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British Bikes / Re: Norton 16H. Wrong gear lever?
« on: February 23, 2018, 05:21:14 AM »
Ah ok thanks 33d6, the talk of changing internals for matched parts confused me a bit. Yes i'll look for a dolls head box as it sounds more user friendly from a maintenance and riding point of view.
I'll get a copy of the book, thanks for the advice.

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British Bikes / Re: Norton 16H. Wrong gear lever?
« on: February 22, 2018, 03:12:25 AM »
Thanks for the advice. Can i not fit a complete dolls head box (inc casings) in place of the SA?

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Autojumble / Wanted, Dolls head gearbox
« on: February 20, 2018, 01:17:38 AM »
Could anyone help?

I'm looking for a Dolls head gearbox for a Norton 16H.

Rob

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British Bikes / Re: Norton 16H. Wrong gear lever?
« on: February 18, 2018, 10:18:16 PM »
Thankyou R.
I'll keep a look out for a dolls head box.
That's interesting iansoady, I guess it kept the cost down not having to tool up to make new design internals.

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British Bikes / Re: Norton 16H. Wrong gear lever?
« on: February 17, 2018, 10:13:34 PM »
Thanks for all your input, it makes for an interesting read.
I wonder why it has a gearbox from a decade before fitted, maybe it's an early bike registered later or maybe simply the burman/SA box was the only one available at the time to replace a faulty dolls head or lay down or whatever box it had originally.
I think my course of action will be to look at replacing the worn linkages and see how I get on. I will also keep an eye out for a gearbox suited for the year, the dolls head and lay down boxes look different in pictures, which would be the better choice? Also I assume mounting plates etc will also be required.

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British Bikes / Re: Norton 16H. Wrong gear lever?
« on: February 15, 2018, 11:07:50 AM »
I have some more information if any one is interested.
John at vintage Norton said it's an early sturmey archer box 1931 to 34.
I've moved the footrest up which has helped but the throw on the lever seems too much, is the some way of limiting the outer limits. I sometimes get false neutrals up and down through the gears.
If this is normal then I'm happy to live with it but if there's a way of refining things then I'll persue it.
I've attached some more photos.

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British Bikes / Re: Norton 16H. Wrong gear lever?
« on: February 09, 2018, 03:44:47 PM »
That's interesting that the footrests are splined, I assumed they were fixed. Looking at the photos if the footrest was rotated clockwise about 45 degrees it would help the situation a lot. I'll try this too. Thanks R

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British Bikes / Re: Norton 16H. Wrong gear lever?
« on: February 09, 2018, 03:37:53 PM »
Thanks for all your replies.
Its a 1946 model so must have had an earlier box fitted. I'm not impartial to having a hand change gear lever if that's what would work better on that box but there doesn't seem to be any provisions for brackets or the like.
I'll take the lever off and see what lurks behind and i'll drop vintage norton a line.
Maybe i'm expecting too much of it though, i normally ride modern bikes and motocross so am not used to false neutrals and oddly placed gear levers.
I will update with my findings.

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British Bikes / Norton 16H. Wrong gear lever?
« on: February 07, 2018, 09:48:57 PM »
Hi.
Would someone be able to identify if this gear lever is original. You have to lift your foot up and forward about 8 inches to change gear which doesn't seem right and is certainly uncomfortable. I've looked at photos of others and on some the nose of the gearlever droops towards the ground which makes sense.

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British Bikes / Re: Can anyone identify this motorcycle?
« on: January 31, 2018, 12:57:21 PM »
Thank L.A.B. That's great. Not that common then.

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British Bikes / Can anyone identify this motorcycle?
« on: January 31, 2018, 09:28:23 AM »
Hi,
Does anyone know what motorbike is in the photo? I thought maybe a bsa due to the sloping cylinder but it also looks to have clocks on the fuel tank like some Ariels.
This is my grandfather sitting on it so I date it about 80 years ago.
Excuse the quality but the photo is only a few inches square.
Rob

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