Hi everyone hope we are all keeping well an sorry for the radio silence as a few will know I ended up having to take a bit of a social media break after being on the receiving end of some bullying hopefully all nipped in the bud now so starting to post again.
I'm just starting to get back to getting stuck in on the bikes and it's all change!
I've had to take the decision to stop riding the Norton 650ss I was daily riding and kick starting was constantly re setting the injury off on my nerve that I've now been landed with an I was finding it just far to much to kick start so after 4 years of daily riding she's now become a high days and weekend bike.
The 1927 16H Flat tanker has been my go to over the past 2 weeks unfortunately the magneto went pop again so that's off to be repaired at the moment (casting failure on an ml)
So without further ado here's the update the the WD16H
Happy Friday! It's time for a WW2 Norton RAF WD16H update.
Making really great progress this week after a few unexpected setbacks.
Today I did something I've never done before making a wiring loom from scratch just wanna say a big thanks to everyone thats helping with advice along the way an Ron's guide was a big help.
I'm making one or two tweaks as I go along as the intention now is to shelve my Norton 650ss which I've daily ridden for 4 years an 4 winters an use the WD16H as a daily there's quite alot of thinking behind it.
No1 inspiration and remembrance paying respect every day I ride to those it remembers.
No2 I'm struggling best will in the world to continue to kick start the 650ss with my nerve injury, lots of rethinking on future plans for motorcycles an the best ways to keep my riding. To make sure I have more good day's than bad days with it, an taking the 650ss out of the equation really ensures that.
No3 after riding the 1927 Norton 16H flat tanker an being pain free
Being able to kick start it trouble free with the valve lifter was a utter revelation, an now the magneto is away for rebuild the logical choice is my wd16h also parts availability for the rigours of daily riding the wd16h makes sense.
No4 older bikes are built solid 🙂 simple an so much fun!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
I just wish I'd got myself into gear with doing the WD16H earlier very exciting an all fingers crossed next week we will have a running bike.
Tomorrow's job is to fit the late type oil tank and repair the rubber sections of the oil lines I heated the old fitments off an managed to get them off with heat without damaging them so I'm gonna put some new rubber sections off the oil lines on.
Priority at the moment is getting her being a running bike,then correct the year correct details as I go along.
The inner tube that worked the best was a 650 size push bike one from Decathlon :)
Got some new taps on the way from Vintage Replica thanks to Lex for the recommendation.
Tj
Comparing the Farrant Brown version of SCC2 from war paint to a Ammeter I got an when I carefully removed the black paint was a pretty decent match between the two
Starting to Wire up the bike! Thanks to Rik for the colour shrink tube which I'd really struggled to get the right colours off.
Teamwork makes the dreamwork thanks to everyone who's helped :)
Does anyone know the measurement for the convoy light position down from the top edge of the lower mudguard?
Thanks in advance
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