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Identify these bikes! / Re: Norton, but wich model? [Solved: It's a 1925 16H]

« on: May 10, 2010, 08:04:04 PM »

Thanks Leon, I got your point. I agree.
I have a friend that can help me in better understanding the bike.
Ivan

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Norton, but wich model?

« on: May 07, 2010, 09:15:46 PM »

So, to whom may be interested, it looks like the front forks have not been replaced.
Looking at the factory records (thanks Rich) the custom fittings include the webb fork in replacement of druid fork.
Same applies for the tank. The factory records says "extra large combination of petrol and oil tank" so I am now wondering how it should look like.
Ivan

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Norton, but wich model?

« on: April 27, 2010, 07:14:42 PM »

Quote from: RichP on April 26, 2010, 08:53:10 PM

I 've looked the numbers up in the factory records. The frame and engine numbers are in fact 'matching' as they left Nortons together as a 16H in 1925 despatched to 'Mototechnica' who appear to have been Norton's Milan agents in the 1920s and early 1930s.

Interestingly, in the forks column, 'Druid' has been crossed out and replaced with 'Webb' so the forks may be original and the special fittings column refers to a special large fuel tank with separate fuel and oil compartments (which appears to have been replaced).

I have thousands (no exaggeration) of images to sort through. I will mail a copy of the relevant page to Ivan as soon as I can.

Rich

Thanks Rich, I really appreciate the work you did digging in the factory records.
Really interesting informations to know to wich extent the bike has been modified.
I keep waiting for the images. Don't hurry.
Thanks again.
Best,
Ivan

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Norton, but wich model?

« on: March 24, 2010, 08:18:00 PM »

Thanks again Leon and Rich.
I checked the number behind the oil line and it matches the other printed on the cylinder.
Rich, If you could take a pic of the factory record it would really be good, whenever it'll happen, I'm not in a hurry. Thank you.

Another help you could give me is to send me links or pictures of what the shape of the gas tank, frame and front suspension is supposed to be.

Thanks again for your help.
Ivan

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Norton, but wich model?

« on: March 19, 2010, 09:02:23 PM »

Hello,
I have some better pictures to show that may help.
I try to post them on a viewable form, I hope to succeed.
The frame number I posted is from the documents (16369 or 1G369) and I don't find it on the frame. Where should it be?
The engine number is ok 13695.
Rich, could you really check the factory books to find out this bike? It would be great.
Here are the pictures. Comments are welcome!
All the best,
Ivan

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Norton, but wich model?

« on: March 10, 2010, 03:33:37 PM »

Thanks a lot, L.A.B., cardan and RichP.
I'll shoot better pictures now that the bike is in my garage.
I'll tray to remove the gas tank too to have a view of the frame.
The reversed "norton" logo is really unexplicable.
Best,
Ivan

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Norton, but wich model?

« on: March 07, 2010, 07:03:03 PM »

Thanks Norton55 for your contribution.
These are the numbers: engine 13695, frame 16369 (or 1G369 it is not clear).
Ivan

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Identify these bikes! / Re: Norton, but wich model?

« on: March 07, 2010, 07:54:34 AM »

Thanks a lot L.A.B. I will post the engine and frame numbers soon.
There is a page on wikipedia about the 16H with some external links.
Ciao,
Ivan

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Identify these bikes! / Norton, but wich model? [Solved: It's a 1925 16H]

« on: March 05, 2010, 08:56:23 PM »

Hello everybody,
maybe someone here could help me identifying this Norton.
There is a badge on the front fender where '1920' is written.
On the Italian documents that the bike is registered in 1934.
The engine size reported on the documents is 490cc.