That black Norton is beautiful. That's yours huh? Mine came in yellow but I painted it black, put a racing seat on it, **** canned the front fender and went fiberglass. I swapped out the controls for Tommiselli stuff, 1/4 turn throttle etc. More efficient head light. Tried Dunstall decibal silencers, had my own TT pipes made but ended up going back to the reverse cones. I had the head modified on a flow bench. Put in titanium where ever I could. Went with 11.5:1 pistons and bolted on a pair of 32mm Posifuel injectors. Ultimately I traded it straight across for a hot rod 67 Mustang fastback with a "72" built 302 in it. That I totalled out on Pacific Coast Highway.

 

Tomaselli clip-ons...haven't heard those words in 30 years...LOL! Used to read about that stuff in the cycle mags when I was a teen-ager...

 

A good deal was availiable when I was turning 26 so I bought the crossfire for myself back in 2008 as my daily driver.

Little did I know I would be sinking thousands of $$$ into it...

 

My name is Jeff and I'm an Alcoholic that just celebrated his 10th AA birthday.

 

Congrats, Jeff! I know what that means...I'm the child of an alcoholic...

 

Thanks Micheal. I haven't been a drinker most of my adult life but I re-visited it a few times with the same results. After two DUI's in an eight year period, I knew it was time to discontinue research and deveopement.

 

Would have to agree with you...I've learned not to drink and drive. I regularly turn down offers for beer, wine, etc., because I am driving...

 

You didn't fire that Norton up in the kitchen, did you?

 

If he's anything like me, he sure did !!!!!
I did a similar thing with a brand new '62 Triumph Bonneville, except I removed it from the crate and assembled it in the den ( after putting down lot's of cardboard ).
It was winter, so I had to try it in the house ........

 

All this Norton talk. I built this one because of a TV show. From my spare parts. I used my cafe racers on the street.never on track. gary

 

Of course.
Cafe racers are to race from cafe to cafe, not from green to checkered flag ....

 

Man oh Man that is nice

 

Back to the age thing, I'm not afraid to ask and receive senior discounts for the movie theater. Wife hates that I ask, oh well

Ever since Taco Bell gave me a free senior drink once, I get that too

 

I'm 18, had mine since July 2011. Loving every mile!

 

Loving every smile!

 

Good looking bike. I don't know about those shorty mufflers though. I tried them with my custom TT pipes and it ran poorly.

 

But cafe to cafe in Amsterdam doesn't work too well. You just keep getting slower and hungrier.

 

I fired the Norton up in the living room- rebuilt the trans in the kitchen- and fried a lot of clutches on the highway.

 

Bike is not street ready. Shorties are on for pictures. Final mufflers are reverse cone OEM. I never use shorties or straight pipes. I like quiet powerful bikes. Not all noise and no go like HD. Gary

 

I will be 35 next month.
A guy i used to date bought the Crossfire for me in January 2010,
but I didnt get it until Valentines day.