Beautiful bike, Steve. When I get back to the states, I am going to take her down and get the frame powder-coated and rebuild her the right way. Now that I have two bikes, I can strip one down and still have one to ride. I like that long gas tank. Is that original? What is that from? I like the cafe racer feel but I feel like my bike is too many eras in one. Maybe if I changed the seat it would make it flow a little better.
One thing that my norton and my BMW share in common is a high idle after riding it for awhile. It starts off at under 1000 when it's cold, but when it's hot, it can stay anywhere between 2000 and 3000 RPMs. The annoying part is that it will actually drive without turning the throttle. It runs and starts so well that I don't want to f with the carbeurrators.
Wilcom, I think what sold me was the "push to start" vice "kick to start". when my carbs on the norton were still messed up, this harley rider came up to me and said "Don't worry about it brother, in the 70s, we'd wake up early, start trying to kick our bikes and then break for lunch and kick all afternoon"! I guess one has to choose, do I like riding? Or just jumping on a kickstart all day?
