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Molasses in Summer

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Things never seem to go as planned or hoped for…. This lovely old Norton should have been finished weeks ago, but alas, time slips by waiting on parts, or fabricating brackets or fettling the new items that don’t quite fit like the old. Every Monday brings me closer to topping off the fuel tank and trundling down the street on a test ride. The new Amal carbs are on and  the original air filter housing has been modified to keep the ingress of air clean and happy. Soon.

1966 Norton Atlas 750

1966 Norton Atlas 750

1966 Norton Atlas 750

1966 Norton Atlas 750

1966 Norton Atlas 750

1966 Norton Atlas 750

1966 Norton Atlas 750

1966 Norton Atlas 750

1966 Norton Atlas 750

1966 Norton Atlas 750

’66 Atlas

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Finally getting to work on the Norton. Tore the bike to bits today so I can make a list of what it will take to make this sweet ride fly like the wind! Fresh top-end, new clutch, back to a dual carb set up, fettle a few niggling leaks and get the magneto jolting life into her again for starters!! Spring is just around the corner and the open road beckons, and someone will surely want his bike after this long, hard winter we are enduring!!

1966 Atlas crankcases and transmission.

1966 Atlas crankcases and transmission.

1966 Atlas clutch hub and primary chain.

1966 Atlas clutch hub and primary chain.

Magneto awaiting service.

Magneto awaiting service.