thinking of giving the Mille R a makeover for this season........

 

 want to lose some plastic and get it looking more like the factory Tuono

By special request

Richi's Norton

The new Foss Fabrication blog is up and running,

FOSS FABRICATION

Richi's metalwork is second to none, a true artisan!

B Movie Box Car Blues

Been singin this all day ... dunno why





"Caught a ride into South Dakota
With two girls in a light blue Desoto
One's name was Jane, the other was plain
But they both had racing motors
Next I caught a ride with a gamblers wife
Lay down, she had a brand new Rambler
She parked on the other side of town
She layed the Rambler down
She said she could dig if I'd knew her

Doing my best to get back to you
Ain't nothing I'd rather do
Look for me Sunday, gonna be there honey
Something special just for you
Special just for you


Made a truck stop, toothpick and water
Got a ride from a fruit pickers daughter
Drove her through the night, let the fruit just right
Said All I could eat for a quarter


Next, hopped a train with a hobo woman
Said she's from Texas too
The way that she did, what she did, when she did what she did to me
made me think of you
Hey honey made me think of you


Doing my best to get back to you
Ain't nothing I'd rather do
Look for me Sunday, gonna be there honey
Something special just for you
Special just for you


Hey honey something special just for you"

One for Sumo and Shaun

Mighty Mouse Burnout

Found this old plastic Rickman Metisse tank when I was clearing out shed

Thought I'd try it for size on Snorton....... need to drop it down a bit but its a nice shape and it holds a bit more fuel than the white fiberglass one

Trying out the video camera on my phone

Switch the camera on stick it in yer top pocket and ride .............



its a bit shaky, I might make up a proper holder for it so it looks straight on ;-)

The Ideal Bike Workshop by Radco

Waiting.................................

......for parts sucks!

New Carbs for the Norton

I've always felt the Norton motor was lacking top end, I called Mike at surrey Cycles for a bit of advice, turns out the 600 Dommie motor should have been fitted with either a single or a pair of Monoblocs, mine came with a pair of 926 Concentrics on an aftermarket manifold. He sorted me out with a pair of properly set up 928's to the same specs as the correct Monoblocs, with brass slides fitted, the chokes binned and the pilot holes tapped and blanking screws fitted- to make cleaning the carbs easier. Also supplied a nice pair ofscrew on meshed bellmouths.



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Getting the Norton prepped for mot

workshop alfresco 8o)


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More Chop, Dirt, Race and Bobber Junk

Montesa Cota 247 Restoration project, all there including the rare bits!

Dusty Race French style

Behind the scenes at Starklite

old TV clip found on YouTube