1917 Norton BTR finished

[ANTIQUECYCLES]

Here is the finished product...
It's not even close to being a 1917 Norton but the sticker looks good on it. It is a Chinagirl disguised as a semi-correct round crank cased motor. Taylar Cycles did it all. Great job as usual Dan!
she runs awesome and pulls my fat a** just fine.
The build is a "stone soup" version of what I wanted. Many things got thrown in the bucket to assemble the beauty you see before you
It was a Worksman. It has some JC Higgins. It was given some Royal Enfield. Had some American accessories thrown on and then embellished with English stickers/Seat tube badge and head badge over taupe powder coat. ****, you try and explain it!
It came out cool and is a blast to ride.
Lights will be wired soon (CDI hidden inside "crank case")
Not the normal heavy duty beast Taylar Cycles is known for building, hu? That makes it more collectible! LOL

 

[rustycase]

Gosh!

What a nice bike!
Excellent workmanship.

Very impressive tribute build.

It will be wonderful if it runs near as good as it looks.

Gosh, I wish my work was that nice!

Congrats,
rc

pls send us some more pics!

 

[Allen_Wrench]

Awesome bike!

 

[ANTIQUECYCLES]

Thanks for the replies rustycase and allen wrench. More pics at flickr.com/photos/krisblake.
It runs great now that its broken in. Very little vibration...

 

[cobrafreak]

Beautiful! Very Beautiful! It must be fun to ride.

 

[Velodrome]

I have yet to see anythng come out of Dan's ( Taylar ) shop that wasent the very best. VERY nice construction dude.

 

[Velodrome]

PS: Could you tell us about the dustbin? Pic's??? PLEASE!

 

[chainmaker]

That is a nice looking bike, what forks are those?

 

[ANTIQUECYCLES]

Chainmaker,
The forks are off a early JC Higgins bicycle. They are bee hive springer forks. They look cool but bottom out way too easily. They LOOK good though. I use the front and rear coaster brake together and stopping is easy. Its just a chinagirl and she slows pretty quick. Not a good set up with horsepower...
Kris

 

[truckd]

hA!hA!hA! yER SO FUNNY vELO!!!!

 

[Velodrome]

No. Seriously. Theirs a Moto Guzzi Dustbin racer in his garage! Look closer at the pic's. Inquiering minds want to know! Thats one good lookin "Norton"

 

[Toofat2fly]

Hey... Hey.....I'm a huge Guzzi fan, can we see more pictures of the Guzzzi????

 

[ANTIQUECYCLES]

Pic's of my 57 Moto Guzzi Lodola Dustbin Racer are on my flickr page
Flickr.com/photos/krisblake
I have 2 sets for her.
Kris

 

[Ace Of Hearts Cycles]

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View attachment 47197 Here is the finished product...
It's not even close to being a 1917 Norton but the sticker looks good on it. It is a Chinagirl disguised as a semi-correct round crank cased motor. Taylar Cycles did it all. Great job as usual Dan!
she runs awesome and pulls my fat a** just fine.
The build is a "stone soup" version of what I wanted. Many things got thrown in the bucket to assemble the beauty you see before you
It was a Worksman. It has some JC Higgins. It was given some Royal Enfield. Had some American accessories thrown on and then embellished with English stickers/Seat tube badge and head badge over taupe powder coat. ****, you try and explain it!
It came out cool and is a blast to ride.
Lights will be wired soon (CDI hidden inside "crank case")
Not the normal heavy duty beast Taylar Cycles is known for building, hu? That makes it more collectible! LOL

WoW i so have to recreate something like this. Its just a beauty bro. Cuddos!

 

[ANTIQUECYCLES]

WoW i so have to recreate something like this. Its just a beauty bro. Cuddos!

Thanks for the nice comment

I sold it so I could build my grand finale. In about one month it should be done. It will be bigger, better, faster, and have more period-correct accessories (all from England)
I will post pictures when it is finished.
I will be bringing it to the Grange show (California) in October.

Thanks again for the compliment!
Kris