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Project Norton

AFTER TAKING A BREAK OF several months from my Norton ES2, I thought I would be looking at much progress, quite quickly. I was wrong. Despite ‘stepping back’ and just having a break, the problems were still there. So it was time to take stock of the whole project and see if a plan could be devised.

Once I’d cleared a bench, all the parts, old and new, were laid out so I could see what we had. This was bought as a part-started project from a gentleman who was able to finish it, but wouldn’t be able to ride it once he’d put all the hard work into it, so he had decided to sell. It was stripped and some new parts

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