tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74253944451484369902024-03-15T21:54:31.316+01:00Vintage Norton Motorcyclesbeing a pictorial archive of these unapproachable machinesJohn de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comBlogger1570125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-18076215349507060442024-03-15T21:50:00.000+01:002024-03-15T21:50:01.205+01:00Norton belt driver !<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuq5O_d2SueBQ1vl_sWQDdA8KHgyxAXerFJtZSVL59sShGlUeFSIIxLFxlFRHZNf8niD8VWFsO3hqUJEJHabnn8PCDO1RWPjxXuMOolhnNPU03V4_DTPc1rUAKYNp9jRtAqblOGA1Tm4QCWv-pLo1Ob8EzFEjCEwnqZgccPgCcKz9IJF-A_vFd-I4ChsE/s2746/IMG-4301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2746" data-original-width="2631" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuq5O_d2SueBQ1vl_sWQDdA8KHgyxAXerFJtZSVL59sShGlUeFSIIxLFxlFRHZNf8niD8VWFsO3hqUJEJHabnn8PCDO1RWPjxXuMOolhnNPU03V4_DTPc1rUAKYNp9jRtAqblOGA1Tm4QCWv-pLo1Ob8EzFEjCEwnqZgccPgCcKz9IJF-A_vFd-I4ChsE/w384-h400/IMG-4301.jpg" width="384" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Thanks to Martin for this 1928 'Motor Cycle' article about riding single speed belt drivers! The author has only mentioned the magic word Norton once in his text but even without that it would be pretty clear that is what he is talking about. From a single speed Model 9 in about 1920 to his new OHC machine in 1928 ... re-learning old techniques on the one hand and the march of progress on the other!</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-48052651412769000812024-03-14T21:41:00.001+01:002024-03-15T21:45:17.354+01:00Original!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dLuqtnknFcPF0pCGtp7IQGlatseBOdHa-HsZ2i7-Wya5E6rAugwCSUr-IuewWV97wFw1alkZXEBu7De8nkhU0AFGG51FHWpHAhWIPy93I6OkJmSdgj7Voi-sgsdIEGsnvenFNFJhi_c5vqt5COjqMJPZjRQ0EravKnYIsdsjP4jsgzi7PYtZNQ7Y-YQ/s3264/Mail-bijlage.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-dLuqtnknFcPF0pCGtp7IQGlatseBOdHa-HsZ2i7-Wya5E6rAugwCSUr-IuewWV97wFw1alkZXEBu7De8nkhU0AFGG51FHWpHAhWIPy93I6OkJmSdgj7Voi-sgsdIEGsnvenFNFJhi_c5vqt5COjqMJPZjRQ0EravKnYIsdsjP4jsgzi7PYtZNQ7Y-YQ/w300-h400/Mail-bijlage.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NAOmtrtVJ13GeKeV5RufSWghhU_VDQWs5_BBCZHvcw_njcDVGBMow_NYDZGRcMQRRSvxDh2b4ACa_KfDIDIgZoFeVSLvo49-JTXT44Oc9xs6Az70w8Mdr5_3PVg3sugUyQRmEPbXdoIdk_8j_ShxpvM9H2z9GmucUqSgEYpp1Oji719l2GlnPjxQLyI/s3264/Mail-bijlage%203.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NAOmtrtVJ13GeKeV5RufSWghhU_VDQWs5_BBCZHvcw_njcDVGBMow_NYDZGRcMQRRSvxDh2b4ACa_KfDIDIgZoFeVSLvo49-JTXT44Oc9xs6Az70w8Mdr5_3PVg3sugUyQRmEPbXdoIdk_8j_ShxpvM9H2z9GmucUqSgEYpp1Oji719l2GlnPjxQLyI/w300-h400/Mail-bijlage%203.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCsTqUQ-kEqnMvse-RL8qpp-pu1i12uqMtBDucbq9XS9BWFGkk2WVAXBRZJur9UKtnn3IHuN1FnvsdhuVfEr1AROq4QZ5UEh_GQSaRfo21DEjGB7RpLyWAFW8NVcIyu-JKBSPvM3Siei50ZZTC7AR4QyrNhpP9tv59omKz3SxNZeEjk-O37FIGDVC8uY/s3264/Mail-bijlage%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCsTqUQ-kEqnMvse-RL8qpp-pu1i12uqMtBDucbq9XS9BWFGkk2WVAXBRZJur9UKtnn3IHuN1FnvsdhuVfEr1AROq4QZ5UEh_GQSaRfo21DEjGB7RpLyWAFW8NVcIyu-JKBSPvM3Siei50ZZTC7AR4QyrNhpP9tv59omKz3SxNZeEjk-O37FIGDVC8uY/w300-h400/Mail-bijlage%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>-<i>JdK</i>- An email from Gary: <i>"Hello there Simon and John. My 1926 tank looks original to me. What do you think. Got a surprise when I took the knee pad mounting plates off. Norton logo is different to some in that it has a little hook at top left on the N. The scroll along the top is well above the lower case letters and the t has a little leg to the right. The pie crust has been silver which I think makes it really stand out and the red pin stripes stop either side of the Norton logo. Looks to be the same logo as you have recently pointed out Simon but without the regd trade mark under it" </i></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- I would say extremely original! I am not 100% sure when they first started putting the regd trade mark bit on - but probably after the 1926 legal changes following Pa Norton's death the previous year. My original 1929 tank - see web site - has the trade mark bit and probably was a transfer when first made.</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-20800655235207255122024-03-13T21:37:00.001+01:002024-03-15T21:39:21.586+01:00Some help needed!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUYyJkWOJxsudWgvDyMt15NBm6jTxm06sw1_oqxIXYXtygRXmUgu5Ar1n_9V5wvaAdYxZJ-kBVwa4W1aJs7bbHUtjq-eeDdus0wPl3jsHGH4xHKnWUQNeUqoFgCrKuVGwjMF6Q4H3SJ72IhdtuaZLj50AoeRu3e0_aMZHxu9_F81zVMClwj_S32koi0M/s797/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20121736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="797" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUYyJkWOJxsudWgvDyMt15NBm6jTxm06sw1_oqxIXYXtygRXmUgu5Ar1n_9V5wvaAdYxZJ-kBVwa4W1aJs7bbHUtjq-eeDdus0wPl3jsHGH4xHKnWUQNeUqoFgCrKuVGwjMF6Q4H3SJ72IhdtuaZLj50AoeRu3e0_aMZHxu9_F81zVMClwj_S32koi0M/w400-h246/Screenshot%202024-03-06%20121736.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Wanted: Circa 1927 Norton engine/gearbox/chainstay frame casting for a 1927 Norton Flat tank project. Anything considered from the part or to a whole frame. Needs to be the type with the small uplift at the front with straight chainstays at the rear. Any condition WHY Beg, Buy, Borrow (so I can make a pattern and return) or exchange flattank/saddletank and post 1930 parts. Tel Robert 07712676534 or email r.collins255@btinternet.com</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-61384478853592340252024-03-12T21:50:00.002+01:002024-03-15T21:53:29.136+01:00Hector Dobbs<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQcsoK2Dn7rDWVIhQRGZl5oq4_4aQ3gJySGhjPMYydfrzEmawT9i0Y2Fh6O4xjM0opNzIKZDyQHK0B2anLg0lXtMQhyphenhyphenNtBqwbP3sQwW8fFYikcjzgmxPkGUYaASceiQf3QUPIo1TEBITLNonkJH5nQ3UqdsX0p5KCeJgaWYANG3MamzJnnXcp5ufRH6o/s1716/CF7KMX%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1574" data-original-width="1716" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTQcsoK2Dn7rDWVIhQRGZl5oq4_4aQ3gJySGhjPMYydfrzEmawT9i0Y2Fh6O4xjM0opNzIKZDyQHK0B2anLg0lXtMQhyphenhyphenNtBqwbP3sQwW8fFYikcjzgmxPkGUYaASceiQf3QUPIo1TEBITLNonkJH5nQ3UqdsX0p5KCeJgaWYANG3MamzJnnXcp5ufRH6o/w400-h368/CF7KMX%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Back in May '22 we had a <a href="http://www.vintagenorton.com/2022/05/hector-dobbs.html">brief posting about Hector Dobbs</a> and his 1925 win in the Amateur. Included were a few words about his 1926 Amateur TT Norton - which seems to have been quite special - and I have recently managed to obtain a copy of a photo of it in action, before Dobbs came to grief in the poor weather. This is attached - pity it was not taken from the other side - it would have been nice to know if it was a dry-sump machine!</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-37816003108773603942024-03-03T21:34:00.003+01:002024-03-03T21:34:30.822+01:00Grass track bonus or what!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvO5tFYhbvfz9ZBi_d0KvwIKAUL0m7nQc0oxPKIZjDpOUAzWeIP_WWW1eeZZxd-Q9cC5zDv2zwxUYRBcs2BM0ZBL55dNK9ieaYXlEVIJ6Te9PJmtVLhCiUX5mbjWMoxCt_v6FV0HrPSLGIkqF1h_y76zXBKdSzm-eV_pONbLMz-TXJUpuGVBsGb_ArJK0/s1838/Scan_20240303.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="1838" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvO5tFYhbvfz9ZBi_d0KvwIKAUL0m7nQc0oxPKIZjDpOUAzWeIP_WWW1eeZZxd-Q9cC5zDv2zwxUYRBcs2BM0ZBL55dNK9ieaYXlEVIJ6Te9PJmtVLhCiUX5mbjWMoxCt_v6FV0HrPSLGIkqF1h_y76zXBKdSzm-eV_pONbLMz-TXJUpuGVBsGb_ArJK0/w400-h295/Scan_20240303.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- It was 1960 and I had already owned my 1930 Model 18 for all of four years. I took part in various Vintage Club competitions and decided to try my hand at grass track - the VMCC having organised such an event at Cassiobury Park, Watford. Preparation consisted of fitting a used 'knobbly' rear tyre and riding over carefully as I had no fourwheeled transport at the time.</p><p>As far as I recall the track was a dusty bumpy oval - bumpy to such an extent that the forks clashed onto the front mudguard several times per lap during practise and the handlebar clamps moved and clouted the tank top. Having tightened everything up as much as possible, the machine was a bit more controllable during the heat and final, in which I think we finished fourth and fifth! If nothing else this dabble with grass tracking convinced me that road racing was more in my line!</p><p>However the Watford event resulted in two unexpected 'boni' - certainly outweighing the event itself.</p><p>Bonus number one came in the form of an introduction by J W Anstice Brown - very much into Vintage racing Douglases - to a young acquaintance who dealt in scrap metal. And right then he was in the process of dismantling a Norton engine and gearbox like mine. His method of dis-assembly involved use of a large sledge hammer and he told me proudly he had already shattered the gearbox. However, given a small financial incentive of £2, he agreed to desist from further assaults on the Norton remnants until I had had a chance of collecting them from his garden at nearby St Albans!</p><p>Bonus number two was better still! It came from a small Welshman, to whom I was chatting while re-adjusting the handlebars. " I've got a Norton much like that," he said. "it's pretty well complete and you can have it if you want - for nothing. Only problem is - it's down in Wales."</p><p>Anyway, it transpired that he worked as guard for Britsh Rail Western region, and he kindly arranged to move the Norton as his personal luggage to the 'left-luggage' office at Swindon station. A week or so later, he gave me a ring to say it was there and awaiting my collection. So I borrowed my mother's Morris 1000 van and drove down to Swindon. With the front passenger seat already removed the 'new' Norton was squeezed in without too much of a problem.</p><p>Apparently, when my new Welsh friend finished his shift at the London end of the run, he used to stay in digs at Ashford, Middx. I dropped him a line to tell him I had collected the bike and to repeat my thanks. I was surprised to get my letter back in a few days marked 'GONE AWAY.' Unfortunately I did not have his address in Wales and thus lost contact with him almost as soon as I had met him.</p><p>And the Norton? What a find! It was a 1929 Model 19 frame, forks, wheels etc. to which had been fitted a nice mid twenties LS Sturmey Archer gearbox, and better still, a dry-sump engine - never did check if it was Model 21 or Model 25 - dating from 1927. In those distant days I did not have access to the Norton despatch books which were probably still held by the Police ...</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-29737846558375988632024-03-01T21:07:00.002+01:002024-03-03T21:26:56.285+01:00S A Sorensen: The post war pics<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZLBeGnaCr457YGJHq1E8-CzUcg03oD5Jp_cT-k-wjtNwW4lcQapLCFvUCHWLcBrRQhf-bCEWoYIRjw9-rw1Tn9pDGTNfni1BHxtqww7vpJPQ3LLWxe2G-_2btc6-yLgS-zxL-X-yUCvKCiMCVSMdlKTDOQhS1SVlamAziPEJqs8EymJ73RgFfEPmyYc/s670/Scan_20240208%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="508" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuZLBeGnaCr457YGJHq1E8-CzUcg03oD5Jp_cT-k-wjtNwW4lcQapLCFvUCHWLcBrRQhf-bCEWoYIRjw9-rw1Tn9pDGTNfni1BHxtqww7vpJPQ3LLWxe2G-_2btc6-yLgS-zxL-X-yUCvKCiMCVSMdlKTDOQhS1SVlamAziPEJqs8EymJ73RgFfEPmyYc/w304-h400/Scan_20240208%20(2).jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Once the war was over, it did not take long for motor and motorcycle sport to start up again. S A Sorensen was soon out riding one of his pre-war Excelsiors with considerable success in dirt track events. By 1947 road racing was almost back to pre-war levels and SAS started a run of 17 TTs (see scan of post-war TT entries) as well as numerous European events. His IOM efforts, both Excelsior and Norton mounted, resulted in some good placings - his best being fifth in the 1949 Lightweight.</p><p>He appears to have discarded his pre-war Nortons and initially moved on to a 350cc garden-gate Manx which he bought new in 1949, and then, in the early fifties, he acquired a 500 Featherbed Manx as well. He fitted one of his Excelsior engines into this from time to time. </p><p>In 1949 he had the misfortune to have a serious crash in Holland which put him out of action for a while but not that long! He had to wear plaster from his waist up to his ears! However, he was soon back in the saddle, and did not actually stop racing until 1954. </p><p> He died in 1980 and will long be remembered for his outstanding and lengthy career.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoYCwTbGy7JkxiNeq1AA8W1obGK8XIrnZ4Ga6z2ca39BI2kK5-D3QoovBZN2MtPJQE7BHI-y8tFfhnM8_QTa4WqRiRozpjJ-Ypsa-PL44Vdgjxe0HyZICjfCHqSiEweMno_MNbERdvPiJH62MiPAIWQzH6XD1sdVVpeszurHd7ok1Ve64vEVBVzQMqkU/s800/1%201mKors%C3%B8r50-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="800" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHoYCwTbGy7JkxiNeq1AA8W1obGK8XIrnZ4Ga6z2ca39BI2kK5-D3QoovBZN2MtPJQE7BHI-y8tFfhnM8_QTa4WqRiRozpjJ-Ypsa-PL44Vdgjxe0HyZICjfCHqSiEweMno_MNbERdvPiJH62MiPAIWQzH6XD1sdVVpeszurHd7ok1Ve64vEVBVzQMqkU/w400-h271/1%201mKors%C3%B8r50-3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>A 1949 shot of Sorensen with his Manx, and a younger friend on Sorensen's 1939 Excelsior Manxman.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFvHerUcdtGfJrKkMK9T2I1HaAH4Ppy_0iLGZ_tU-xaWlcZoaSts8EGmHRXyNhGHm9Njsy6CQ9FGizLdCZ2U_K1-KXxZJir_4311cgppwO24776LybOWXJiA0iCYjzvDd4Z1Z-QdP3E76g_ALoeKsQbMkihmX_-B5iNIonj6huU0cWrs690gYI0njo-g/s800/2%20pCharlottenlund%201948.Far%20nr.%203%20fra%20h_jre.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="800" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFvHerUcdtGfJrKkMK9T2I1HaAH4Ppy_0iLGZ_tU-xaWlcZoaSts8EGmHRXyNhGHm9Njsy6CQ9FGizLdCZ2U_K1-KXxZJir_4311cgppwO24776LybOWXJiA0iCYjzvDd4Z1Z-QdP3E76g_ALoeKsQbMkihmX_-B5iNIonj6huU0cWrs690gYI0njo-g/w400-h230/2%20pCharlottenlund%201948.Far%20nr.%203%20fra%20h_jre.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The start of a dirt race at Charlottenlund in 1948. Charlottenlund was the best known trotting course north of Copenhagen.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaArFYVKLaBnDiceGM_5ShiYCBzyYKshmZaMIgIb9YFNiyDflQfeiAkkUF2xu8RtXHH2s7s9ENNoZKeMFyBC3PC4UPFZ67ybyo8aXf-LGdP2WPbujepUnO80yd8HsBNgUPegPj_3owozHOpzvTJvyr4pB4xu6viRzoeKmVOMgBFsieZOcbMPe6oq0LfI/s788/3pNorchamp34b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="788" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaArFYVKLaBnDiceGM_5ShiYCBzyYKshmZaMIgIb9YFNiyDflQfeiAkkUF2xu8RtXHH2s7s9ENNoZKeMFyBC3PC4UPFZ67ybyo8aXf-LGdP2WPbujepUnO80yd8HsBNgUPegPj_3owozHOpzvTJvyr4pB4xu6viRzoeKmVOMgBFsieZOcbMPe6oq0LfI/w400-h305/3pNorchamp34b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>S.A.S with his Excelsior receives the winner's wreath - another trotting course event, this being at Armaget.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqYo5SZqXEBlFp4I7DDQiYKRQXE2RZ5rsU9MZLs9k0QZ12S04d6osCvHyYnKY8qW6X5hyphenhyphenn0jom8OE04zxtllJgGFNViVjPMjH-CgQERAu8cMdp2tj1aQrxYryZN4lrmT_-m4Pojk_iufx1XZHLLR8HWQdCSPqW8R_yvDrHSSDCML-wKUU0JCROqAybPg/s713/4qBefore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="713" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguqYo5SZqXEBlFp4I7DDQiYKRQXE2RZ5rsU9MZLs9k0QZ12S04d6osCvHyYnKY8qW6X5hyphenhyphenn0jom8OE04zxtllJgGFNViVjPMjH-CgQERAu8cMdp2tj1aQrxYryZN4lrmT_-m4Pojk_iufx1XZHLLR8HWQdCSPqW8R_yvDrHSSDCML-wKUU0JCROqAybPg/w400-h336/4qBefore.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The 350cc Garden-gate Manx bought by S.A.S in 1949 survives - now owned by a collector in Scotland. Here's a shot of it dismantled prior to a full re-build.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBygLU226EcWdD-Q-yRqNq5Pg79c8EUrO5j3D9B1Q4zgcNXMt7a9zUdZXr3JUxIRi9zuz3JazDQmv_z5BOIRbJpO1BTQgrnXfiHguf6oBh76oEhRgJxfBzKjMiMUlCf3DKKR1mjZDlV2B6FEloV61CpLkRFeYHIV5cuyi7E9FnUG17knpsR-f4lga4LrE/s800/5qAfter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="800" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBygLU226EcWdD-Q-yRqNq5Pg79c8EUrO5j3D9B1Q4zgcNXMt7a9zUdZXr3JUxIRi9zuz3JazDQmv_z5BOIRbJpO1BTQgrnXfiHguf6oBh76oEhRgJxfBzKjMiMUlCf3DKKR1mjZDlV2B6FEloV61CpLkRFeYHIV5cuyi7E9FnUG17knpsR-f4lga4LrE/w400-h286/5qAfter.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>And here's a further shot of the Manx after the rebuild was completed.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq49KmuyMERKsYE4RJkuwWMb5utAAqID-cNY1kU-MnqlWWzPHBijepShAv7TZ1HlslGf2KdteRogeKW0fKoKLz2ZdUbPT7SVUKGq6-2iimcBpE5BgCf8MHY75TV5BRb8dTRe0qYCV1LEPvnkBREy53nVQ6tBst93dh_Bc3WcA5sutV1GjuT-McqDM6mWU/s800/1%20B1qgeneral.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgq49KmuyMERKsYE4RJkuwWMb5utAAqID-cNY1kU-MnqlWWzPHBijepShAv7TZ1HlslGf2KdteRogeKW0fKoKLz2ZdUbPT7SVUKGq6-2iimcBpE5BgCf8MHY75TV5BRb8dTRe0qYCV1LEPvnkBREy53nVQ6tBst93dh_Bc3WcA5sutV1GjuT-McqDM6mWU/w400-h300/1%20B1qgeneral.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>A couple of mystery holes in the lower frame rail of the re-built Manx - apparently they stemmed from 1952 when SAS fitted a new Featherbed Manx engine into the earlier frame for an event at Hedemora, Sweden.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQx_u_f8hKOmRjASGXNS_NNp_7xdjEHnSliXm-2TxdPZJeAURsOuSbR2mQSKadeO_tom_58hieQ5nbJvq7ULCGWsx53dDwIXaZRoAP8Z64FZsM1U9a7rHpYwbPc7wh5SQtPAZXf3DY14cDIdLWAc7TUr65dFgUimwWDoslVjZI-g1ANLBipSd80gpIPc/s621/2B2qCrash.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="621" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikQx_u_f8hKOmRjASGXNS_NNp_7xdjEHnSliXm-2TxdPZJeAURsOuSbR2mQSKadeO_tom_58hieQ5nbJvq7ULCGWsx53dDwIXaZRoAP8Z64FZsM1U9a7rHpYwbPc7wh5SQtPAZXf3DY14cDIdLWAc7TUr65dFgUimwWDoslVjZI-g1ANLBipSd80gpIPc/w400-h386/2B2qCrash.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>A 1947 shot of Sorensen crashing at Hem Odde's dirt-track course. Miraculously he was unhurt. A couple of years later he crashed at the Groote Prijs van Nederlande event and broke his neck - necessitating a plaster cast from waist to ears for several weeks.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4c33yQxBcVrJpN2mM5Q2_Fzao6AVyqvaTn1FQbKLj0h45IHUG6W3vov6D49nRHnk4gXqoz_9Nin9wAQx1-ssZmL3QnrJZO1Mn-IOu0XNLAsCNtw_kWRS48gqT2c0Wm9rzGN7vZN3HgMySrGv41lmtqiwU4Unatuax9gdSpMJ4YEnjy-6ls39rEZ31J0E/s800/3%20B3rJunior4966.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="800" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4c33yQxBcVrJpN2mM5Q2_Fzao6AVyqvaTn1FQbKLj0h45IHUG6W3vov6D49nRHnk4gXqoz_9Nin9wAQx1-ssZmL3QnrJZO1Mn-IOu0XNLAsCNtw_kWRS48gqT2c0Wm9rzGN7vZN3HgMySrGv41lmtqiwU4Unatuax9gdSpMJ4YEnjy-6ls39rEZ31J0E/w400-h275/3%20B3rJunior4966.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>SAS on his then new Garden-gate 350 in the 1949 Junior TT. He finished 24th.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKItHDkqzXL3pS_9CutD2Uw8brzONlirDjOVB6-au13FR2FKKkRxc_YyTVh6JBHuX0WjYHw5aHbrVljTPEBSBnRZ7vPEvNhpmFI9flzLa3ygrlnFgP1RQmEfjKFsdOsP5P0LIp2aqcnhf-qoa_LRjRa44wzcX1uLtl4LaF5ESirp4BsfRuTLznoFqcSk/s800/4%20B4sFather%20and%20son-50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="800" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioKItHDkqzXL3pS_9CutD2Uw8brzONlirDjOVB6-au13FR2FKKkRxc_YyTVh6JBHuX0WjYHw5aHbrVljTPEBSBnRZ7vPEvNhpmFI9flzLa3ygrlnFgP1RQmEfjKFsdOsP5P0LIp2aqcnhf-qoa_LRjRa44wzcX1uLtl4LaF5ESirp4BsfRuTLznoFqcSk/w400-h293/4%20B4sFather%20and%20son-50.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>SAS and Allan - then aged seven - pictured at Hedemora, Sweden in 1950.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLbqvEjiz_oPIy5SygWLsUhyHxjoWRo75FvnRETN4fJjM3YdWbpnIFmZoAbAHBtVCm5E5T0mt3t9v1w6IuN2vo2yyp20HKDxh8zR4nlLyM1bo2SpWjR-BBLg5GT0H1b-52_QV_1nMhWejjh4mCE02UOC2G6laHgmEwfm75SHpd8QUcwc93Ve6l8u5xCg/s800/5%20B5sSenior-50c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="800" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPLbqvEjiz_oPIy5SygWLsUhyHxjoWRo75FvnRETN4fJjM3YdWbpnIFmZoAbAHBtVCm5E5T0mt3t9v1w6IuN2vo2yyp20HKDxh8zR4nlLyM1bo2SpWjR-BBLg5GT0H1b-52_QV_1nMhWejjh4mCE02UOC2G6laHgmEwfm75SHpd8QUcwc93Ve6l8u5xCg/w400-h271/5%20B5sSenior-50c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Another shot at Hedemora in 1950 on his 500 Manx. He won!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvd450l4C_Id4oBgE_YMMoYFp5_6x7qwgYHyyS9Iru3EHLmfbVjwJ-om_V8w8dVzNQTZLrZwiXtTWO8ye0GF4c2dDdE95khBkdd8PGSVE0u3vre6i2O0f8EzQVtTcJjmcpiyizVacLg3UZTWYYi6wtsv9kJvz1ygYlM-jtY1hxeXRKIvFH-DImk-SpoI/s800/1b%201s50b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="800" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvd450l4C_Id4oBgE_YMMoYFp5_6x7qwgYHyyS9Iru3EHLmfbVjwJ-om_V8w8dVzNQTZLrZwiXtTWO8ye0GF4c2dDdE95khBkdd8PGSVE0u3vre6i2O0f8EzQVtTcJjmcpiyizVacLg3UZTWYYi6wtsv9kJvz1ygYlM-jtY1hxeXRKIvFH-DImk-SpoI/w400-h286/1b%201s50b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Another Hedemora shot of SAS on his 500. The race numbers were the same for 350 and 500 classes but a different colour.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvbhmsybqE-53uQg-O9eUIwOR0GhE65yxxdcWYnKoNWtJUtlMJXo3e4gdJC-TjtxecgtoE1fQ5MDEO7YVXY9H8T94I9cx6ngluIatr_xMT1dyzMOvFjj8ZtjhbSGLCsYU9lRQtKkJfA-rwp0BU3nebIqupELlYhvWD-UM8S0Ye91ECEIbVI6L34xyMwQ/s749/2%20b2ta05bund.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="749" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdvbhmsybqE-53uQg-O9eUIwOR0GhE65yxxdcWYnKoNWtJUtlMJXo3e4gdJC-TjtxecgtoE1fQ5MDEO7YVXY9H8T94I9cx6ngluIatr_xMT1dyzMOvFjj8ZtjhbSGLCsYU9lRQtKkJfA-rwp0BU3nebIqupELlYhvWD-UM8S0Ye91ECEIbVI6L34xyMwQ/w400-h320/2%20b2ta05bund.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>SAS at the 1952 Lightweight TT - with an Excelsior engine in his Manx frame.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkb45wD9GccVj8JYM-dklK18ys4YavnNRPHMRoGMCm3BnybWSL5EsSi_b5CtymH9V8qFadQaXwX8etgr32IYFWrfVZb4WqLXSBHiNq-ahY7WUFUPleCjeqQHBFx7XMTBvHYv-ETlyXym5SNXXFsYzPxxlFl-QWjXNJzUFUqbenMMg2R8pHeTElRhLNY2w/s656/3b%203ta05-top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="656" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkb45wD9GccVj8JYM-dklK18ys4YavnNRPHMRoGMCm3BnybWSL5EsSi_b5CtymH9V8qFadQaXwX8etgr32IYFWrfVZb4WqLXSBHiNq-ahY7WUFUPleCjeqQHBFx7XMTBvHYv-ETlyXym5SNXXFsYzPxxlFl-QWjXNJzUFUqbenMMg2R8pHeTElRhLNY2w/w400-h366/3b%203ta05-top.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>A close-up of the Excelsior/Manx readied for the TT.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-X0A_eEs7ejd_a_YAosN6c_MZUbe-JhR6f77sAMuSyqjq6zp4tbMdVuCTVpynga_KJzi6ygdE7FcCM7hB2hMlDwB6fgeIbXsbOOdA4-aMp_Y7bVgTC22zBZ6aTFHhRdL0PZYC8hhH9DSiQpYyKiunIhea9UVQ1BP3ZifVZoaFjKeUmJ93-oIvw9bpNo/s679/4b%204ta06-top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="679" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb-X0A_eEs7ejd_a_YAosN6c_MZUbe-JhR6f77sAMuSyqjq6zp4tbMdVuCTVpynga_KJzi6ygdE7FcCM7hB2hMlDwB6fgeIbXsbOOdA4-aMp_Y7bVgTC22zBZ6aTFHhRdL0PZYC8hhH9DSiQpYyKiunIhea9UVQ1BP3ZifVZoaFjKeUmJ93-oIvw9bpNo/w400-h354/4b%204ta06-top.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>SAS in action in the 1952 Junior TT. He finished 27th.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfndvIYEoBrPPN6UQrkFAeVZBVKFMtyOuuzUZkDHZJqigMk2R2WWv_c8VqOISPQSFNSV-mVMXzC935H83nluIvv6esp0ahh4kjAJx42yGJc40OoVwb_tBiylFdUsAC_aICYyFTxaXGeBE5BpI8SLunSDC1YIiqk0KHaCEZR6YXhsJHS6kcfKq08HAKxQ/s800/5%20b5tJunior-52.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="800" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfndvIYEoBrPPN6UQrkFAeVZBVKFMtyOuuzUZkDHZJqigMk2R2WWv_c8VqOISPQSFNSV-mVMXzC935H83nluIvv6esp0ahh4kjAJx42yGJc40OoVwb_tBiylFdUsAC_aICYyFTxaXGeBE5BpI8SLunSDC1YIiqk0KHaCEZR6YXhsJHS6kcfKq08HAKxQ/w400-h294/5%20b5tJunior-52.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Back at Hedemora in 1952 - in practise he hit a fist-sized stone and bumped his nose painfully on the tank!</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-75733654501818794552024-02-19T19:28:00.002+01:002024-02-19T19:28:28.765+01:001928 Show Advert<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3g3qSIRl744-r0aUypSGHASurmqHYfyinWjSgUHFT7xknC3OncHDClp9uaLmHZZJUXGwmgkReyDf576s4iLgYJb1ZVyR-nKiuTef1rKHubxInx5Kja3y14DFP-h_rj0uOMv69nXAHXQIfuWVKwtN-HS6lVqJ-mBTnQ4dY6Uoh2BAkcKTEMYQLKzJ7oDs/s1190/1929.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="841" data-original-width="1190" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3g3qSIRl744-r0aUypSGHASurmqHYfyinWjSgUHFT7xknC3OncHDClp9uaLmHZZJUXGwmgkReyDf576s4iLgYJb1ZVyR-nKiuTef1rKHubxInx5Kja3y14DFP-h_rj0uOMv69nXAHXQIfuWVKwtN-HS6lVqJ-mBTnQ4dY6Uoh2BAkcKTEMYQLKzJ7oDs/w400-h283/1929.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Thanks to Ian for this 'high res' scan from the October 1928 Motor Cycle. Note that the CJ and JE models are not listed, neither are any of the four speeders. The fact that many 1929 models were supplied to end users in November/December 1928 was a result of the Autumn timing of the Olympia Show.</p><p> </p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-73443660609733142642024-02-18T19:29:00.001+01:002024-02-19T19:33:01.676+01:00A 1925 Amateur TT 'also-ran!'<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt04gwNX0sqsm4yddIIVlcslv8saXu6rLufACXNbYi3cdOfZFx3BB0czJGmYUZC-_NaDjpubucYq6tJ59mhwfeqBgZQlmA4Dmf5zHP8Dl25vWLU1GLBhVGsfuc7sWeCzkGkZPDVO6pPCFeFLRGRPJVj9oYfKrfwkXenLjH9z5jZNjdui85K3G4UK6wOk/s1071/Screenshot%20(431).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="790" data-original-width="1071" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDt04gwNX0sqsm4yddIIVlcslv8saXu6rLufACXNbYi3cdOfZFx3BB0czJGmYUZC-_NaDjpubucYq6tJ59mhwfeqBgZQlmA4Dmf5zHP8Dl25vWLU1GLBhVGsfuc7sWeCzkGkZPDVO6pPCFeFLRGRPJVj9oYfKrfwkXenLjH9z5jZNjdui85K3G4UK6wOk/w400-h295/Screenshot%20(431).png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- I was recently sent this photo of one of the more lowly finishers - J. Robinson. But all credit to him - he persevered and did actually finish! Thanks to David who has checked then current editions of Motor Cycle and Motor Cycling for me and his comments follow: </p><p><i>"J. Robinson of Preston and Dist MCC certainly had an eventful race. He finished 14th after 3hrs 55mins and 36 seconds averaging 48mph. Troubles began between the depot and the start, then he stopped for ”lengthy adjustments” at Quarter Bridge on the first lap. He fell at Quarter Bridge on lap 2 landing on his head with his feet over the parapet and needing medical treatment but managed to convince the marshal he was fit to continue. Finally he carried Parkinson (AJS) on his pillion from at least Ramsey to the finish on the final lap. He received the well deserved York Trophy for the most meritorious performance. The photo appears in Motor Cycling of 16th September ’25 captioned “A nasty skid at Governor's Bridge .J Robinson (Norton) just saves himself”</i></p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-91654680268004333192024-02-14T22:11:00.004+01:002024-02-14T22:11:47.419+01:00Model 24 rebuild<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcuNd0hyaOSge1-CkOGWeBfwfaieGprnu_oA9ZjutVhX0NDuJEDyS5pfru9Jo63TOOwQwwoNxGJllNylz3iB4mKGBKsf3UwlYRk_UIdSvdjeE6zrf_v55XOcOZ5uj1szJ8paOO7g0ATYhxfPRqAc8ghLYmc0drHIumWw-QBIfNvtNDwkn2TKgrgjZBbM/s4000/IMG_20231126_151333.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcuNd0hyaOSge1-CkOGWeBfwfaieGprnu_oA9ZjutVhX0NDuJEDyS5pfru9Jo63TOOwQwwoNxGJllNylz3iB4mKGBKsf3UwlYRk_UIdSvdjeE6zrf_v55XOcOZ5uj1szJ8paOO7g0ATYhxfPRqAc8ghLYmc0drHIumWw-QBIfNvtNDwkn2TKgrgjZBbM/w400-h300/IMG_20231126_151333.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Adam has embarked on the challenging restoration of a late 1925 Model 24. The machine has been in bits for years and, amongst other things, some of the frame tubes need replacing. Of even greater importance, the cylinder head is missing and a usable replacement would be a great help. Anyone who has a suitable head to spare, please contact Adam direct - his email address is adam@nrhunt.co.uk </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKiU2-U4QjF4vFPKNFtejFaIuDFcRa9npp_2ItZZ59AXIzqOFsLfxI994KrtcKOsaj6XN-_828P6VyOo_NoD0mLwBhGpCFJxkfi9zU5VLNjBx0Imn__PTQoN9iW588MfDg9nvelmEEUlA2owVAEwCwUeMBFcIChHBLCvWw6DLIuNxMwJJumYyaL6KGew/s720/Norton-1928-Model-24-Cat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="720" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKiU2-U4QjF4vFPKNFtejFaIuDFcRa9npp_2ItZZ59AXIzqOFsLfxI994KrtcKOsaj6XN-_828P6VyOo_NoD0mLwBhGpCFJxkfi9zU5VLNjBx0Imn__PTQoN9iW588MfDg9nvelmEEUlA2owVAEwCwUeMBFcIChHBLCvWw6DLIuNxMwJJumYyaL6KGew/w400-h270/Norton-1928-Model-24-Cat.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-50194323651893209882024-02-08T20:44:00.005+01:002024-02-08T20:44:24.238+01:00A 1928 Norton advert<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoogWTgKVEza7HV7PzNl_29G-umfH548t3BzFPR8_aKR013xYZJMClwqGYrhK5Ib9UxMzp0SUKiOVjKNQ6dwY0Mrw5fHcv_jAYUXWZkPpsWAf0iOYvfW8IR9Ogkus_-XFjoThbd0-Aq3bkxrZMVMb_BGWxP0rlOX0Pn3tPAiDIpcmDPTa5HQR5sXliUuE/s3167/1928%20Norton%20advert0001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3167" data-original-width="2060" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoogWTgKVEza7HV7PzNl_29G-umfH548t3BzFPR8_aKR013xYZJMClwqGYrhK5Ib9UxMzp0SUKiOVjKNQ6dwY0Mrw5fHcv_jAYUXWZkPpsWAf0iOYvfW8IR9Ogkus_-XFjoThbd0-Aq3bkxrZMVMb_BGWxP0rlOX0Pn3tPAiDIpcmDPTa5HQR5sXliUuE/w260-h400/1928%20Norton%20advert0001.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Peter Thomson (Thomson's Motorcycle Museum, New Zealand) has kindly sent this full page advert from 1928. This lays great stress on SILENCE - and of course, the new for '28 double-barelled silencer is clearly depicted. Peter has also scanned the image itself, which shows good detail - including the frequent advertising department error of the time - the valve rockers shown are those used up to and including 1925!</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-70614451032923848492024-02-05T19:43:00.006+01:002024-02-05T19:43:54.499+01:00Stamps with a difference<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OFgEiaSl3Kw-QRe_HuoNOEE9KVjZWzq8suXsx8an3IFC16G2A0hOdVEXOEdgxFwKkb7voCSnuSjO1mTxAYMtHVq0OlYsLGoOIUNElbRzON-W2nO3821U28SmkiRR4UVJLa14waYYmMUsL06HiRvfE4CePnVvukjUUWwP7Nmu79__l3F3IRDd8t3GxD8/s565/Scan_20240205%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="565" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5OFgEiaSl3Kw-QRe_HuoNOEE9KVjZWzq8suXsx8an3IFC16G2A0hOdVEXOEdgxFwKkb7voCSnuSjO1mTxAYMtHVq0OlYsLGoOIUNElbRzON-W2nO3821U28SmkiRR4UVJLa14waYYmMUsL06HiRvfE4CePnVvukjUUWwP7Nmu79__l3F3IRDd8t3GxD8/w400-h274/Scan_20240205%20(2).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- I recently bought a second hand motorcycle book from a helpful chap in Dunedin (New Zealand) and it arrived this morning. Imagine my perhaps childish pleasure when I found that several of the postage stamps depicted motorcycles and one in particular showed a 1927 CS1!</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-34794268622209566882024-02-04T19:38:00.001+01:002024-02-05T19:40:43.550+01:00Moore CS1 parts wanted<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXIL9gkY3gWGsadV-kOgJ3Tmb-iWnbWbv06Xwds8wVMnt00dJVwJEXwmahD0uF9ROR-Ib7Dox6bh_jdaI_B_3ZZ2GHCPx5xwlcWeBdDCxwlGGVELMsuE8XRv6lN2Cq9e2e_tB5g-YH43Wh7p8cjxWREOj9EAi0-Hys6YUC1ZvqF7Wn2Edq6xmlGtPqHI/s2338/Scan_20240205_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="1653" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIXIL9gkY3gWGsadV-kOgJ3Tmb-iWnbWbv06Xwds8wVMnt00dJVwJEXwmahD0uF9ROR-Ib7Dox6bh_jdaI_B_3ZZ2GHCPx5xwlcWeBdDCxwlGGVELMsuE8XRv6lN2Cq9e2e_tB5g-YH43Wh7p8cjxWREOj9EAi0-Hys6YUC1ZvqF7Wn2Edq6xmlGtPqHI/w283-h400/Scan_20240205_4.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAWBHoTDwbhbMEBzs53YsGwLZOgwP4LNy64kLgxKtu0__35LqszLT5rWuN2kAfXL8Ax6x_89CfuUYsKUmcrGcD_54-1BMOwnwXWdJNFPzkqBfWr7RhmOzJLG1RQOb0dGigAAIEsL5Z4em30gazLRlABRWPJC7zO_kWKzDGxmUyJaBswLHepgJAr8P-tU/s2338/Scan_20240205%20(3).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1653" data-original-width="2338" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqAWBHoTDwbhbMEBzs53YsGwLZOgwP4LNy64kLgxKtu0__35LqszLT5rWuN2kAfXL8Ax6x_89CfuUYsKUmcrGcD_54-1BMOwnwXWdJNFPzkqBfWr7RhmOzJLG1RQOb0dGigAAIEsL5Z4em30gazLRlABRWPJC7zO_kWKzDGxmUyJaBswLHepgJAr8P-tU/w400-h283/Scan_20240205%20(3).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Claus in Germany has a Moore CS1 project under way and as so often happens, quite a few essentials are missing! He would be very pleased to obtain any or all the items listed below:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Complete set of oil pump drive parts</li><li>Timing cover (existing one is in two pieces)</li><li>Rear stand or rear stand lugs</li><li>Primary drive engine sprocket</li><li>Magneto drive sprocket</li><li>Binks float chamber top</li></ul><p></p><p>Claus can be contacted by email at claus_riemann@yahoo.de</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-45266044425526576392024-02-03T21:40:00.001+01:002024-02-04T21:46:11.226+01:00Transfers<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTVV3_pLIq7DAWqUS7_CyHiXHwKi2cnVOtGbts0hc1hS6O5rCg38ZUM14pXvNA-O4jSg_BBAi1T66iN-jaGj1_8ehPfFykELyoXD4oKDwTo2Fg2HpkJAVvsh1H5vPUih2e7Ez0qLHJzoPoIBPgeKe4iAMUjV7KHVxv_cqOT47BRVAnHeB1okgkUKuEh8/s652/Screenshot%20(425).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="234" data-original-width="652" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTVV3_pLIq7DAWqUS7_CyHiXHwKi2cnVOtGbts0hc1hS6O5rCg38ZUM14pXvNA-O4jSg_BBAi1T66iN-jaGj1_8ehPfFykELyoXD4oKDwTo2Fg2HpkJAVvsh1H5vPUih2e7Ez0qLHJzoPoIBPgeKe4iAMUjV7KHVxv_cqOT47BRVAnHeB1okgkUKuEh8/w400-h144/Screenshot%20(425).png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimMre4cfsKlVyPwHgwfpcplX0qnn7-dPGox-p7JgkptHwAic6ovA4dUOKNQ7tjeJaYTxnMOIW4EodzMj5tiak26BY1VmWv4piCUdmXYWqt1XlCIfG3A9SG7iiIHSlXv9hHhFQqdJvqF577WfHXuQx2wPtHoi7ANqgGQlQu4-HCT0FRG3r0ijtApFPILo/s289/Screenshot%20(424).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="289" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhimMre4cfsKlVyPwHgwfpcplX0qnn7-dPGox-p7JgkptHwAic6ovA4dUOKNQ7tjeJaYTxnMOIW4EodzMj5tiak26BY1VmWv4piCUdmXYWqt1XlCIfG3A9SG7iiIHSlXv9hHhFQqdJvqF577WfHXuQx2wPtHoi7ANqgGQlQu4-HCT0FRG3r0ijtApFPILo/w400-h262/Screenshot%20(424).png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- My attention was recently drawn to the Norton transfers available from the VMCC here in the UK. I attach scans of what is apparently available from their 'shop' and also of what they should look like. A small difference maybe, but one's right and one's wrong!</p><p><i>(The correct one - as you know - is the one with Regd Trade Mark underneath the magic word!)</i></p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-21345869673556360082024-01-19T21:16:00.003+01:002024-01-19T21:16:32.909+01:001938 Model ES2 Norton<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBqbJ3Jagqv9CVQwDQwrK21iBo6KSf3NNvJNsZ0fLhYTfIQHM9f2qEa4sE8h2vnTwKJAHPdWXI9ZS7QEJJZZIRLkTWx7kT0k_hoQQKAw0fQQ4Mg1q-aJBiRgAk9uuLOsomiGKMjdzsCZtN1SxqcKQDGNGwZCP7Fq_AK6Oanjhc-UOWyYE_jVCcQkRPd8/s1263/Screenshot%20(421).png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="1263" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBqbJ3Jagqv9CVQwDQwrK21iBo6KSf3NNvJNsZ0fLhYTfIQHM9f2qEa4sE8h2vnTwKJAHPdWXI9ZS7QEJJZZIRLkTWx7kT0k_hoQQKAw0fQQ4Mg1q-aJBiRgAk9uuLOsomiGKMjdzsCZtN1SxqcKQDGNGwZCP7Fq_AK6Oanjhc-UOWyYE_jVCcQkRPd8/w400-h297/Screenshot%20(421).png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Thanks to Adam who has drawn my attention to this very presentable ES2 which is for sale in Scotland. It apparently spent 25 years in a glass case in Hawick Museum, which, as we have mentioned before, has sundry exhibits linked to local TT hero Jimmie Guthrie. The current seller says it is 1938 and if this is the case, then surely it would not have been actually owned by Jimmie G himself, who was killed in the 1937 German Grand Prix.</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-17763237035733367572024-01-14T11:57:00.001+01:002024-01-14T11:57:49.497+01:00Svend Aage Sorensen - Road racing photos<p>-<i>SG</i>- I think it would be no exaggeration to say that Denmark and its sporting riders are better known for Speedway prowess than for road racing activities. But there is an exception to this generalization: Svend Aage Sorensen.</p><p>S. A. Sorensen was born in 1903, the youngest of six children, and died in 1980. He lived his entire life in the same street - perhaps a bit unusual now but less so then! I am greatly indebted to his son Allan for these biographical details and photographs from his father's albums. Allan is lucky to have the albums as three of them were given away in the minor domestic upheaval following Sorensen's death and fortunately one of the later owners of them contacted Allan nearly thirty years later and offered them back!</p><p>S. A. Sorensen is better known for his connection with Excelsiors - for whom he was an unofficial and very successful works rider - than Nortons but none the less, he rode Nortons extensively in Europe before and after the war. That he was held in high esteeem by the Norton management is shown by the fact that on his retirement from racing in 1954 he was presented with a gold medal.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZfrZfvhh-yp_s63bgdYpUJR3ZWEcam8FLoAeensQS2EwdInfpN8XKAM0FAv2-gPpctUGEPhupn7YWDt9nWoaXEh5d2fTaJ_wtsW5TM22Qg8AGs7JBR2dSlYk-R41SgST8CI4MRWofwoLvTDIZANQxA4Mm5mgjZHWwRre_4HDaLjo98pDOY8GQuRO6zI/s982/Medal1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="970" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ZfrZfvhh-yp_s63bgdYpUJR3ZWEcam8FLoAeensQS2EwdInfpN8XKAM0FAv2-gPpctUGEPhupn7YWDt9nWoaXEh5d2fTaJ_wtsW5TM22Qg8AGs7JBR2dSlYk-R41SgST8CI4MRWofwoLvTDIZANQxA4Mm5mgjZHWwRre_4HDaLjo98pDOY8GQuRO6zI/s320/Medal1.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGIaZkvncjnJ-brpCd8_Gvg8cnYwazklyHEyK4QmhF4gLj0yQf1UH1rANpFrsf0WttHZf9T6X5oCtudAu97_Hkn3c9wlGJW5zwzfWOebLKO0KFL67yoL_z5krwi962R8BFeFRGIJ6WzFkeSlCNLxgnyoVgu_2PEnCXVCrROC9xSP03AGPwp9RKEMZ0XE/s982/Medal2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="982" data-original-width="970" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZGIaZkvncjnJ-brpCd8_Gvg8cnYwazklyHEyK4QmhF4gLj0yQf1UH1rANpFrsf0WttHZf9T6X5oCtudAu97_Hkn3c9wlGJW5zwzfWOebLKO0KFL67yoL_z5krwi962R8BFeFRGIJ6WzFkeSlCNLxgnyoVgu_2PEnCXVCrROC9xSP03AGPwp9RKEMZ0XE/s320/Medal2.jpg" width="316" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwe5Ddl5GjSRR57YlqvwZLEbvQamUHTl5bEY1JeFtH6r0SKnYS-KyhoNjkgw9pk2h3ZkjLpzRcYW2bNtUmmlQBveY8WBAkejFo5IysfGVkoXXc9hoNKI7Dp8WOwXPDhw0_D5jBUeNY3k0tRukJ22wNLbKrrYv4PJggk3-sRyP7Mw0rSDL4yHZxenrld0/s1717/Medal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1717" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhwe5Ddl5GjSRR57YlqvwZLEbvQamUHTl5bEY1JeFtH6r0SKnYS-KyhoNjkgw9pk2h3ZkjLpzRcYW2bNtUmmlQBveY8WBAkejFo5IysfGVkoXXc9hoNKI7Dp8WOwXPDhw0_D5jBUeNY3k0tRukJ22wNLbKrrYv4PJggk3-sRyP7Mw0rSDL4yHZxenrld0/s320/Medal.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>His career started in 1924 on Armager trotting course against a horse! The bike had to cover two laps and the horse one! History does not relate what he rode but by 1929 he had a flat tank OHV Norton which he used in all branches of the sport. His next Norton mount seems to have been a 1931 CJ of which three were shipped to the Danish distributor early in the year - still fitted with the ES Druid forks according to the records. His successes with this machine were numerous, to say the least, as shown by his 1933 Trophy Collection photograph.</p><p>In 1934 he visited the IOM for the first time - not actually to compete. None the less he was allowed to do four practise laps - Norton mounted. From 1935 to 1939 he rode in the Lightweight and Junior TTs on works Excelsiors, his best placing being 8th in the 1936 Lightweight. He was Nordic Champion on his Mechanical Marvel Excesior in 1935 and also won the Saxtorp GP in Sweden. Excelsiors were a pretty generous company - later in the thirties, Sorensen was given a new Manxman every year and was allowed to do what he liked with the previous year's 'free issue' - sell it or keep it!</p><p>In Denmark, however, it appears that his allegiance to Nortons was firm and although it is not entirely clear to me when he updated to later OHC models, he undoubtedly did so as the decade progressed.</p><p>Allan has sent a large number of scans from his father's albums and we have done our best to select those of best clarity and interest from the thirties. We will create a further posting covering his post-war activities in the near future.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhs7eYgjGg4L31q-DwXbQ9rnmgqZ6TjhchmR5D-wYpdb8Ta4xuY5J2kBh0czt-A3anVEyRYQ4bNPCwaTF0b76DgewdL3sL1wWfTfPhqXggOjvmuaVwdGmhtN1ce7I9ozT9TfXpAZ5Yk38OqggWUsxZfZSM1zr_gTX3XSiJIhsXHnPK8VKPwrsp8ZCOjU/s820/09.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="820" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjhs7eYgjGg4L31q-DwXbQ9rnmgqZ6TjhchmR5D-wYpdb8Ta4xuY5J2kBh0czt-A3anVEyRYQ4bNPCwaTF0b76DgewdL3sL1wWfTfPhqXggOjvmuaVwdGmhtN1ce7I9ozT9TfXpAZ5Yk38OqggWUsxZfZSM1zr_gTX3XSiJIhsXHnPK8VKPwrsp8ZCOjU/w400-h265/09.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorensen at Korketrekkeren near Oslo in 1933. Looks like a flat tanker!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3g6C8BU7wEOEuXJMBVn6lZVBVrl9Ch3wJBh9FXBaC9aQzPiY3F87w4KIs_HJEIFkG2y2ZKZtXsTsttrJ1XTFC-TcXGHlNStKds0CkX93IaTIFo9B7EXzaold8_o6IXqvT6rpSTlu1xMmltIQwvp9ehDzy1LENKpPpHOyBwe7PwDzrNW70ih5FH83vcWE/s600/11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="600" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3g6C8BU7wEOEuXJMBVn6lZVBVrl9Ch3wJBh9FXBaC9aQzPiY3F87w4KIs_HJEIFkG2y2ZKZtXsTsttrJ1XTFC-TcXGHlNStKds0CkX93IaTIFo9B7EXzaold8_o6IXqvT6rpSTlu1xMmltIQwvp9ehDzy1LENKpPpHOyBwe7PwDzrNW70ih5FH83vcWE/w400-h228/11.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This young man working on the bike is not Sorensen but the son of his next door neighbour</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y4eKSGpqBVQcQeOTem0MoW61YFBOXersgxIlqDsbp8R4uy7nMhxfH1ZNrlLGdZndc2EeCNPInVnv0cLvbMfLUGfQB96-F1JazhUg5tYVulWfq6InmBFSepVeeKpyXCLlQicLtHSGGUa8TTXXp0ola-wKo_GDb5dH2wJYVvS0H5b1dNdP2OxKJqwOHZg/s560/26%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="338" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2y4eKSGpqBVQcQeOTem0MoW61YFBOXersgxIlqDsbp8R4uy7nMhxfH1ZNrlLGdZndc2EeCNPInVnv0cLvbMfLUGfQB96-F1JazhUg5tYVulWfq6InmBFSepVeeKpyXCLlQicLtHSGGUa8TTXXp0ola-wKo_GDb5dH2wJYVvS0H5b1dNdP2OxKJqwOHZg/w241-h400/26%202.jpg" width="241" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken at Saxtorp in 1932 and appears to show Sorensen and his CJ</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDM56CqE5FeoFzFJZJkO1rOuhS8gYSSCcJmpd_x389dWv6-ypHidruqQVFHd8hD3J5dBD_LilkoGSjFjrRxRBhNkceW0RqcrXLydnBNZjUFmB5y4vMpFi7mG36XvdSwGKp0ctXbpcL8iPT6c8sW85CY77dogsF6x0AhRK689_9uDRtPUqHzFVRCw0KNwY/s329/26%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="329" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDM56CqE5FeoFzFJZJkO1rOuhS8gYSSCcJmpd_x389dWv6-ypHidruqQVFHd8hD3J5dBD_LilkoGSjFjrRxRBhNkceW0RqcrXLydnBNZjUFmB5y4vMpFi7mG36XvdSwGKp0ctXbpcL8iPT6c8sW85CY77dogsF6x0AhRK689_9uDRtPUqHzFVRCw0KNwY/w400-h256/26%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Saxtorp photo from 1932</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDOrD50hDG2jbBL5_TR2HMT66-PP3IzIbKZrmMwqoteWCddBehqwM-wuzsSDmggiCDX4ZWE_z8KWnfwzFBLn5uaF5qDqJR0rjeC4l2wJ1YV4P2gMDit-8N5yQeKKNZCc_Xac-NbO-FsF8CK8TDrDGMuGwidx50Lzmc6wlpNYM1Udeyf0a9rwR-9xaSi0/s576/26.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="576" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnDOrD50hDG2jbBL5_TR2HMT66-PP3IzIbKZrmMwqoteWCddBehqwM-wuzsSDmggiCDX4ZWE_z8KWnfwzFBLn5uaF5qDqJR0rjeC4l2wJ1YV4P2gMDit-8N5yQeKKNZCc_Xac-NbO-FsF8CK8TDrDGMuGwidx50Lzmc6wlpNYM1Udeyf0a9rwR-9xaSi0/w400-h248/26.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was also taken at Saxtorp in 1932 - appears to be an early Inter - has three stay frame</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LqxuRGRW1bxNX8qAZB0YHJPBOxjJcTx1P5PDy_LiIHDDQHdzdG8twPj68NpK2RinTdDytxmQE0YmJ3O5MPOzk62FFcqNxOLQK_4O65YdD-39ztIkWvze8tMQia5kI9njTpQJfBhjV-2_PoibbFUII-N6ktEutiJ78TKQlTDjrjDI9T3kSDLpZ14i6n8/s1406/34.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1041" data-original-width="1406" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LqxuRGRW1bxNX8qAZB0YHJPBOxjJcTx1P5PDy_LiIHDDQHdzdG8twPj68NpK2RinTdDytxmQE0YmJ3O5MPOzk62FFcqNxOLQK_4O65YdD-39ztIkWvze8tMQia5kI9njTpQJfBhjV-2_PoibbFUII-N6ktEutiJ78TKQlTDjrjDI9T3kSDLpZ14i6n8/w400-h296/34.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A year later, same place! Sorensen on right of group wearing tennis shoes</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGA26BjojJK7w9xBtD3zK9lDv-vO3Qkc6zlAi5kaf-IIPX1XbNnMPBH26I5jk954ViKtAHs0Gr8NSGBX--lX_R5vhMLRh0Nfs8iIjX8UN9pOeXMXHexnrtzSvrvecZXG8eNcBP-do3EV-30dxYrQI5TBM43A0zQDh4NQsxtQ-00ZgyD7sARysHhRSbu4/s1296/35.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="991" data-original-width="1296" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGA26BjojJK7w9xBtD3zK9lDv-vO3Qkc6zlAi5kaf-IIPX1XbNnMPBH26I5jk954ViKtAHs0Gr8NSGBX--lX_R5vhMLRh0Nfs8iIjX8UN9pOeXMXHexnrtzSvrvecZXG8eNcBP-do3EV-30dxYrQI5TBM43A0zQDh4NQsxtQ-00ZgyD7sARysHhRSbu4/w400-h306/35.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Danish team on Bror Persson's farm, Saxtorp in 1933. Sorensen sitting on number 57</td></tr></tbody></table>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-17277070726532122092024-01-13T11:57:00.001+01:002024-01-14T11:58:04.609+01:00Svend Aage Sorensen - Dirt Track shots<p> -<i>SG</i>- There are quite a lot of Dirt Track shots - it would seem that Sorensen was just as active in this branch of the sport as road racing.</p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6RazbewxqqHrDYQbui84ORpyBfqLFWFyJhbX9aqvrhsu0RZJ9eoiuhXEEAxTI4rQVhKBrfsmWj2fvokf43DIALWpiI2LTT6HkxCECeS66U1v122PdBwVA4efXltQAPEkp0DwsKaUK2cop8L6DF_CHh5PFDi3Un6PDXaA5rotH34VuBO8tsIZBbTNkrk/s771/03%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="771" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj6RazbewxqqHrDYQbui84ORpyBfqLFWFyJhbX9aqvrhsu0RZJ9eoiuhXEEAxTI4rQVhKBrfsmWj2fvokf43DIALWpiI2LTT6HkxCECeS66U1v122PdBwVA4efXltQAPEkp0DwsKaUK2cop8L6DF_CHh5PFDi3Un6PDXaA5rotH34VuBO8tsIZBbTNkrk/w400-h272/03%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken at Odense in 1932 - probably on his CJ</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YRQyhlX1WNuR5Z9bvb6m81_BuV5Gk90H4SG1A-9gUeKkXW42eBj9W3tN6av7pxUNW1NGkpLek_0gvYWAJ59rRHaTh2DeiXNTeJteut6gTuoDk8JROEYJe4zIQY_SIr__qleZph-1w1qGGiNWCOnnucBUq6-Agw_Z3KtXHXBvt41JCRKDJ-j4MhEWY_o/s808/03%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="808" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9YRQyhlX1WNuR5Z9bvb6m81_BuV5Gk90H4SG1A-9gUeKkXW42eBj9W3tN6av7pxUNW1NGkpLek_0gvYWAJ59rRHaTh2DeiXNTeJteut6gTuoDk8JROEYJe4zIQY_SIr__qleZph-1w1qGGiNWCOnnucBUq6-Agw_Z3KtXHXBvt41JCRKDJ-j4MhEWY_o/w400-h251/03%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Probably also at Odense in the early thirties</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAs2pm704M9S-_SSzXg-TeTxtX8D-0YwD_GJVZBPpEMHw_wEZGlK0FCwyC8OCStSTu0ZV4SDLobLHOu_WCgQI1476LyllZr4H5BYh8dIGV-ZP0vuww_2c6id0SgFEbKNdombkcn2Xbz_Pyi9Mo24RNchJTqSnEzTxF7EbBZhkcJwsxreA2hlSJYK2n-Bk/s792/03%204.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="792" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAs2pm704M9S-_SSzXg-TeTxtX8D-0YwD_GJVZBPpEMHw_wEZGlK0FCwyC8OCStSTu0ZV4SDLobLHOu_WCgQI1476LyllZr4H5BYh8dIGV-ZP0vuww_2c6id0SgFEbKNdombkcn2Xbz_Pyi9Mo24RNchJTqSnEzTxF7EbBZhkcJwsxreA2hlSJYK2n-Bk/w400-h258/03%204.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoowB5QR_G91BpLWaUEgX38oq0I47HJUX62mUvWuEnIkegpkFM9XmZF51OWuhIRD-ku4ujdOZ3QVtCX21EL9J6m8tO1IuAt2QtPXzBGfx4dN9saEgNvb5jZ7g_QlNnWafRPUXNsQ-XSnQDsGPcsTCjrY2Zp1-LLgu3ubk9nhd_dnWFCfk3XqtTaOod2AA/s801/03.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="801" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoowB5QR_G91BpLWaUEgX38oq0I47HJUX62mUvWuEnIkegpkFM9XmZF51OWuhIRD-ku4ujdOZ3QVtCX21EL9J6m8tO1IuAt2QtPXzBGfx4dN9saEgNvb5jZ7g_QlNnWafRPUXNsQ-XSnQDsGPcsTCjrY2Zp1-LLgu3ubk9nhd_dnWFCfk3XqtTaOod2AA/w400-h251/03.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">No details as to 'when and where!' The machine looks like a Model 25 with a special small tank and a right hand exhaust pipe - not difficult to arrange with a straight ahead exhaust port head</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2d45YHyx6u450zF0KKzonHfWSuQu6dh9VI2vml7mlJ_cZAb99euckPTE83O1mK8XcYxsNqG_Hw-Cy_coyfJm_ymfHn9NyjF0rJ_4aBjD4P63FM8dbwE-eH2cxkbSDSvS8EawK37-0MEP1xEVfWcrEXo78emDhkiYuPCCBoknAzbCV5yrz0WC1jQgK2DM/s616/08%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="349" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2d45YHyx6u450zF0KKzonHfWSuQu6dh9VI2vml7mlJ_cZAb99euckPTE83O1mK8XcYxsNqG_Hw-Cy_coyfJm_ymfHn9NyjF0rJ_4aBjD4P63FM8dbwE-eH2cxkbSDSvS8EawK37-0MEP1xEVfWcrEXo78emDhkiYuPCCBoknAzbCV5yrz0WC1jQgK2DM/w226-h400/08%202.jpg" width="226" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorensen with his CJ in 1934. His elder brother Kaj is with him - by then a Norton dealer in Copenhagen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWs-ZhbxtfL-t-NsiRIgb3nnrFiL0gr6aDWAPlRwmpY5Jf2LvUSkHXs6BORK09L8ky1GeQ-V3rD61p9X_FoksFxkdnimQSub8RMZGLHBO_f8gMhwGBf3IP33VgsENWSrIwgbgdTfqFKhFG-sXFmv0XeEu14YQPNGTYeUNTXfVxP_tkK2LfqHBlAPFfW0/s587/08.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="355" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivWs-ZhbxtfL-t-NsiRIgb3nnrFiL0gr6aDWAPlRwmpY5Jf2LvUSkHXs6BORK09L8ky1GeQ-V3rD61p9X_FoksFxkdnimQSub8RMZGLHBO_f8gMhwGBf3IP33VgsENWSrIwgbgdTfqFKhFG-sXFmv0XeEu14YQPNGTYeUNTXfVxP_tkK2LfqHBlAPFfW0/w242-h400/08.jpg" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice bike but no clue about who it is or where</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYxP215zs34f8yU9JklBVKL274BtgscfiE5Qram4IChTko97jUcKKXFO0oDpPuH6oB6anu3F2rG-du-gl5Z1bkFJUBBZL0Hzy6qmN8pdIyLBRXh0lAJgv_OQ839puqWEQ7DDvajUQX_mx-CBUcjC3sLVgWmlD-f-kBDOh2QjP1vDR8mcnTPcMK-eNasI/s1398/32.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1398" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYxP215zs34f8yU9JklBVKL274BtgscfiE5Qram4IChTko97jUcKKXFO0oDpPuH6oB6anu3F2rG-du-gl5Z1bkFJUBBZL0Hzy6qmN8pdIyLBRXh0lAJgv_OQ839puqWEQ7DDvajUQX_mx-CBUcjC3sLVgWmlD-f-kBDOh2QjP1vDR8mcnTPcMK-eNasI/w400-h304/32.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was taken in 1933 at Korsoer - Sorensen in the centre of the group</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGtIIF51eKUN7c99DKeKSODQ5hCzfjRSmE0HgzH34Qis1DSnm8h5DKjkXTUu39LmEzkE9TJcaEgfwOemPX4i0P28CXvOObtWT4xejxkh488lK-Hv5sipB7h9TO0lfQ3MnqleNPQFABbLb0kvWuA2OZ4_5ZJn2PwQRiVbQQF-iPgzcFB_V3oR8QwK5Gng/s1012/14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="1012" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivGtIIF51eKUN7c99DKeKSODQ5hCzfjRSmE0HgzH34Qis1DSnm8h5DKjkXTUu39LmEzkE9TJcaEgfwOemPX4i0P28CXvOObtWT4xejxkh488lK-Hv5sipB7h9TO0lfQ3MnqleNPQFABbLb0kvWuA2OZ4_5ZJn2PwQRiVbQQF-iPgzcFB_V3oR8QwK5Gng/w400-h245/14.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorensen in the lead at Langese in 1932</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85d0ZctRmSUzydSh0Tjgw_qH3Py8Pvf-cNpue-cti92opuk4O8jyYcpzIXdAODSjOVfz9As7QppGajsPn1d7mFd1jhdtNtlx-W9q31Ex9rmlM7cpWnIu4_RCnBcBpD5dwHDD50Waah2ysXBEtEGXwW-ENgD9E6poMIv_48kqEx1-UU-mvjboDi7YXWPY/s1402/18.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1055" data-original-width="1402" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj85d0ZctRmSUzydSh0Tjgw_qH3Py8Pvf-cNpue-cti92opuk4O8jyYcpzIXdAODSjOVfz9As7QppGajsPn1d7mFd1jhdtNtlx-W9q31Ex9rmlM7cpWnIu4_RCnBcBpD5dwHDD50Waah2ysXBEtEGXwW-ENgD9E6poMIv_48kqEx1-UU-mvjboDi7YXWPY/w400-h301/18.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A 1932 shot of the start at Ganlose. Sorensen is second from left - again on his CJ - extreme left - surprisingly - is Freddie Dixon, Douglas mounted</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ulEoL7nVNTj2REd3_DUAztrlJ4owFmUGblzXmXmEjKck0H199M0oaqjsWNLLzcs2sWftJhLxu_uAlGPK_J0Nfxj8YtcvnmqjfZ7H67B-pSK2CyJ_tnNJ7cxD9sjqm1OIEK4KJoqAkAdtbgwLzoH3myzdltViM5mzeSTJLapQVvD-p2tsJSdWqC0nz74/s480/20.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="480" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ulEoL7nVNTj2REd3_DUAztrlJ4owFmUGblzXmXmEjKck0H199M0oaqjsWNLLzcs2sWftJhLxu_uAlGPK_J0Nfxj8YtcvnmqjfZ7H67B-pSK2CyJ_tnNJ7cxD9sjqm1OIEK4KJoqAkAdtbgwLzoH3myzdltViM5mzeSTJLapQVvD-p2tsJSdWqC0nz74/w400-h254/20.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early thirties duel with Morian Hansen in an event at Odense. Sorensen on the outside and - just - in front</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-35540092772876257592024-01-02T19:20:00.003+01:002024-01-02T19:20:24.125+01:001929 Knee Grips<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRj08_sheTjDX0PF8vy7jRhapdt_2Qe0RM8KH2PqXVLQATOhyphenhyphen4cNDxVWI4PBsWtCl0t6-meYuY5L2mtPmGGjOOx_znTwhT1Mzbf_UXseMS9h3rgC9ovPyPwbTn3mbTBV7AWTaWq5pKGrkPDqdA3xPHh_CW3ozIy01lphHnHVsaOlhgGvo2YFnpE7VcYYY/s456/Mail-bijlage.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="456" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRj08_sheTjDX0PF8vy7jRhapdt_2Qe0RM8KH2PqXVLQATOhyphenhyphen4cNDxVWI4PBsWtCl0t6-meYuY5L2mtPmGGjOOx_znTwhT1Mzbf_UXseMS9h3rgC9ovPyPwbTn3mbTBV7AWTaWq5pKGrkPDqdA3xPHh_CW3ozIy01lphHnHVsaOlhgGvo2YFnpE7VcYYY/w400-h231/Mail-bijlage.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7R0eKVU9FAFmcm8x3B1LqvxygxMPE5PCTFqL8uPyicXaMQxv6HGwCpCSHIkyIa4CKpnnJN7jExEeWlXuNr-npyEApTJnKcWF0GkUiDgWu_BN9igJYZakRdOnIeSP3jW3yOZWT69DQbVcQ41SNrr31A8MkPZOxGHlpciREKZ_CfItqst5S_9XLK4LeVk/s456/Mail-bijlage%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="456" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD7R0eKVU9FAFmcm8x3B1LqvxygxMPE5PCTFqL8uPyicXaMQxv6HGwCpCSHIkyIa4CKpnnJN7jExEeWlXuNr-npyEApTJnKcWF0GkUiDgWu_BN9igJYZakRdOnIeSP3jW3yOZWT69DQbVcQ41SNrr31A8MkPZOxGHlpciREKZ_CfItqst5S_9XLK4LeVk/w400-h198/Mail-bijlage%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- The standard 1929 product range was fitted with circular knee grips on either side of the tank. These were secured onto short protruding 5/16 x 26TPI studs on the tank sides. Very good replicas have been available for several years from Hunters in the UK - contact jeffalanhunter@aol.com or by post Jeff Hunter Eng. 35 Sandgate Road, Hall Green, Birmingham B28 0UN. Cost is £36/pair plus £5 post and packing and I understand payment can be by cheque or PayPal (PayPal fee exra £1.53).</p><p>Worth mentioning that Hunters also make replica George Dance knee grips as fitted to production CS1s and ES2s and earlier machines built to racing spec. Price of them is £62 pair plus £6 post/packing by cheque or PayPal (PayPal fee extra £2.34).</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-21146180810325536342024-01-01T19:10:00.004+01:002024-01-02T19:21:23.776+01:00Nortons in Feilding<p>-<i>SG</i>- Many thanks to Peter Thomson (Thomson's Motor Museum, Palmerston North, NZ) for these photos from the twenties of the Harford brothers. Ted and Ron Harford ran a motorcycle business in Feilding (Manawatu district) at the time and were active competitors in grass racing on their early Model 18s. As was the trend at the time, these were equipped with drop handlebars and by regulation, no brakes.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCsbbBcVpBr7NOuGRukiITbcXen3WKFkiU7H5dsFzK8HQGuzh2HGgU8vvvg8Dkt9KtWBhzIm4QHVZnCwczg7fjTRzk1SkLun_NienGXsfprsonJR_DG0MHfryqjYVhrOir9oeTzTJEpaVUW24a82a7p7Y71_6jIKnKiA2QBqyX4se_kO8v79F_IHrHK0/s800/1Harford.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="800" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiCsbbBcVpBr7NOuGRukiITbcXen3WKFkiU7H5dsFzK8HQGuzh2HGgU8vvvg8Dkt9KtWBhzIm4QHVZnCwczg7fjTRzk1SkLun_NienGXsfprsonJR_DG0MHfryqjYVhrOir9oeTzTJEpaVUW24a82a7p7Y71_6jIKnKiA2QBqyX4se_kO8v79F_IHrHK0/w400-h248/1Harford.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9p1GNq-IJdDS4xHtBw6CWK87flhSnGSXqn-brJZBmoIvV1yn2mPg1J5w7zt6La7vI7IN2eAu31qNA-Clm8AW2-PYSOcm1KuUuWViSY9nhifVlRPUOC-cRfOib8j_uLqVsLRRNAzO1EeVWmZOC4TKroVc3EKkW_YW-6eoiiY2t3ntF-HI2ZvfK4YjLjYI/s800/2Harford.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxPRLrq5eenWznZE5mfqPkjW1HeYrU_XkmQcE2yNQkpVGfxa7ggqP1ei57ADn57siTuTU_mktG75-htXWUME897G3982akLSK_9UrvXfFx0LyFg3xNkHFYCslUbVIx36k3CTPhujBV2dOZNoUU2CztSMPx84nG5baGkDrBcVaWmbrn2lb1SpTQvfkESg/s600/7Harford.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="378" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxPRLrq5eenWznZE5mfqPkjW1HeYrU_XkmQcE2yNQkpVGfxa7ggqP1ei57ADn57siTuTU_mktG75-htXWUME897G3982akLSK_9UrvXfFx0LyFg3xNkHFYCslUbVIx36k3CTPhujBV2dOZNoUU2CztSMPx84nG5baGkDrBcVaWmbrn2lb1SpTQvfkESg/w253-h400/7Harford.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><p>As a matter of little importance, the unusual spelling order of Feilding stems from the founder's name in the 1870s - Colonel W H A Feilding. </p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-82489232920096597192023-12-26T09:46:00.000+01:002023-12-26T09:46:57.681+01:00Frame tubes<p> -<i>SG</i>- I recently asked David in New Zealand for his views on frame tube replacement - some advice on this subject has been published in the past in both books and magazines. Most of the suggestions involve drilling out the lug locating pins and then applying heat to soften the original braze to a level where the tube can be withdrawn. David's procedure involves removal of the old tube by appropriate machining. </p><p>He says: <i>"About the frame tubes... I don’t drill out the pins and use heat. The casting sockets are often quite thin and prone to splitting when heat is used. I cut the tube 4-6” away from the end of the socket joint and use the tube to give alignment. I set them in the mill and bore out the old tubes in successive cuts. This way you can be sure of removing the vast majority of the old tube and obtain a clean surface to braze to.</i></p><p><i>Prior to brazing I use a flap wheel inside the socket to provide a relatively smooth surface. Cleanliness is essential. Wipe out the socket and the tube with acetone removing any residue, and then paint the joint surfaces with flux. I make up a thick slurry of brazing flux and water for this purpose.</i></p><p><i>I use a brazing filler rod which has a small percentage of nickel. It is an old product trade named “Steelbraze”. This small amount of nickel aids the capillary action, I can draw the filler up a 2” underhand socket joint with this filler rod. If Steelbraze or its equivalent is not available then a 15% silver-solder rod would work. Use a high temperature flux like Stay Silv. If using Steelbraze allow about 0.008” clearance in the joint for the filler, if silver-solder then 0.005” is sufficient. </i></p><p><i>I always jig frames to hold them true. The original method of using pins to hold the alignment worked with powdered flux and a brazing hearth as the joints had minimal clearance, but is insufficient for a looser hand brazed joint."</i></p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-29684548526541313552023-12-10T21:18:00.004+01:002023-12-10T21:25:06.420+01:00Season's greetings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_t5-Mc-itYWrYEi8ThmLyCcREqDHu5R2gxlpzDzTr3UVYW2aCkucSYsgw5ZbHTcyQgPb1NyrLB8ARUSCMmyFN1H1pcnipDAzzKcgH28R90aLYRx7NGXG25_ntLxi8IPw9IrfMCzhOYcS6_O92SxC6vxuXl_2U7rXBAKa7TLE0n0Fj68lKD5PMNaGuwUM/s1348/Scan_20231210.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1348" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_t5-Mc-itYWrYEi8ThmLyCcREqDHu5R2gxlpzDzTr3UVYW2aCkucSYsgw5ZbHTcyQgPb1NyrLB8ARUSCMmyFN1H1pcnipDAzzKcgH28R90aLYRx7NGXG25_ntLxi8IPw9IrfMCzhOYcS6_O92SxC6vxuXl_2U7rXBAKa7TLE0n0Fj68lKD5PMNaGuwUM/w400-h345/Scan_20231210.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><br /><p></p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-65576233947295265972023-12-09T10:25:00.002+01:002023-12-18T22:02:17.382+01:00Kick start levers - for sale<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgT0dUDSMX7lCEbptSOu74sCBMlEsZup8kpK6wl1wB1_wDiDIaP_l7T7K-_jdK-3HkZwcFZVYPQwg2FVvuUhSL3VYAiQOe5ZhfFR_9kY4_bTHxueLhKxKk4Fb_6AaJQ2BCiEV5ruY5lRge4MnApKZO1lKP95pv8Qlr3D_MunF1ALJAhelVqqH-S7RkMH8/s1000/IMG_0732.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgT0dUDSMX7lCEbptSOu74sCBMlEsZup8kpK6wl1wB1_wDiDIaP_l7T7K-_jdK-3HkZwcFZVYPQwg2FVvuUhSL3VYAiQOe5ZhfFR_9kY4_bTHxueLhKxKk4Fb_6AaJQ2BCiEV5ruY5lRge4MnApKZO1lKP95pv8Qlr3D_MunF1ALJAhelVqqH-S7RkMH8/w400-h300/IMG_0732.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>-<i>JdK</i>- Our good friend Viktor has completed a batch of kick start levers for the CS model Sturmey Archer gearbox. The new parts were made from alloyed steel and nickel-plated. The only difference between these and the original items is a perfect surface, without any pitting or rust. He has a few extra made and would like to offer them to other interested parties. The price is 85 GBP or €100 plus postage.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuzd6wDEiRAbd5ZdQZ2Yt2nmQ6a1pffKvdmfD3MZZFBc5dcC5Ll8g63H6a1hhN4fIU4t6BN6eai6tkH9MJDxNZBXmRA3rQvWxr5KzuB6MhiwN_enCzvvLG-4QBwhMftu-l1kM8skjI1CffsTo5X0XiFEj9ak43rM-xuZcrqNcaNN1luCscI18tvhMGyM/s1000/_1100460.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuzd6wDEiRAbd5ZdQZ2Yt2nmQ6a1pffKvdmfD3MZZFBc5dcC5Ll8g63H6a1hhN4fIU4t6BN6eai6tkH9MJDxNZBXmRA3rQvWxr5KzuB6MhiwN_enCzvvLG-4QBwhMftu-l1kM8skjI1CffsTo5X0XiFEj9ak43rM-xuZcrqNcaNN1luCscI18tvhMGyM/w400-h300/_1100460.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcInjPJtiHHszAqxk6i2L5RZwOUrv7xdZDYBabfX6sQ9YcwOYuXZso8lo0JZvaVkic-ce3i2e25b_1lil2AIS3bRMTJRGlOAv5aYlMx7h4VYepSoqIC0TXBSs-uHOXwvakma3q10MXxyZjW3RWXZqRMvJyqB4sV6U58FhCfKyvWpn6IVJoD4FMWYDJHVc/s1000/_1100467%202.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcInjPJtiHHszAqxk6i2L5RZwOUrv7xdZDYBabfX6sQ9YcwOYuXZso8lo0JZvaVkic-ce3i2e25b_1lil2AIS3bRMTJRGlOAv5aYlMx7h4VYepSoqIC0TXBSs-uHOXwvakma3q10MXxyZjW3RWXZqRMvJyqB4sV6U58FhCfKyvWpn6IVJoD4FMWYDJHVc/w400-h400/_1100467%202.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyoxS7tjhk4NoA4OVVBGPpq6wP1BZBlPSbD9kFumeXTxa3Y0o2xsosqEcgUIK7Y5_8g_mxLPYVm8W_hsEv7hykAlGQV6zXg4I2rB4dTh72uhTwqPKsP82VmP2KgTov6n9ciJJSQdLFnbwxcyaeWgpFRIZmaspSI0pY5jiL__3PwcKXZwK11dTdbYR-Ng/s1000/IMG_0734.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyoxS7tjhk4NoA4OVVBGPpq6wP1BZBlPSbD9kFumeXTxa3Y0o2xsosqEcgUIK7Y5_8g_mxLPYVm8W_hsEv7hykAlGQV6zXg4I2rB4dTh72uhTwqPKsP82VmP2KgTov6n9ciJJSQdLFnbwxcyaeWgpFRIZmaspSI0pY5jiL__3PwcKXZwK11dTdbYR-Ng/w400-h300/IMG_0734.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIYLIyXOLBq2tbIm-GQiyEXFYiaHrIND_DxwGeKrQx9w7GEMjwkrckxPg_OrPobLYq2pj53NZP4fGaq8KKEdCcdjTMkjh379wFnIOjwtXFuCQqM_oc2-0z9pjIpDmUPrYRRO2GNGS1YL7PIelS_LDFIZoIXbb3VLvaCYNtX_fXrO7jjpk734UaJPFNSU/s1000/Oil%20tank%20cap%2002.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1000" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMIYLIyXOLBq2tbIm-GQiyEXFYiaHrIND_DxwGeKrQx9w7GEMjwkrckxPg_OrPobLYq2pj53NZP4fGaq8KKEdCcdjTMkjh379wFnIOjwtXFuCQqM_oc2-0z9pjIpDmUPrYRRO2GNGS1YL7PIelS_LDFIZoIXbb3VLvaCYNtX_fXrO7jjpk734UaJPFNSU/w400-h265/Oil%20tank%20cap%2002.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIIi4GvZNryai0qmWCFPrQpJ6KfeuR1fdGwYpo-qzm8gcPwkXNmc3FeLWk53ved3Gpl0SOIJXDGHGRcO9-S2SkBUwRfO3hzl5UvL3ivq0YQvHv5bNY2FV8YKNg55ca69tO0lioZbbMjDh-c9VAcxyWfVZ2USvncnOIldD-75bnOu4ZzuyK3da5tiTYIg/s1000/Oil%20tank%20cap%2003.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="1000" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIIi4GvZNryai0qmWCFPrQpJ6KfeuR1fdGwYpo-qzm8gcPwkXNmc3FeLWk53ved3Gpl0SOIJXDGHGRcO9-S2SkBUwRfO3hzl5UvL3ivq0YQvHv5bNY2FV8YKNg55ca69tO0lioZbbMjDh-c9VAcxyWfVZ2USvncnOIldD-75bnOu4ZzuyK3da5tiTYIg/w400-h265/Oil%20tank%20cap%2003.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>In addition Viktor produced a few extra Best and Lloyd tank caps. With an inscription for the oil tank, without for the petrol tank. New parts are satin nickel coated and look like original when polished. These are - ALL SOLD </p><p>Contact us when interested.</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-84599525236921649392023-12-03T20:43:00.004+01:002023-12-03T20:43:27.614+01:00Curiouser and curiouser ...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuJaX-fK-mvd0prJW-20jL_XPYYkL8Y-0DMqenPg7tr4pSZhWcXQRdjniO_Kn79i9LWir5_SaiIJlKjaQd8RpJQup3eG3Oi197_8OQzQ7Jg1V7RjjzwrPEWb0SnP5hMwGr5IAy32O6mz8ma8FoIJHjh-lNs14snQBI7GdWiPgUCzdzpCsVvbvXjct2gQ/s3220/Scan_20231201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2377" data-original-width="3220" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuJaX-fK-mvd0prJW-20jL_XPYYkL8Y-0DMqenPg7tr4pSZhWcXQRdjniO_Kn79i9LWir5_SaiIJlKjaQd8RpJQup3eG3Oi197_8OQzQ7Jg1V7RjjzwrPEWb0SnP5hMwGr5IAy32O6mz8ma8FoIJHjh-lNs14snQBI7GdWiPgUCzdzpCsVvbvXjct2gQ/w400-h295/Scan_20231201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Back in April 2018 we had <a href="http://www.vintagenorton.com/2018/04/fact-or-figment.html">a brief posting</a> about Don Morley's vintage CS1 - which he had said, slightly optimistically in my view, he thought was Stanley Woods' 1927 TT machine. He no longer had the machine at the time and was thus unable to provide useful detail like engine and frame numbers. </p><p>However, many thanks are due to Martin, who has recently done a bit of research for me into the bike's apparent registration number JO 8834. And what did he find? That this number was first allocated by Oxford County Council, on 24th April 1934, to a Mr J C Bowman living in Downham Market. And the machine it related to is shown as a Model 30 Norton International. So quite how JO 8834 finished up on a standard looking Moore CS1 is anyone's guess! A scan is attached of the entry in the Oxford records.</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-56154246935127074292023-12-02T20:36:00.001+01:002023-12-03T20:38:31.755+01:00A return to the 1900s ?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdqe6wYk11O6gu0nh38hW639Ic__JWLst_ltv03b0lkmrhfmbb1zChdWTeeerpY3F3jwZ9GnidVQtU1IUzMof4oJHbs87LlmZLa4EXScyALGd0pBHOg-Pfn9GsIg2xzx9DzlmSdqmiqTH_Lmy3lFEBiCySw2HOn0L6cxTF6R2nP1zCq4EZc49E0kEbv8/s1144/Mail-bijlage.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="1144" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCdqe6wYk11O6gu0nh38hW639Ic__JWLst_ltv03b0lkmrhfmbb1zChdWTeeerpY3F3jwZ9GnidVQtU1IUzMof4oJHbs87LlmZLa4EXScyALGd0pBHOg-Pfn9GsIg2xzx9DzlmSdqmiqTH_Lmy3lFEBiCySw2HOn0L6cxTF6R2nP1zCq4EZc49E0kEbv8/w400-h300/Mail-bijlage.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Thanks to Alan for this image of the tank logo on one of the latest Commando variants. Seen it before?</p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-89139399911673869252023-12-01T20:33:00.002+01:002023-12-03T20:44:19.199+01:00Norton OHV Centenaries<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5uu7PjMALMF7yoISyBwlFLqFvDZLOQqIagnGz_US7GtfG3VeQqwi8emdsvNkOGAvbhK-S6aiTkehbEEIBLrEKIaF_28BAcXBBXWqjOmRmoKVvI_6ap_SRqnA1z2AQKR-cSccBLPLAp5TEjv2iqPP6GpLhVcwKJjptBLWhN-WkIhNv5qU2DVhrj6e20o/s1352/Schermafbeelding%202023-12-03%20om%2020.34.57.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1352" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv5uu7PjMALMF7yoISyBwlFLqFvDZLOQqIagnGz_US7GtfG3VeQqwi8emdsvNkOGAvbhK-S6aiTkehbEEIBLrEKIaF_28BAcXBBXWqjOmRmoKVvI_6ap_SRqnA1z2AQKR-cSccBLPLAp5TEjv2iqPP6GpLhVcwKJjptBLWhN-WkIhNv5qU2DVhrj6e20o/w400-h291/Schermafbeelding%202023-12-03%20om%2020.34.57.png" width="400" /></a></div><p>-<i>SG</i>- Thanks to the editor of Roadholder (Mark Woodward) and author John Summerfield for giving us the OK to post John's August article about Norton's OHV Centenary on the web site via <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T6biRGJOdi8v3bXRybVpwxITHK8Ng27g/view?usp=sharing">this link</a>. </p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7425394445148436990.post-55266912155665399532023-11-21T21:49:00.002+01:002023-12-03T20:31:23.627+01:00Lubrication<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHV3bdyn-0nC1r_x9EMgaikyG1Po-Y0tzmGOG9Y6iWkAmSMX9fbf3UKq-l7xW4Bd1c0HHHOr4pj8MhdG9hndK84q35vW-1MaNfTj0xhWQKBclYjkRMZNqNVnVXhBhvAXd92KSyHJwmZfqZL9hqn4eU41vJmAovwZWlwMmd23xjh0vc1VPIicTh4VB8nLY/s1300/Schermafbeelding%202023-11-21%20om%2021.47.09.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1002" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHV3bdyn-0nC1r_x9EMgaikyG1Po-Y0tzmGOG9Y6iWkAmSMX9fbf3UKq-l7xW4Bd1c0HHHOr4pj8MhdG9hndK84q35vW-1MaNfTj0xhWQKBclYjkRMZNqNVnVXhBhvAXd92KSyHJwmZfqZL9hqn4eU41vJmAovwZWlwMmd23xjh0vc1VPIicTh4VB8nLY/w309-h400/Schermafbeelding%202023-11-21%20om%2021.47.09.png" width="309" /></a></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p>-<i>SG</i>- Nortons used Best and Lloyd products of one sort or another from before WW1 to the mid thirties. John S has sent us a scan of a 1928 advert for the oilpump we are probably familiar with - used on all Norton models in '28/'29. Thanks!</p><p><i>And thanks to Alan for a PS - The B and L pumps were of course not used on the top of the range offerings like the CS1, the CJ and the Model 21!</i></p>John de Kruifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07597764797794725185noreply@blogger.com