I think in 1000cc They moved, and I dont know if the new Norton still exists. I never did see any of the new bikes on the road here.
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04-18-2017, 10:59 AM | #7 |
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Yes he is mate.He had an equally nice Triumph Bonneville,that he allways regretted selling.He wont ever sell the Norton.
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04-18-2017, 11:23 AM | #8 |
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I saw a new Norton in Thornbury last year. I thought it was an old one until I got close and saw all the high tech stuff on it. The guy said it cost him $20,000 Canadian. It was Café Racer style.
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It woud have been a new Commando i reckon.They come in silver too. http://cdn.silodrome.com/wp-content/...961SE-copy.jpg
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04-18-2017, 01:57 PM | #10 |
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Very nice bike, my friend.
Congrats to your brother for the great job!
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Thank you mate.I hope to be going for a ride at the weekend, with him,and my other brother,on his Z1000.Its been a while since we all rode together.
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Must be nice to have brothers to get along with. I cain't hang out with mine. He keeps getting busted for drugs, breaking and entering, DUI, receiving stolen property. The po po is always framing him and he's always innocent. I'm scared it'll rub off on me. Nice ride Mate. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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The bike was originally exported to the USA,but was returned last year,in a container load of old bikes.There is a market here for the old British,and Japanese classics.I found a bloke who ships them in from the USA.He was doing a show in Kempton Park a couple of weeks later,so my brother went to see what he had.He was hoping to buy a Bonneville,but they were too much money.So he settled for a very sad looking N15,with a few bits missing.He paid £1800, and bought it home in his pick-up.It has now had a total nut & bolt rebuild.He fired it up last weekend,it started 3rd kick,and ran like a sewing machine with a rorty note. If you like reading,here is a history of the Norton Hybrids. http://www.nortonownersclub.org/history/atlas-hybrids-1 http://www.nortonownersclub.org/history/atlas-hybrids-2
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I think some of the brotherly love just flew out the window mate.The old man announced the contents of his will yesterday,and the favourite son is getting a bigger slice of the pie.It aint going down well with the others.
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