Norton 961

**ital916** · 18th December 2008, 04:35

well now that the new guy has bought norton it turns out they will be going into production in 2009! WOOOOOOHHHOOOOOOOO! Cant wait till some lucky bugger buys on and brings it into work.

**Bonez** · 18th December 2008, 04:45

Originally Posted by laserracer

i still think its chunky

Nothing wrong with chunky.

**laserracer** · 18th December 2008, 05:48

Hell no nothing..wrong with chunkey ..im pretty chunky myself

...i think if it had slightly higher bars

and straught pipes mmmmm

**imdying** · 18th December 2008, 07:29

Originally Posted by laserracer

Hell no nothing..wrong with chunkey ..im pretty chunky myself

...i think if it had slightly higher bars

and straught pipes mmmmm

And a rotary motor...

**OutForADuck** · 18th December 2008, 07:39

Originally Posted by vifferman

Links? Pics? So - where are the links?!?!
Oh - and:

EDIT: Never mind - I'll do it myself.

Norton 961 linky

After all these years I still have a real soft spot for the memories of my old Commando... I agree this thing look slovely

**HenryDorsetCase** · 18th December 2008, 16:39

I absolutely love this, ever since I first saw it in cycle World.

Kenny Dreer spent a lot of his own money to get it to the state of being near production ready. They also hand built 50 signature series of this (or a bike near this spec I dont recall exactly) and sold them all within a week or so.

I had my name on their mailing list, and was waiting for them to finalise pricing and availability/delivery. They asked me for a $500USD deposit which in hindsight I should have paid (I would have got a hat and sweatshirt at least). The money was going to be held in some escrow account so if they didnt deliver I would have got the money back. From memory the really desirable one would have worked out at then current exchange rates at about $18k NZD (plus shipping and delivery here). Issues I foresaw were parts/servising and backup but at the time I thought it was the nicest bike I had ever seen.

Kenny Dreer had a long career in restoration and upgrading Nortons and competition. Google VR 880 and Vintage REbuilds to get some of his work.

He is in the latest CW as well: at age 60 odd he is running sub 6 second quarters on some insane drag bike. Amazing.

**James Deuce** · 18th December 2008, 16:42

Originally Posted by Scouse

Or instead of "quite valid" is it just a case of you trying to belittle a relative newbie and making an arse of yourself in the process.

If you can use the Internet, you can use the search function. The little darlings get hand held all the way through school without a hint of "fail" anywhere.

Welcome to the world.

**HenryDorsetCase** · 18th December 2008, 16:42

Originally Posted by James Deuce

If you can use the Internet, you can use the search function. The little darlings get hand held all the way through school without a hint of "fail" anywhere.

Welcome to the world.

Oh for Christ's sake grow the hell up.

**James Deuce** · 18th December 2008, 16:43

Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase

Oh for Christ's sake grow the hell up.

Sometimes other people get quite angry.

**alley cat** · 19th December 2008, 06:42

Originally Posted by James Deuce

If you can use the Internet, you can use the search function. The little darlings get hand held all the way through school without a hint of "fail" anywhere.

Welcome to the world.

Your a hard woman beth heke.

**pzkpfw** · 19th December 2008, 12:03

you're

10,9,8,...

**Benk** · 19th December 2008, 12:21

Originally Posted by James Deuce

If you can use the Internet, you can use the search function. The little darlings get hand held all the way through school without a hint of "fail" anywhere.

Welcome to the world.

"All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine." - Socrates

Your right man, searching for things is awesome! Im sure your not that much of a cock in real life ay. On the plus sid eyour nearly up to 10,000 posts!

PS I didnt see this post before it was reposted. So my eternal gratitude to the offender of this heinous crime, or I would have missed oggling this delicious bike.

**Bonez** · 19th December 2008, 16:21

Originally Posted by Benk

Your right man, searching for things is awesome! Im sure your not that much of a cock in real life ay. On the plus sid eyour nearly up to 10,000 posts!

.

Just a bunch of senceless rambling really

Your new here so have obviously haven't learnt how to use the search function either.

**Benk** · 19th December 2008, 18:52

Originally Posted by Bonez

Your new here so have obviously haven't learnt how to use the search function either.

Not sure what im supposed to be searching for man.

I was taking the piss out of his pathetic self righteous rant about the search function. I included a quote to illustrate my point (which was found doing a search).

I just dont see the point of dribbling on about a repost, when at least it was interesting and something I missed previously. More interesting to me than a fair whack of the stuff on here.

The first post was a bit fucking abstract granted, sarcasm is often lost on forums.

Apologies for the thread jack. It wont be continued by me, this is feeble enough in itself. Peace

Mint bike though, id love a cafe racer but, commuting calls for an entirely more boring/sensible beast.