Pictures of your Norton 961

BLIGHTYBRIT/SF · Mar 27, 2022

TonyA said:
Looks your riding with the big boys bikes again Richard !

These pics at the “ two hoots “ tea room at devils bridge , steam engine not bad nick considering its 170 years old ,covered 960 miles in four days , & Tony yes the big boys , I didn’t have cruise control, heated grips, a heated seat, a 350 mile range fuel tank ,DAB digital hi fi system, but it was the 961 that drew all the attention from the other 3 bikes that have a combined value of £55K , 961 looks a bargain now , & proves again that you can actually ride these bikes & not use them as ornaments

TonyA · Mar 27, 2022

BLIGHTYBRIT/SF said:
These pics at the “ two hoots “ tea room at devils bridge , steam engine not bad nick considering its 170 years old ,covered 960 miles in four days , & Tony yes the big boys , I didn’t have cruise control, heated grips, a heated seat, a 350 mile range fuel tank ,DAB digital hi fi system, but it was the 961 that drew all the attention from the other 3 bikes that have a combined value of £55K , 961 looks a bargain now , & proves again that you can actually ride these bikes & not use them as ornaments View attachment 86105 View attachment 86106

Love hearing that Sir !

Bluey72e · Mar 29, 2022

Quick ride South West of Canberra to Cotter Dam and a coffee stop at "Pitt Stop Coffee #1", and look what I found !!

1974 850 Commando no less, they were very excited about the 2015 cafe too

cliffa · Mar 29, 2022

Looking good !!

That's a nice purposeful looking Fastback. Is the owner on here?

TonyA · Mar 29, 2022

Bluey72e said:
Quick ride South West of Canberra to Cotter Dam and a coffee stop at "Pitt Stop Coffee #1", and look what I found !!

1974 850 Commando no less, they were very excited about the 2015 cafe too

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I like the weave on your seat .

TonyA · Mar 29, 2022

TonyA said:
Love hearing that Sir !

& proves again that you can actually ride these bikes & not use them as ornaments View attachment 86105 View attachment 86106

Richard , It will be difficult to keep up with you're miles piling up !

Al's#5 · Mar 31, 2022

TonyA said:
& proves again that you can actually ride these bikes & not use them as ornaments View attachment 86105 View attachment 86106

Richard , It will be difficult to keep up with you're miles piling up !

Well mines all ready, tax tomorrow and hopefully the weather will improve for the weekend. With a bit of luck I can have the biking summer planned for 2020 to celebrate 50 years a biker, fingers crossed. A trip to the IoM would be nice. Bikes running sweet!

cliffa · Mar 31, 2022

Al's#5 said:
Well mines all ready, tax tomorrow and hopefully the weather will improve for the weekend. With a bit of luck I can have the biking summer planned for 2020 to celebrate 50 years a biker, fingers crossed. A trip to the IoM would be nice. Bikes running sweet!

Fingers crossed for you. IOM - TT or Classic ? (Now called the Manx again)

Al's#5 · Mar 31, 2022

cliffa said:
Fingers crossed for you. IOM - TT or Classic ? (Now called the Manx again)

The Manx if for the races but I like to visit when it's quiet to enjoy the roads.

Clive · Apr 7, 2022

A long-awaited delivery from the factory! Shiny Shiny!

Al's#5 · Apr 7, 2022

Clive said:
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A long-awaited delivery from the factory! Shiny Shiny!

What a tease, come on, spill the beans!

Clive · Apr 7, 2022

I am a bad person and could not resist it! My bike went to the factory July last year and I asked if they could look after it while our neighbours built an extension and rebuilt our adjoining garages but it all went wrong and they are only just completing the work so had the bike delivered back ready for a show on Saturday nicely polished after its holiday!
NB that is; building work went wrong not Norton work!

Fast Eddie · Apr 7, 2022

You had us going there…

Fast Eddie · Apr 7, 2022

Note the long wheel base van …

TonyA · Apr 7, 2022

Clive said:
I am a bad person and could not resist it! My bike went to the factory July last year and I asked if they could look after it while our neighbours built an extension and rebuilt our adjoining garages but it all went wrong and they are only just completing the work so had the bike delivered back ready for a show on Saturday nicely polished after its holiday!
NB that is; building work went wrong not Norton work!

Are you saying that the current TVS/Norton took your bike in for service/storage ? WOW , I thought they only worked on the bikes they built ? April Fools right ..

Clive · Apr 7, 2022

TonyA said:
Are you saying that the current TVS/Norton took your bike in for service/storage ? WOW , I thought they only worked on the bikes they built ? April Fools right ..

Let’s imagine hypothetically that they were interested in producing a 961 type bike then they would want to know the potential problems with the existing design. So they might like to look at a bike which has covered a few miles. And while the engineers were looking at the bike they might feel inclined to fix any small issues they might find. Hypothetically of course...

TonyA · Apr 7, 2022

Clive said:
Let’s imagine hypothetically that they were interested in producing a 961 type bike then they would want to know the potential problems with the existing design. So they might like to look at a bike which has covered a few miles. And while the engineers were looking at the bike they might feel inclined to fix any small issues they might find. Hypothetically of course...

Well that sounds pretty darn good to me !

Welshrugby · Apr 10, 2022

I looked out of the window and it was there, waiting for me

BritTwit · Apr 10, 2022

It looks bored and alone, wants to go for a ride, apparently.

Clive · Apr 11, 2022

Looks like it could be sulking or maybe dreaming of a nice pair of long open exhausts

This was an excellent jaunt out on my freshy taxed and MOT'd CR to a Morgan factory do. For anyone who has never visited the UK this is what a typical supermarket car park looks like;

Pictures of your Norton 961

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