Norton Atlas third road test after full rebuild - Black Mountain. 

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I think he thought he was 'going quite fast enough' and I had no right to overtake him. Pure arrogance and dangerous driving into the bargain.

Stories. This one didn't vibrate much.

@@paulhenshaw4514 I had a 1968 Atlas. Vibration was terrible, so many things bust. Even the rear fender, mudguard, split right across above the licence plate. Suffered 22 years with it. Now have the other extreme Suzuki SV650S, NO VIBRATION and wow so fast. Has an Arrow titanium big bore exhaust gets 93 decibels. Real good for blasting the car driver who made the usual running right hand tuen onto the main road, then told me, "I didn't see you" Because you did not LOOK CORRECTLY. Most assholes look for a car, if they don't see a car they GO!!

@@daveking650 Beware ,I was T boned by a right turn guy on my first SV650 at the start of the pandemic, when I got up & asked him didn't he even hear me coming(as I had a cobra race can on it) he said hang on, & put his hearing aids in.......I thought loud pipes saved lives, till then....best treat them all as if they are deaf & blind mate you'll live longer.

Mine was smooth as good as my comandos

I have to say I probably never went much over 4000 rpm / 70 mph, but there wasn't much in the way of vibration present on this one after the rebuild [it blurred my vision before!]

Hi Martin and thanks! Yes the stand is the clamp on one you can buy from RGM Norton.

Thanks for that Paul, did you have to remove any of the p/chaincase to fit it. That video was really good. Like riding pillion never knowing what was coming next and not being able do anything about it. Rather like sitting in the passenger seat while your wife is driving the car Lol. I have also owned a Velocette Venom 500 for over thirty years and the power/speed between the bikes seems to be about the same.

Hi Martin, glad you liked the ride! The prop stand was fitted before the primary cases and drive were re fitted after the engine rebuild and you would have to remove these from a complete machine to fit one of these stands. You will also need a small grinder, to 'fine tune' the fit of the clamp to the frame tube.

I haven't ridden a Commando far enough to comment on that, really.

Atlas is a little more buzzy as the engine is rigidly mounted. Commando feels more comfortable for distance. Both handle well, but the featherbed Atlas handles like God is holding it.

The Atlas in original form had low compression pistons and was really not as fast as a 650ss. Early Commandos had the same engine but HC pistons with more power.

Sounds like a BMW flat twin. RIGHT.

I am inclined to agree, but others might not.

Only to Triumph people John. Not really a general view - just yours.

@@paulhenshaw4514 They don't.....

I have my opinion, you have yours, others have theirs.

No, the crankshaft mounted Electrex World electronic ignition does not have a wide enough advance range, and, set to the correct full advanced timing it is about 10 degrees over advanced at kickstarting and tickover speeds.

Yes, could have done without the clot in the Volvo, but otherwise I enjoyed it too.

No - there is a Mikuni carburettor on this bike, so the choke lever works the opposite way.

Ah right so how do you find the Mukuni?, my regular jaunt on my dommie is Black mountain, great breakfast in the Glanusk garage too.Cheers Colin

Hi Colin, it's not my bike, just one I worked on. The Mikuni was already on it and it works well, but I imagine it would work just as well with an Amal of the correct type and set up.

That will be the wind!