Talk Morgan Forums Community The Malvern Arms Monday Smiles

My favourite Norton was an 850 electric start with continental foot controls, gear lever and foot brake crossed over for the USA market. Great smooth bike, that was pretty quick but not that much quicker than my friends Honda 450 bomber twin with uprated shocks and tyres, couldn't quite match me for acceleration and top end speed, but it would go flat out all day long, where the Norton would let you know when pushing too hard for too long. I could never understand how the Japanese managed to achieve quite tight tolerances with little oil lost or burnt.