You clearly have a lot of knowledge and feel for how to treat an engine the proper way, I want to compliment you for that. Also the fact that you obviously put a lot of time, effort and love in a project like that is wonderful. You created a stunningly beautiful café racer with a sublime running engine, fantastic job. 👍🏼 Great detail; I love how the rear fender wiggles when you turn the throttle, it’s like s dog wagging his tail because he’s so happy to take a walk…… 😃 Great job, well done, nice video, thanks for sharing!
@@AlanTatham-e6w English is not my native language and I’m not specialized in English motorcycles so I think I did a pretty good job telling the person what I thought and I’m sure he understood me. I made a nice and positive comment and this is what I get from you? Be ashamed of yourself! So why don’t you just swim back to your dumb island before we let it drift away. Nobody likes a know-it-all-better, didn’t you KNOW that? you’re a remarkably disrespectful and narrow minded person. I guess I used all the right words now because I’m pretty sure you understand exactly what I mean!
That thing is cool. And you could tell by the way he went methodically through the kickstart procedure that young dude knows every nut and bolt on that thing.
Bonjour, Si cest vous qui l'avez restaurée, bravo, c'est une merveille. Merci de partager votre passion avec nous, jeune motard, le bruit du moteur et son démarrage sont incroyables.
Thanks! It's my friend's bike. He has collected some cool cafe racer parts on the bike and made it look like this. I serviced the engine and put the whole bike in driving condition.
Absolutely brilliant! Well done, young man, and thanks for the clip! My first motorcycle was a 1959 BSA Winged Wheel, so I go back a long way! Nothing like two wheels- just keep the shiny side up and the greasy side down - mind you, that machine will probably never even have a greasy side. Keep it as it is! I am an eighty-one year young South African biker-boy.
Stunningly beautiful motorcycle. It would have been like the purest cafe racer in its day. And you have an excellent starting technique. I have a kickstart-only 500 single and you need to treat it right for a first-time start like that. All the best from Switzerland, Rob
Lovely to see another Norvin, I've been fortunate to have seen two in the flesh, both in the UK. As a teenager (19) I was having a drink outside at the Sportsman’s Arms on the A45 and watched a guy park up a white bike and on closer inspection and a chat with the man, got told it was a Vincent 'White Shadow' . Like this bike, just stunning. Thank you for sharing.
@@brianjones4026 If my maths serves me right, that would be 1972. Across the road was Windmill Farm which is now a Pub, restaurant and a golf course. I used to live next door, a couple of fields down lol. Happy days 😄.
Now that is a proper "Cafe Racer", a beast to look at, to start and stop but so very much better than these weird contraptions we get shown on here! Not too bad to ride, Featherbed frame and Roadholder forks I've covered many dramatic miles with the biggest grin on my chops on my Norvin back in 1967-71.
What a beautiful bike! And whoever set it up, really knows what they are doing - great crisp throttle response and steady, reliable idle. Just lovely....
'A thing of beauty is a joy forever.' The aesthetics are a large part of what attracted me as a teenager...and the sound of that fantastic push rod V - twin engine. Unmistakable, and what makes a real motorcycle for me. I know they have characteristics that don't suit the modern rider - people lack patience these days - from the last war until the early seventies are the eras I favour. Thank you for this post.
Lovely bike, beautiful sound too. Back in the 60’s a friend built a Vincent 1000 drag bike and we drew lots over who should kick start it as neither of us wanted to get a sprained ankle!!
in my day we built "Tritons" for road racing. A 69 Bonneville 120 (lighter crank year) built up with bigger valves, stronger valve springs, a #6 grind cam, polished & balanced con rods, 10.5:1 pistons, aluminum rockers, Dunstall push rods, Dellorto carbs with short velocity stacks between the carbs and head which in turn was ported and polished then the whole crank case polished to facilitate the oil running down to the scavenge screen faster. All this mated to a NORTON "featherbed" frame with double frame over engine and down tubes and engine cradle. We would spend hours refabbing the front ends with reversed leg Ciarriani forks with twin disc brakes and different size bleed ports to control nose dive on extreme braking. Lucas Competition Magnetos .... Avon Trigonex tires .........oh dear; just trying to remember all of the goodies we did to those wonderful machines is give me at 79 a brain burn. Back then Harewood race track owned by Shell oil was still available in Ontario Canada and e would book time and have our own little set to under the guise of testing our kit. Then the Triumph Trident 750 triples and Hoda 750 4's came out and right off the showroom floor they were running us down and we found ourselves looking at their rear ends more than we liked. Those dang Hondas would go like scat and do it over and over again with minimal wrenching while keeping all the Brit bits heading in the same direction was challenging. Wonderful times indeed.
Lucky fella. It’b nice to know more about its acquisition. Awesome machine. Probably the finest cafe racer combo ever created , apart from a slimline Triton Bonnie 650 which I built in 1972 using John Tickle upgrades and Borrani /K81 wheels.
Would have fitted in perfectly outside the "ACE CAFE" the original cafe home to racers back in the 50'S & 60's I remember it well, up the North Circular round the roundabout & back!
Many years ago (early 1980s) I very nearly bought a Norvin !.. Believe it or not it was on sale at a local country garage near me for MONTHS and was for no money really, they'd wheel it out of the workshop every morning and wheel it back in every night, it was on display to passers-by every day but they just couldn't sell it.. I'd see it every time I went to fill up and one day I decided to ask about it. They started it (it sounded almost identical this one, but it had an open mega exhaust) I even took a test ride, that beast pulled like a train and sounded like a WW2 fighter plane, but like a fool I decided I didn't like the riding position and decided against buying it. It took another three months or so but eventually they did sell it.. I still kick myself to this day !..
@@TheOTvideos No it really wasn't expensive, even going by price levels of the time ! (which makes me kick myself even harder..) I don't remember the exact figure but I do remember thinking it was very reasonable.. and it was peanuts compared to today's Norvin values ! Ironically, maybe it was that which was putting buyers off ?.. Who knows, maybe they thought there was something wrong with the bike ?.. There really wasn't though, I could tell when I rode it that it was well set up and looked after. the only thing I didn't like about it (other than the riding position of course..) was the 'long-circuit' Manx Norton type tank (I prefer the look of the smaller 'short circuit' type.) but that could easily have been rectified !.. At least I can say I've ridden a Norvin, even if it was only for a few miles !
A Norton frame and Vincent engine, a stunning marriage of the two motorcycle's... I love it
Beauty bike!
The first time I've seen a Norvin. What a beautiful bike.
It's a snortin Norton
Sorry my mistake I never heard of that brand motorcycle before
@@pd8206Vincent engine in the Norton frame?
Ask Ogri from Bike magazine!
Egli-Vincent are nicest !!! 👌👌👌
Great to see a young dude interested in classic bikes instead of his mobile phone
Must be a young , rich dude !
This is true 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Wonderful! that bike would have been a king of cafe racers back in the 60s, the envy of every rocker.
Also the 2020's
You clearly have a lot of knowledge and feel for how to treat an engine the proper way, I want to compliment you for that.
Also the fact that you obviously put a lot of time, effort and love in a project like that is wonderful.
You created a stunningly beautiful café racer with a sublime running engine, fantastic job. 👍🏼
Great detail; I love how the rear fender wiggles when you turn the throttle, it’s like s dog wagging his tail because he’s so happy to take a walk…… 😃
Great job, well done, nice video, thanks for sharing!
@@Capt.PitbullDad Thanks!!😊
The English Nortons and Vincents did not have fenders, they had mudguards, please use the English term when talking about English motorcycles
@@AlanTatham-e6w
English is not my native language and I’m not specialized in English motorcycles so I think I did a pretty good job telling the person what I thought and I’m sure he understood me.
I made a nice and positive comment and this is what I get from you? Be ashamed of yourself!
So why don’t you just swim back to your dumb island before we let it drift away.
Nobody likes a know-it-all-better, didn’t you KNOW that?
you’re a remarkably disrespectful and narrow minded person.
I guess I used all the right words now because I’m pretty sure you understand exactly what I mean!
@@AlanTatham-e6w That must have hurt so much...
That thing is cool. And you could tell by the way he went methodically through the kickstart procedure that young dude knows every nut and bolt on that thing.
I was thinking the very same.
Yes great starting technique 👏
What a great sounding bike. Lovely kickstarting.
Bonjour,
Si cest vous qui l'avez restaurée, bravo, c'est une merveille.
Merci de partager votre passion avec nous, jeune motard, le bruit du moteur et son démarrage sont incroyables.
Thanks! It's my friend's bike. He has collected some cool cafe racer parts on the bike and made it look like this. I serviced the engine and put the whole bike in driving condition.
Absolutely brilliant! Well done, young man, and thanks for the clip! My first motorcycle was a 1959 BSA Winged Wheel, so I go back a long way! Nothing like two wheels- just keep the shiny side up and the greasy side down - mind you, that machine will probably never even have a greasy side. Keep it as it is! I am an eighty-one year young South African biker-boy.
Stunningly beautiful motorcycle. It would have been like the purest cafe racer in its day. And you have an excellent starting technique. I have a kickstart-only 500 single and you need to treat it right for a first-time start like that. All the best from Switzerland, Rob
I'm 61 years old and I still have my 71 Honda CL350 Cafe. Beautiful bike man.
Such a brilliant combination, Norton featherbed frame and a shiny Rapide engine! Stunning. Need one in my Garage now! 👌
Lovely bike , Norton frame , Vincent engine 👌 sweet 😋
Used to like the Tritons in my day .❤
Lovely to see another Norvin, I've been fortunate to have seen two in the flesh, both in the UK.
As a teenager (19) I was having a drink outside at the Sportsman’s Arms on the A45 and watched
a guy park up a white bike and on closer inspection and a chat with the man, got told it was a
Vincent 'White Shadow' . Like this bike, just stunning.
Thank you for sharing.
well well i know well this legendary drinking hole ! what year would that have been !!
@@brianjones4026 If my maths serves me right, that would be 1972.
Across the road was Windmill Farm which is now a Pub, restaurant and a golf course.
I used to live next door, a couple of fields down lol. Happy days 😄.
It wags its tail when you blip the throttle! It's so happy!!
Love the throaty sound, drop dead beautiful bike. Enjoyed this vid enormously, thank you.
Perfect Bike, Perfect Sound, Perfect Start and for sure a Gentlemen, because off moving out of the picture to get better view on this beautiful Bike 👍
@@marcusmitschka3290 Thanks!😊
Beautifull, simply lovely. Thank you for shearing👍👏🇳🇱
Beautiful machine, love the deep throaty gurgle of the engine
That start up routine looks like a dark art.
Bike sounds fantastic!
Now that is a proper "Cafe Racer", a beast to look at, to start and stop but so very much better than these weird contraptions we get shown on here! Not too bad to ride, Featherbed frame and Roadholder forks I've covered many dramatic miles with the biggest grin on my chops on my Norvin back in 1967-71.
I want one. Nicest bike I have seen for a while.
Awesome start up procedure. Well done.
Lovely bike with a great sound!
Great sound... Is it a joke ? 🤣W
Personally, I think the straight pipes sound pretty bad. It really needs megaphones or something. Anything but straight pipes.
What a bike! Fantastic.
Absolutely brilliant ! The guy certainly knows his stuff with this wonderful machine....
Utterly beautiful what a credit to all involved. Magnificent.
Работа двигателя, просто потрясающая. 👍
What a beautiful motorcycle !!!😮
1st one I’ve ever seen! Love it! I have ridden a couple of different Nortons belonging to a friend of mine. Nice machine!
Absolutly stunning.
What a beauty, Cafe racer! 🥰👍
これは美しい。走る芸術品です。素敵なサウンドです。
Absolutely beautiful!!
What a beautiful bike! And whoever set it up, really knows what they are doing - great crisp throttle response and steady, reliable idle. Just lovely....
That legend of a motorcycle..... is the motorcycle.... all retro motorcycles want to be!
'A thing of beauty is a joy forever.' The aesthetics are a large part of what attracted me as a teenager...and the sound of that fantastic push rod V - twin engine. Unmistakable, and what makes a real motorcycle for me. I know they have characteristics that don't suit the modern rider - people lack patience these days - from the last war until the early seventies are the eras I favour. Thank you for this post.
Nice bike and sounds good too.
Looks great sounds great,enjoy it my man you got something special there.
@@paulkielty3800 Thanks!! This is my friend's bike that I built for him, but maybe I will build a similar one for myself in the future🤔😉
Was für ein extrem schönes Motorrad! LG von einem alten Motorradfahrer aus Linz an der Donau-Österreich/Austria!🇦🇹😎👍💪🍀🐺
Freaking beautiful! That idle sounds incredible for a cold Vincent.
Oh my gosh!!! That is absolutely the coolest bike I've ever seen! The sound is awesome, and the looks......nothing better.
Just the sound brings back memories of "back in the day".
Beautiful bike, great sound!👍
Such a SWEET ride!! Thanks for Sharing!!!
What a beautiful bike , never heard of them
NORton frame
VINcent engine
Ogri’s bike!
Beat me to it.
So loved Ogri . His Girlfriend was gorgeous. Mitzi ??
Very nice to see what could have been, finally together.
Lovely bike, beautiful sound too. Back in the 60’s a friend built a Vincent 1000 drag bike and we drew lots over who should kick start it as neither of us wanted to get a sprained ankle!!
Nortonのフレームにヴィンセントのエンジンでしょうか センスが素敵です！
Tolle Maschine! Allein der Sound ist der Hammer! 😎👍
Runs and sounds great 👍
Love the sound of that bike it's magnificent!
Fantastic piece of machinery.
Extra 👍for the one kick start.
Wow! . That’s beautiful!
in my day we built "Tritons" for road racing. A 69 Bonneville 120 (lighter crank year) built up with bigger valves, stronger valve springs, a #6 grind cam, polished & balanced con rods, 10.5:1 pistons, aluminum rockers, Dunstall push rods, Dellorto carbs with short velocity stacks between the carbs and head which in turn was ported and polished then the whole crank case polished to facilitate the oil running down to the scavenge screen faster. All this mated to a NORTON "featherbed" frame with double frame over engine and down tubes and engine cradle. We would spend hours refabbing the front ends with reversed leg Ciarriani forks with twin disc brakes and different size bleed ports to control nose dive on extreme braking. Lucas Competition Magnetos .... Avon Trigonex tires .........oh dear; just trying to remember all of the goodies we did to those wonderful machines is give me at 79 a brain burn. Back then Harewood race track owned by Shell oil was still available in Ontario Canada and e would book time and have our own little set to under the guise of testing our kit. Then the Triumph Trident 750 triples and Hoda 750 4's came out and right off the showroom floor they were running us down and we found ourselves looking at their rear ends more than we liked. Those dang Hondas would go like scat and do it over and over again with minimal wrenching while keeping all the Brit bits heading in the same direction was challenging. Wonderful times indeed.
The sound off that and morre is fantastic
Preciosa Norton, las café Racer.....✊
It just sounds so crisp, and its road stance is just perfect. If I were a biker I'd want one!
Bravo young man that is one hell of a machine.
Gorgeous !! this makes you want to be a biker
Bloody dream machine and as you know how to start it so well, I guess you deserve to ride it...but you are one lucky SOB my friend. 😛
That truly is a lovely thing. That young man knows it very well indeed. First kick. Lovely.
I'd be mad if I was your neighbor, and you didn't wake me up before you started that awesome bike!
That is just a beautiful looking bike, as an x Triton owner I think you’ve done everything spot on.
Just bought a pretty tired Egli but have ridden it a few miles - man do they go!! Absolutely wild. Enjoy
Lucky fella. It’b nice to know more about its acquisition. Awesome machine. Probably the finest cafe racer combo ever created , apart from a slimline Triton Bonnie 650 which I built in 1972 using John Tickle upgrades and Borrani /K81 wheels.
A work of art.
Phantastisch, Kompliment und meinen Respekt 🔧🤩👍
Super - Bike ! Greetings from Germany !
A fabulous, of me until now, unknown retro MC and a nice performance of the guy
That's ogris bike put a star on the seat.
Thankyou!
Gorgeous bike I’m old enough to remember kickstarting motorcycles. Thank god for electric starters 😊
Amazing Combination of two iconic bikes.
✌️
ah, lovely. in fact, too lovely! i'm glad i have an old sporty; something that i'm not too worried about dropping.
Wow, love the sound!
V2エンジンのNorton初めて見ました美しい✨
1970のNortonなら乗ったこと有りますよ😃
I never heard of Norvin. Looks and sounds cool
Excellent! I'd like it twice if I could.
I've been drooling over Vincents since the late sixties, seen about a half a dozen here in the US, never got to ride one.
Would have fitted in perfectly outside the "ACE CAFE" the original cafe home to racers back in the 50'S & 60's I remember it well, up the North Circular round the roundabout & back!
Many years ago (early 1980s) I very nearly bought a Norvin !.. Believe it or not it was on sale at a local country garage near me for MONTHS and was for no money really, they'd wheel it out of the workshop every morning and wheel it back in every night, it was on display to passers-by every day but they just couldn't sell it.. I'd see it every time I went to fill up and one day I decided to ask about it. They started it (it sounded almost identical this one, but it had an open mega exhaust) I even took a test ride, that beast pulled like a train and sounded like a WW2 fighter plane, but like a fool I decided I didn't like the riding position and decided against buying it. It took another three months or so but eventually they did sell it.. I still kick myself to this day !..
@@jjrider6758 I understand that it annoys you, and maybe that bike wasn't even that expensive back then?😩😩
I think a lot of us missed the chance to buy a beautiful bike, because of less money, family , house or other reasons.
And we all regret !
@@TheOTvideos No it really wasn't expensive, even going by price levels of the time ! (which makes me kick myself even harder..) I don't remember the exact figure but I do remember thinking it was very reasonable.. and it was peanuts compared to today's Norvin values !
Ironically, maybe it was that which was putting buyers off ?.. Who knows, maybe they thought there was something wrong with the bike ?.. There really wasn't though, I could tell when I rode it that it was well set up and looked after. the only thing I didn't like about it (other than the riding position of course..) was the 'long-circuit' Manx Norton type tank (I prefer the look of the smaller 'short circuit' type.) but that could easily have been rectified !.. At least I can say I've ridden a Norvin, even if it was only for a few miles !
Saw a race years ago Egli Vincent against a TZ350 Yamaha I’ll never forget that sound of the Vincent down the back straight.Pukecohe race way 1972 NZ
Espectacular!!!❤❤
Outstanding. 👍🏻
Norvin and Triton my two favourite bikes of all time.
Should be called a Vinton !!
@@stephenbutler3333 I don't mind what it's called it's still probably the best looking bike ever built.
It's beautiful, but google Egli Vincent.
North Wind ?
A very careful starting procedure 😁. I had a Gold Star that often tried to break my ankle 😂
Beautiful. The essence of a cafe racer…. And that sound….
Beautiful scooter!
รถสวยมาก
What a fantastic Bike😊
Lovely bike, beautiful sound....who the hell wants electric motorcycles or cars!
Nice piece of engine 👍👍
Lucky kid . What a pleasure it must be to ride that thing on a two lane hwy, late at night with no other traffic around.
That's a beauty. So nice to see. (And hear!)
Beautiful sound.
Class looking bike
Finding the compression sweet spot for firing it up is a bit tricky.Old bikes had this problem I think.
Sounds nice. I'm sure your neighbours agree with me...
Stunning.
A lovely looking dream bike.