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[Felix]

First time poster long time lurker from my bike cave in California.

I've been wondering for decades what bike this is. It's ridden by a Kaz Garas character in the 1960s series Strange Report on Brit TV. It sparked my lust for slow, leaky artifacts as a young guy and now I've become one myself. Any ideas?

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b359/ ... 20bike.jpg

[ric]

Norton Big 4

[Felix]

Thanks for the quick answer, ric!

[Adrian]

Could also be a Norton 16H? A.

[Nettshubby]

Felix, to post a pic direct into your posting from Photobucket, click on the html link, not http.

[Rattlebattle]

Could be either a 16H (500cc) or a Big 4 (600cc), both sidevalves, as is obvious. Girder forks, so probably pre-war. Wish I'd kept my 19S (OHV); that had real torque and had the joint longest stroke of any Brit single, probably shared with the Panther IIRC.

[papasmurf]