Hello fellow Nortonists--it is some months since I did anything to the Navigator project, work and having the heads off two other bikes etc,
I am about to start wiring the bike up, I have the two old coils--they were mounted one on top of the other another under the front of the tank, A previous owner had welded a bracket across the two tubes. I have cut it in two and plan to keep the coils where I found them, They are 6 volt Wico pacy items--is there any difference to be observed using them with a Boyer kit as I would two Lucas coils?
My electrical systems tend to all the same--I use regulator rectifiers. I have one I bought off the net to regulate the 200watt single phase stator (Lucas stator Wipac rotor) there is a loss in power I gather but--this rotor seems to be capable of kicking out more power that the three phase ones on the Triumph,
I have fitted a 7 inch front lamp and have a halogen bulb. I am pretty familiar with Brit bike electrics (but my soldered joints often let me down),
Is there anything I should know on the oddities front--I can half remember there being something about the coils.
Also--if anyone wants my old advance retard and alternator stator they can have them
cheers
JPA
Thanks Uli
Do you have a number for the biggest 12v battery that will fit into the battery carrier?
Also--how did you seal around the alternator wires coming out the back of the primary chain case. My newer (1970s) Triumphs have rubber boots etc--my older one (1960s) takes creativity with silicone sealant.
The Norton cannot use a rubber boot as far as I can see--what did you use?
Cheers
JPA
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HiyaThe coils were…
Hiya
The coils were piggy backed under the tank originally, they were bolted to two tabs on the frame.
I used black silicone where the wires exit the chaincase, but think the club sells the rubbers. I bought some Lucas style bullet connectors but they are as hopeless as they ever were and I am changing them to the properly crimped plastic coated connectors as used on jap bikes.
Which headlamp did you use? I’m still looking for a 61/2 inch one ( I have the smaller earlier one to swap)
i used a motobatt battery the number is another thread somewhere if you search! ....... https://www.nortonownersclub.org/node/7206
dan
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Hello Dan, Thanks for…
Hello Dan,
Thanks for that--there seems to be two that would do
I had an old Lucas 7 headlamp so I used that. I have a BSA front end,, home made silencers and it it never I suspect going to be a standard bike The same one as all my other bikes (or most of them--I think the Rickman's shell is from an early 1970s Suzuki),
Cheers
JPA
Cheers
JPA
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Happy new new year to all in…
Happy new new year to all in the Norton owners club and motorcyclists everywhere.
I have got some wiring done this holiday but if I touch the Norton--something happens to another--The BSA's rockerbox started pouring out oil. Then--when I fixed it-- one of the Triumphs stated the same thing.
I have been fitting a brake light switch and have seen another drama unfold.
Still we slowly advance.
Cheers
to All
JPA
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John,
you use a pair of 6 volt coils wired in series which makes up 12 volts of resistance .
This is how I wired my Navigator.