That thing is cool. And you could tell by the way he went methodically through the kickstart procedure that young dude knows every nut and bolt on that thing.
Bonjour, Si cest vous qui l'avez restaurée, bravo, c'est une merveille. Merci de partager votre passion avec nous, jeune motard, le bruit du moteur et son démarrage sont incroyables.
Thanks! It's my friend's bike. He has collected some cool cafe racer parts on the bike and made it look like this. I serviced the engine and put the whole bike in driving condition.
Lovely to see another Norvin, I've been fortunate to have seen two in the flesh, both in the UK. As a teenager (19) I was having a drink outside at the Sportsman’s Arms on the A45 and watched a guy park up a white bike and on closer inspection and a chat with the man, got told it was a Vincent 'White Shadow' . Like this bike, just stunning. Thank you for sharing.
Now that is a proper "Cafe Racer", a beast to look at, to start and stop but so very much better than these weird contraptions we get shown on here! Not too bad to ride, Featherbed frame and Roadholder forks I've covered many dramatic miles with the biggest grin on my chops on my Norvin back in 1967-71.
Would have fitted in perfectly outside the "ACE CAFE" the original cafe home to racers back in the 50'S & 60's I remember it well, up the North Circular round the roundabout & back!
Many years ago (early 1980s) I very nearly bought a Norvin !.. Believe it or not it was on sale at a local country garage near me for MONTHS and was for no money really, they'd wheel it out of the workshop every morning and wheel it back in every night, it was on display to passers-by every day but they just couldn't sell it.. I'd see it every time I went to fill up and one day I decided to ask about it. They started it (it sounded almost identical this one, but it had an open mega exhaust) I even took a test ride, that beast pulled like a train and sounded like a WW2 fighter plane, but like a fool I decided I didn't like the riding position and decided against buying it. It took another three months or so but eventually they did sell it.. I still kick myself to this day !..
@@TheOTvideos No it really wasn't expensive, even going by price levels of the time ! (which makes me kick myself even harder..) I don't remember the exact figure but I do remember thinking it was very reasonable.. and it was peanuts compared to today's Norvin values ! Ironically, maybe it was that which was putting buyers off ?.. Who knows, maybe they thought there was something wrong with the bike ?.. There really wasn't though, I could tell when I rode it that it was well set up and looked after. the only thing I didn't like about it (other than the riding position of course..) was the 'long-circuit' Manx Norton type tank (I prefer the look of the smaller 'short circuit' type.) but that could easily have been rectified !.. At least I can say I've ridden a Norvin, even if it was only for a few miles !
Lovely bike, beautiful sound too. Back in the 60’s a friend built a Vincent 1000 drag bike and we drew lots over who should kick start it as neither of us wanted to get a sprained ankle!!
Bike have Black Lightning race cams, pistons and pipes! Normally those racing bikes are not kickstart bikes at all! Only for race! (thats why it need good technic to start, electric ignition makes it bossible)
Its a beauty, love that sound. I like everything except for the ugly rear set foot pegs, should be mid set for comfort. One of the current retro britbike makers should introduce a model with a high performance V-twin engine like the latest 1300 cc Vincent.
