Webisode #4 1935 Norton 16H
Webisode #4 covers a Concours de Elegance-restored 1935 Norton 16H with 4,000 original miles on the clock. Norton is another famous British motorcycle marquee, established in 1898 as a parts company. 1902 marked the first year of the Norton motorcycle, though these early machines had outsourced engines. 1908 was the first year for a Norton-manufactured motor. Known for their singles and later twin cylinder engines, Norton motorcycles coined the slogan “The Unapproachable Norton.” The 1935 16H represented here is one of 100,000 manufactured during the World War II era, though this particular machine is in civilian livery.
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like the bike!
It was a beauty of its time.
Dear Mister Carson
Is this 16h not a war model. There are two things wich tell me that make the bike a war model. The oil tankt has got a short filler neck. the 1935 has got a long one. The other thing I thought to have recognized is mounting lug of the field stand on the left site of the bike. Maybe I'm wrong kind regards
"Concours condition" with oil leaks to the point that it needs a pan underneath ?
The War dept standardised on the '36 model, if I remember rightly. It was rumoured that the 16H's handling killed more riders than enemy snipers ever did….. though ours seemed fine
Hey awesome bike! What does something like this cost?
Pierre… there are and should be no oil seals on the gearbox. A true 'concours' bike ought to have oil inside (i.e. it should be able to run) therefore it OUGHT to leak!
Minor item – the gear indicator should have a short pointer to indicate neutral. The long pointer and brass list of gear numbers on the 'doll's head' gearbox is later WD (War Department) addition.
Also pre-war bikes had rubber vibration damper sleeves in the handlbar clamps.
Jez – handling is excellent.
Yeh probably due to knackered Girders
 The Norton Marquee? In England a marquee is a big tent. It's not a term we generally use for a make but if we do it's pronounced in this context as "mark" and spelt marque. I don't think this is a WD model though the speedo mounting bracket might be. Couldn't see the pivot for the field stand and I think it's sitting a bit lower. The tool box is a civvy one and the WDs had a knurled knob holding on the tappet cover, 'least mine has. Also the advance retard is supposed to be on the left, the choke on the right. That way you have a free hand to adjust it whilst not taking your hand off the throttle. Oh and it's a magdyno not a six volt magneto. and it hasn't got an amal monobloc carb on it either. It's got an amal remote float.                                      I've got a WD16H, thankfully it hasn't been botoxed.
 Bit revvier and less torque off the bottom than my M21 but that's a comparison between slugs and snails.
Grandpa found several of them demolished by fleeing brit. Troops in Thessaloniki ; he build one together out of those, put his old DKW aside and used the Norton as a Kradmelder until he had to abandoned it in Russia.
The bike never let him down an produced "funny rings of exhaust gas"
I regret it so much that I did not surprise him with a 16H at one of his birthdays when he was still alive since he sometimes talked about "his Norton" when he saw my 750cc 2-stroke Kawasaki (the DKW was also 2-stroke and 2-stroke was no good in his eyes)
hey my name is sarab i am from india i have a norton 633 cc 1948 model
loved your video ,anyways i am need of a few parts is there any ways i could buy it from you or would you know where i can get it from also where are you located
thank you waiting to hear back from you
thank you again
sarab
Russell Motors Falcon Rd London. Les doesn't do emails but He does do fax. As to the handling, well they wobble horribly if the front tyre is pumped up to normal pressures. Front pressure is supposed to be 16