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Project Norton An engine starts to emerge

WITH THE BOTTOM END BOLTED UP, IT HAS been two months since I looked at the Norton engine - oh I have excuses. So now back to it - but it takes me some time to get back into the swing. It's like spending one day a month driving a different car, or going from a PC to a Mac computer - it just takes a little time to think the way of an old bike designer. But, by first coffee, I was transported back, armed with an old book Nev has just lent me, The Vintage

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