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Gasket color

What's your favorite gasket color? White paper? Cardboard Brown? Blue as is gaskets for Jap bikes? What about grey to better match aluminum…

1h ago

Sleeving Concentrics?

Does anyone machine worn Amal Concentrics and install sleeved slides? Bruce Chessell has stopped doing them

2h ago

750cc Norton Commando Salt Flats Build

This is a thread to document my current project of building a salt flats Norton (AKA Salt Licker as named by my friend Sonny) at the reques…

3h ago

Where to go for parts?

Been quite a while since I've searched for parts. I know Fred and Ella are retired, which was a shock, dealt with them for years. Not that …

5h ago

Electronic Smiths instruments

Hello you all, A friend of mine, tired about flickering needles, cables or speedo drive breakage is wondering about new Smiths from Andover…

5h ago

Norton Commando Fastback LR

I have only just discovered this forum, & 'stumbled across' a now-locked discussion about the Fastback LR, in particular, whether or not th…

6h ago

1974 mk2 clutch issues

With the engine off and the clutch lever pulled in the kick starter will not turn the engine over. With the engine running and put it in ge…

18h ago

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