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I won an auction and am having it shipped.
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Mon Jun 04, 2018 4:33 am
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When I was a Kid Nortons were pretty popular and dependable.
They held their value fairly well.
Good for you, enjoy.

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Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:38 am
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What year?
That should be a great classic bike, Not sure about parts availability on Guam...but congrats!

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Mon Jun 04, 2018 7:59 am
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Its a 1973 Roadster. And I'm not shipping it here to Guam:(
Too much money, too much rust.
It will be worth twice what I gave for it before I even get to see it....


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Mon Jun 04, 2018 2:56 pm
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Henry Bowman wrote:
Its a 1973 Roadster. And I'm not shipping it here to Guam:(
Too much money, too much rust.
It will be worth twice what I gave for it before I even get to see it....


Beautiful, very nice.
Ship it to my house, I'll take care of it for you :)

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Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:27 pm
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That's awesome!!!

I would not ship it to Guam either...You can ship it to Me, I will take great care of it until your return!

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Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:29 pm
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elwood wrote:
That's awesome!!!

I would not ship it to Guam either...You can ship it to Me, I will take great care of it until your return!


Hey Dude what's up !!
I offered first, best friend my ass :boink

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Mon Jun 04, 2018 5:49 pm
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Don't listen to those guys Ben, they're full of shit!
They just want to ride your new toy, poppin' wheelies and stuff.

Unlike me, who will keep it in a climate controlled museum-quality facility for you...

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Mon Jun 04, 2018 8:17 pm
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Never had a Norton but always really liked them (1970's)

I have never been a bike guy , but my first one was a BSA 650 with a sissy bar (remember those ?) ..... but I had endless trouble with it .... ran fine for a while , then one cylinder would cut out . If I kept that spark plug impeccably clean it would fire for a while but then quit.

Being a fairly good mechanic I checked everything .... compression was good , fuel was good , ignition was good .... reluctantly paid money for a dealer-mechanic to go through it , he could find nothing wrong.

Yet I would set out on a cross country , after a few miles the 2 cyl became a 1 cyl and I had to limp home cussing all the way .

Sold it as is , told the new buyer all the issues I had , he took it anyway , and after a week or so he told me he found the problem ...... two cylinders , two ignition systems , two coils , and one hot lead from one coil was too close to the frame and would short out (arc across) unless it had a new plug or a newly cleaned plug.

He turned the coil around and had an excellent bike. Truth is I would be freezing cold on the bike on the hottest day , teeth and eyes full of dirt and bugs , I didn't enjoy it at all.

The ironic thing is the only time the coil didn't short out for some reason was when it was raining and the bike was all wet , and so was I , and freezing cold , and cussing like a sailor trying to be a biker.

Enjoy your Norton Henry ..... I envy .


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Wow, gosh the outpouring of support from the guys on this board just gets a guy...sniff..sniff....all choked up!
All of you wonderful gents offering to care for my beautiful bike! Only in the gyro world would I even for a moment consider saying yes to you guys....

What a swell bunch;)


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I will take care of it for you ..... going by my above post you can be sure I wont be riding it haaaaa ..... I am actually liking your new bike very much.

If I was ever to get a bike it would be a high torque 4 stroke hill climber , slow and good for exploring offroad , I love getting off the beaten path , but find that 4 wheelers are too cumbersome and big , a small bike can slip between trees when the bears are chasing me.

I used to have pretty girls chasing me but now it is only bears.


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Arnie, one word for you
ROKON!


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