Restoring Norton P11/121115 to like new condition.
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
- Nearing the end of a long process of bringing this classic street scrambler back into good looking and working order. It's been a long haul through a pandemic and unplanned family events all for the good. I'm still finding it hard to properly create and edit these movies. My narrative doesn't synch with the photos the way i wanted it but you folks should be able to figure it out? Many thanks to this Norton's owner for his patience and understanding along with a al the good craftspeople who added their essential services. Hopefuly this bike will give many hours of riding and viewing pleasure.
What a great job you did, enjoy ridding it.
She came out great, Jer! Nice work!
HAHA! I THINK THAT MIGHT BE MY FATHERS P-11. I might be wrong but I remember my dads P-11 had a hammered markings on one of the exhaust pipe just like yours in the 42nd second of your clip. I know cause I am the idiot that did it as a teenager if it is the same bike?.
I painted my dads frame silver. The bike when I sold it in 2008 had cafe bars and a cafe seat. I still had the original seat and front fender and I gave the buyer a newspaper clipping stating my dad was the owner of Motorcycle sales and service Grass Vally California in the 1960's.
I believe the Matchles G85 frame might have been bent prior my dad assembling the bike?. Some of my 1st memories still in my diapers as my dad assembled that bike. The bike also had a magneto and I do not believe th Magneto was original. My dad told me so many stories about that P-11. He raced it for years got a lot of 2nds but never a 1st place he got close though. He was 6' 5" tall and the G85 frame fit him. He road that bike through out the mountains around Grass valley California and later altered it for the streets, he said it was an excellent on the street.
Anyway is their a chance that that is my dads old P-11? If it is that would be great to know a really good mechanic fixed it up proper! I sold it in 2008 and I sold it with the trailer. I do not remember the guy but I gave him as much information and equipment left over as possible.
I live in Mather California outside of Sacramento Ca. Every time I look at an old P-11 I wonder if its my dads old bike but the hammer marks, magneto and silver frame says maybe? Please reply curiosity is killing me!
Wow. Sounds entirely possible that it may have been your fathers. Feel free to get in touch with me directly. I'm in Davis, not that far away. I'm also a veteran that volunteers to drive other Yolo county vets out to Mather VA hospital for their appointments. Small world, right? Happy I saw your comments. The new owner would be interested to know its prior history. 530-902-1670 voice or text.
There was a guy named Howard in San Fran in the 70s who rode a P11. Was that him you gave a shout out to?
When I lived in SF in `71 there was a guy named Harold that had a P11 and we rode together. He was fast as hell often being 1st to Inverness on the infamous Sunday morning ride. But no that's not the Howard I'm referring too as the owner of this bike. Curious, do we know each other? Thanks for looking.
@@jerrykap44 Yeah we know each other. We used to ride in the Sacto area in the 90s. Gene.