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Title: Tax exempt
Post by: Norton on Thursday, 20 April 2017, 07:58 AM
Yippee ........ finally tax exempt on my kettle 40 yrs young .
Title: Re: Tax exempt
Post by: Mrg on Thursday, 20 April 2017, 07:59 AM
well done lovely bike well done  :onya:
Title: Re: Tax exempt
Post by: gsxbarmy on Thursday, 20 April 2017, 03:19 PM
Lovely GT750 A that Norton. Same colour as the one I had in 1975.

Wow is it 40 years to get tax exemption - there was me thinking it 25.
Title: Re: Tax exempt
Post by: Mick_J on Thursday, 20 April 2017, 04:29 PM
That's a beautiful bike, one of my all time favourites  :onya:
Title: Re: Tax exempt
Post by: Bigkahunaburger on Thursday, 20 April 2017, 05:19 PM
Beautiful bike  :drool:
Title: Re: Tax exempt
Post by: grog on Thursday, 20 April 2017, 07:38 PM
well done mate. they are classics, love them. ive had 4 of them. first new bike i ever bought, gold k model. did 14 th ks on it in 4 months. i then bought L model. seized the motor first weekend, never let in run in, was racing a honda 4. covered under warranty. i ported it to usa flat track specks, two weekends of work, built my own expansion chambers. could flog a kawa 900, my aim. sucked fuel but very fast. for 1974 that is. had two more after that.  both were left standard, the L model was amazing, could wheelstand at will.
Title: Re: Tax exempt
Post by: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 20 April 2017, 07:56 PM
Lovely looking bike Norton.

Lot of those engines went the way of speedway sidecars. They worked real good too.
Yes time flys.....that would be 40 years ago.
Saturday nights at the speedway......
great times !!   :boogie:
Title: Re: Tax exempt
Post by: grog on Thursday, 20 April 2017, 08:46 PM
a lot in speedway Kiwi, a lot got stuffed because coolant was crap back then. they corroded, heads stuck to barrels, a real pity. if you want to see engineering masterpiece, google the crankshafts they had. amazing, pressed together. from memory, only 40 yrs ago, roller mains and not sure but i think crank was around 11 seperate pieces. someone will correct me.