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by Mick Taylor
Sun Mar 04, 2018 12:58 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Pale Grey Powder Coating
Replies: 14
Views: 11703

Re: Pale Grey Powder Coating

Hi John, happily for me, because this bike has had so little use, the wheels are still pretty good, but there are these few marks I'd like to deal with as powder coat is notorious for deteriorating if it's breached, prevention being better than a cure. If push comes to shove I will look for a paint ...
by Mick Taylor
Sun Mar 04, 2018 11:19 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Pale Grey Powder Coating
Replies: 14
Views: 11703

Pale Grey Powder Coating

The wheels on my Classic are a sort of pale battleship grey.....and yet, they look silver in the brochure photos. I don't intend to change anything as it's the original finish and removing powder coat (ghastly stuff evil ) is no small task. That said, there are a couple of chips here and there which...
by Mick Taylor
Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:34 am
Forum: General discussion (eveything else)
Topic: Norton Rotary Classic (BSA) on ebay
Replies: 6
Views: 7512

Re: Norton Rotary Classic (BSA) on ebay

More facts:.....I didn't know that David..........every day's a school day. Very Happy
by Mick Taylor
Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:13 am
Forum: General discussion (eveything else)
Topic: Norton Rotary Classic (BSA) on ebay
Replies: 6
Views: 7512

Re: Norton Rotary Classic (BSA) on ebay

I suspect they have taken a few things at face value........I was briefly in discussion with the person who was selling this bike on behalf of the widow of the deceased owner; a very decent sort who had stepped up to assist the lady in the disposal of her husband's bikes .......but I would not have ...
by Mick Taylor
Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:31 pm
Forum: General discussion (eveything else)
Topic: Norton Rotary Classic (BSA) on ebay
Replies: 6
Views: 7512

Norton Rotary Classic (BSA) on ebay

The 'BSA' Norton Rotary Classic (#44) has found it's way onto ebay. I think they could have done it a large favour if they had removed the wingrack and re fitted the original rear lights and seat valances. They don't even mention the original parts are available with the bike..which I would have tho...
by Mick Taylor
Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:00 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Low Head Allen Bolts
Replies: 6
Views: 6177

Re: Low Head Allen Bolts

There are a few odd threads in the mix too......the vast majority of threaded parts on the Classic appear to be metric ......... but there are a number of parts where a UNF thread is shown. The rear torque arm, for instance, has a UNF threaded bolt at the front end and a metric one at the other end ...
by Mick Taylor
Sun Feb 25, 2018 9:40 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Low Head Allen Bolts
Replies: 6
Views: 6177

Re: Low Head Allen Bolts

You would imagine there must be a reason, surely they wouldn't go to the trouble of using specific (odd) bolts with alloy spacers without a good reason, .........would they? That was what stopped me from just replacing them, in case I'd missed the bleedin' obvious......I think I'll turn the heads do...
by Mick Taylor
Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:48 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Low Head Allen Bolts
Replies: 6
Views: 6177

Re: Low Head Allen Bolts

Thank you for that Richard.........as it happens I was planning on replacing them with stainless and getting all the originals bright zinc plated as soon as I have enough to justify a trip to the platers. I assumed (which is always fatal) that the smaller hex in the upper bolts might relate to reduc...
by Mick Taylor
Sat Feb 24, 2018 6:21 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Low Head Allen Bolts
Replies: 6
Views: 6177

Low Head Allen Bolts

Tinkering with my Classic today, I removed the upper and lower steering yoke clamp bolts. They are a bit of an oddity; the cap head of the bolt has a reduced height......(low head) about half the height of a typical Allen head, and underneath this reduced height head in each case is an aluminium spa...
by Mick Taylor
Mon Feb 19, 2018 7:53 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Cast Iron Discs
Replies: 24
Views: 29993

Re: Cast Iron Discs

Will do, I'm going to try Allbike Engineering first, they are set up to make discs and claim they will make pretty much anything.

I guess when these parts were not made in-house, Norton were always at the mercy of their suppliers.

Mick.
by Mick Taylor
Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:20 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Cast Iron Discs
Replies: 24
Views: 29993

Re: Cast Iron Discs

Thank you for that, Richard.......it seems this was an 'unlucky' bike.......it definitely has the spacer ring you mention. I will certainly look at EBC; failing that, because they look relatively uncomplicated, I will see what All Bike Engineering can do; I was hoping there might be a straightforwar...
by Mick Taylor
Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:03 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Cast Iron Discs
Replies: 24
Views: 29993

Re: Cast Iron Discs

A whack with a rubber mallet is the traditional cure.......but thinking about it, these are opposed piston, the caliper body is fixed in place, so whacking it won't do anything.......it might break something if I got a bit carried away though. Stainless discs is definitely the way to go ......... if...
by Mick Taylor
Sun Feb 18, 2018 7:03 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Cast Iron Discs
Replies: 24
Views: 29993

Re: Cast Iron Discs

Thanks John, looking at the discs a little closer today, the cast rotor seems to be mounted on an alloy centre fastened by Allen bolts. The actual disc part seems to be a simple circle with a number of threaded holes, no complicated shapes......in an ideal world I would buy discs and bolt them to my...
by Mick Taylor
Sun Feb 18, 2018 12:18 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Cast Iron Discs
Replies: 24
Views: 29993

Re: Cast Iron Discs

Chrome plated discs........that's another mystery, there must have been a good reason, it's not a cheap process. I did wonder if the Classic discs are unique to that bike or if anything else might fit, but I suspect I'm one of an extremely tiny number to have the problem so I will have to find out m...
by Mick Taylor
Sun Feb 18, 2018 9:10 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Cast Iron Discs
Replies: 24
Views: 29993

Re: Cast Iron Discs

But, given the right pads they do work in the wet, even bikes from the seventies.....and that's the whole point really, all modern bikes (I stand to be corrected) have stainless, low maintenance discs and stunning brakes. I had a bit of a struggle to get the bike off the bench yesterday because the ...
by Mick Taylor
Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:54 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Cast Iron Discs
Replies: 24
Views: 29993

Re: Cast Iron Discs

Hi John, thank you, that pretty much confirms what I thought.......the only Classic I have ever seen with rusty discs is mine exclaim I think the place in South London you mention might be All Bike Engineering.......I could take a couple of good photos and email them to see if they could fit new sta...
by Mick Taylor
Sat Feb 17, 2018 11:13 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Cast Iron Discs
Replies: 24
Views: 29993

Cast Iron Discs

t Hi all, when I picked up my Classic on Wednesday I had to load it onto the trailer in light rain, I stopped a few miles down the road just to check the straps and the brake discs were already red rust. exclaim Having put it in the garage and dried it off, I went to take it out today and the pads h...
by Mick Taylor
Fri Feb 16, 2018 8:39 pm
Forum: login and say hello!
Topic: Rotary forum.....part deux
Replies: 1
Views: 8135

Rotary forum.....part deux

Back in 2013 I sold my Norton Rotary Classic LE066......having had a succession of RE5s and a DKW as well.......about six months later I had a few pangs of regret about the Norton and as time went on the regrets got a bit stronger until I started to bug the new owner (who is a top bloke incidentally...
by Mick Taylor
Sat Jan 11, 2014 6:55 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: W2000 CV carb
Replies: 16
Views: 14256

Re: W2000 CV carb

Unfortunately I no longer have my W2000 and the various manuals went with it. I suspect someone on this site with a W2000 will tell you where the level plug is, but failing that the best immediate source for W2000 technical literature is possibly this place in Germany.http://www.schreiber-zweiradsho...
by Mick Taylor
Fri Oct 25, 2013 2:23 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: W2000 CV carb
Replies: 16
Views: 14256

Re: W2000 CV carb

Or.......better still, perhaps I should just upload it again......Doh!Mick.
by Mick Taylor
Fri Oct 25, 2013 1:15 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: W2000 CV carb
Replies: 16
Views: 14256

Re: W2000 CV carb

Yes, I still have the page with that information.........send me your e mail address and I will forward it.Regards................Mick.
by Mick Taylor
Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:42 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Flat Battery mystery
Replies: 33
Views: 33695

Re: Flat Battery mystery

Here is an update, I have been through the wiring harness reasonably thoroughly, whilst doing so I had the meter connected and it showed a drain of 0.9 which is vastly greater than the 0.03 I started with originally. I did find, as I had the headlight out to access the large harness plugs to the ins...
by Mick Taylor
Fri Sep 20, 2013 6:51 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Flat Battery mystery
Replies: 33
Views: 33695

Re: Flat Battery mystery

Thanks Richard, you are a star......as usual.......that gives me a proper starting point, which is priceless as I truly hate electrical issues.I will update as and when I get round to tampering with it.Mick..........kettle738.
by Mick Taylor
Thu Sep 19, 2013 9:13 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Flat Battery mystery
Replies: 33
Views: 33695

Re: Flat Battery mystery

Hello Mick,If your still having problems with your bike I'd be happy to run parallel tests on my Classic with you over the phone or I could pop over to you as you aren't too far from me in Essex. I'm busy this week but I'm sure I'm off shift next week so any time for me would be good. Hi Joe, thank...
by Mick Taylor
Tue Sep 10, 2013 8:41 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Flat Battery mystery
Replies: 33
Views: 33695

Re: Flat Battery mystery

Hi Howell, thank you for that, much appreciated, however I really do wish I could read and understand the scale on the meter....every reference I have found thus far assumes basic knowledge that I dont have so I have no idea if I'm reading it correctly or not.The fused DCA scale on my meter runs fro...
by Mick Taylor
Tue Sep 10, 2013 7:46 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Flat Battery mystery
Replies: 33
Views: 33695

Re: Flat Battery mystery

Hi John, thank you for that.....well if that is true that there is a permanent 'live' element then I guess some sort of draw should be expected, but for the life of me, in the absence of a clock or computer etc I can't imagine what would do this.The other thing that bugs me is that it hasn't done th...
by Mick Taylor
Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:56 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Flat Battery mystery
Replies: 33
Views: 33695

Re: Flat Battery mystery

Hi Richard, many thanks for that....my meter is seemingly vastly cleverer than I am...the fused DCA scale runs from 200u (200 microamps?) through 2m, (2 milliamps?) 20m, 200m, 2 (Amps?) up to 20u/10. There is also an unfused 10A option in a seperate port.Assuming the settings run from low to high as...
by Mick Taylor
Mon Sep 09, 2013 9:04 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Flat Battery mystery
Replies: 33
Views: 33695

Re: Flat Battery mystery

Thank you for that, my knowledge of vehicle electrics is so basic that I have no idea whether a discharge rate of -0.03 on the 20u/10 DC Amps scale is normal, reasonable or totally unacceptable...as I haven't a clue what 20u/10 really means. I looked on t'interweb before asking here, but pretty much...
by Mick Taylor
Sun Sep 08, 2013 7:52 pm
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Flat Battery mystery
Replies: 33
Views: 33695

Flat Battery mystery

Bit of a shock this afternoon, the previously superb AGM battery on my Classic was near flat for no aparrent reason; a bump start got her running and after a few miles the electric start etc was back in service so no problems with the charging system. I am an epic dullwit when it comes to electrics ...
by Mick Taylor
Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:53 am
Forum: technical interest and new ideas
Topic: Chain Gaiter Seal
Replies: 10
Views: 8848

Re: Chain Gaiter Seal

Thank you for that, chain tension comment noted and appreciated; I'm still trying to accurately locate the leak before I jump into the job and work out if I need to order some new gaiters.As it happens I was looking at some of those stainless zip ties at an autojumble at the weekend....they look lik...