I started off with a jubilee fitted with road holders and while collecting spares picked up a spare frame, navigator engine, 3 tanks etc etc, I've just bought some more spares from a club member and now have some jubilee forks and a big box of useful odds and ends so I can build 2 bikes if I want!
Anyway, I have 2 sets of jubilee forks, one of which has screws in the top yolks holding the stanchions in place and the other doesn't. How do the ones without screws come apart?
I also now have 2 sets of the rear mudguard stays/handles but mine have a hole at one end and a threaded bar at the other, how do they attach? I can't see any pics in my parts book!
Cheers dan
My 60. Dommy also has thre…
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Hi Dan, The forks without…
Hi Dan,
The forks without the screws in the top yoke are most likely to be from a smaller capacity Francis Barnett or James - like a 150cc. The 250cc FB had the same forks as the Jubilee. So they are probably even more lightweight than the standard Jubilee but they will probably still fit the headstock. I have never taken one of these FB type apart so I can't answer your question. Do they have the same fixing at the bottom of the slider as the Jubilee type?. If you unscrew this cross bolt the slider might just pull off leaving the spring/damper tube still attached at the top end? There were at least three different versions of Jubilee forks alone but generally I thought the differences were generally in the sliders - some have the mudguard mounting above the axle and others have the mounting below the axle and there are several different axles/spacers as well.
Same thing for your rear mudguard stays/handles - they are probably not Jubilee but you can possibly still make use of them by making up an appropriate bracket to fit the mudguard end.
It's good to know you are still in your workshop !.
Patrick
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It was too cold for a whil…
It was too cold for a while in the garage, then I spent a month getting the race bikes ready, first meeting was at Easter, didn't go well, I fell and twisted my knee! So now I have some time to play with the Norton! You are right about the forks, on closer inspection they are FB green. And I think my lifting handles are In fact lower front mudguard stays - duh! This weekends job will be getting the Boyer ignition fitted.
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My 60. Dommy also has threaded holes in the non orriginal top yoke presumably to secure the staunchions . Not seen this on another Norton, When did they do this??.Does not having screws fitted mean the plot is not fixed? An AMC improvement? I was going to fill the holes ,now not so sure.