This post could go on for ever, but basically it is done. The Norton is on the road again. It's even bloody legal! It's been a crazy week though. Above are shots from when John came round last weekend and we put the gearbox back in. We got stuck though when we stripped the thread on an engine mounting bolt, which was a bastard cause John's busy in the week with work and the following weekend (this weekend) he's running the Norton stand at the British Bike Show. So yeah, it was either wait, or do the rest of the work myself. I've had the week off teaching, so I thought 'fuck it, let's get dirty'...
First up was my learning to solder, as we discovered some really messy wiring and also the earth had been wired to the heat sink, and John said I needed to fix that shit up. My nickname is Shakin Luke Wood, and trust me soldering with a shakin hand is tough... and messy, but I got it done.
My shitty wiring done, and the new engine mounting bolts arrived. Got straight into reassembling the primary side...
Encountered numerous problems doing this... broken tab washers on the inner primary case, real trouble getting correct clearance around the rotor, and then the usual not having the right tools kinda trouble. Borrowed some from John and bought some new shit. John's torque wrench is awesome and I need to get one. I hate mine. I was paranoid about leaving bolts not done up to torque, or even worse, not filling things with oil. Hence my ingenius red sticker system you can see here. I tried my best to take my time and not get pissed off with anything. It sort of worked, but it was down to the wire time-wise. I did nothing for 3 days except work on this bike! Did I mention I was trying to get it ready for the Mods and Rockers 'Winter Rumble' here in Christchurch? Anyway, I had it running by Friday night, and took it for a test ride... all good. Needed a new tyre for a warrant though, and here you need a warrant to get a registration. So... rang around and the only tyre I could find was in Darfield, an hour out of Christchurch! Took off out there on Saturday morning, got tyre on sweet, and then went to a garage in Darfield for a warrant where things slowed down a little. They guy there was anal to put it nicely. An hour and a half later he gave me the fuckin warrant, and I got the rego in about 5 minutes. Only problem was I was an hour from Christchurch, and the rally started in 30 minutes...
Anyway that can be the next post! I'm super stoked she's running again.
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