No panic, it wasn't me! but after 2 years of separation my lovely Norton B4 got "married" to the sidecar again.

After a little mishap in the snow in the Ardennes the front forks were bent, and I took the bike apart, as there were other issues also, the piston hitting the head when cold, and the colour being wrong for the year of the bike being the main things together with the bent forks, that were straightened very easily in the end, but I upgraded a lot of little details, and am very happy with the results.

Will take more pictures soon, have to get on with this, as the combo is entered in the Irish Rally in just a weeks time, anyone else here going? (John o B. is.)







All in all it was a bit more then a quick repair and respray, and some things are still not original and will be changed in the future, like there should be combined levers fitted, but I have not done the castings for those yet.

Now it's time for a first little test run.....

Cheers,

Lex

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Fantastic, Lex. Truly a reference.

If you ever need sidecar ballast again, just shout !

Some 'Then & Nows' next year ?

The bike looks fantastic Lex, please do find time to take some detailed pictures of the combination for those of us who are interested in all these little details that you have taken care of.
Cheers

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He lex looks good ,
wiil take an test drive at the a.b.w.o weekend if you bring her .
and will drink some beer on your wedding.

greetz marcel jansen

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Very nice job Lex I think it needs a Bren gun

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Haha, thanks!! Bren gun will be fitted, after the permits are all cleared.

Loads of more pictures will be taken before I wreck it again.

Marcel, keep up the work, and you can drive your own in September!

Rik, always welcome as a passenger, we will have to do something spring next year in France.

Cheers,

Lex

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Really lovely Lex. And you could buy a cheap trials bike for wrecking in the forest.

Is that the 'Star of David' on the front.. My dear.. already..Shalom!

Ron

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Are you taking the 'Mick', Ron ? Lex might get in a 'Paddy' about that.

It's an identification symbol intended to reduce the need for sentries to ask "Is that Yourself, Sirr ?"

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Searched high and low for that marking! And had to pester someone for months to finally receive the info last week!

Cheers, Lex

PS, testrun went OK, had to adjust valve lifter cable, on Nortons it makes a noise too! Changing the oil now, as I put cheap supermarket oil in it, to flush things out.

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The bikes looking really good Lex...Great restoration work...Ian

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Very nice Lex, love the color, cant wait to see mine in the same but my chrome is still 2 weeks out! Grrrrr!

Impressive Lex!
Thanks for sharing pics.

Jacco

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