Hello fellow Vincenteers,
I am desperately looking for as many 500 cc Norvin pictures I can get, close ups, all you have got. I am planning to build a Norvin with my brother from a left over rolling chassis of a Triton and an engine of my brother.
we are a bit unsure how to do it, as many Norvins we saw had the engine very high in the frame to avoid cutting frametubes, or have the engine canted backwards slightly, so that the Vincent writing on the timing cover is pointing uphill.
So I wonder if somebody tried splaying the front downtubes to slide the engine between them, or cut the downtubes off, or any other clever idea we have not thought of yet. As far as I know the centreline of the crank should never be higher than a line drawn through the front and rear wheelspindles for a good c of g
If you have picture please mail to: comet636(at)gmx.de
thank you very much for your help.
If you have no picture but useful comments, please write in this forum, we are waiting
cheers
Bernd
Forgot to say, we will use a Commando type gearbox
I am desperately looking for as many 500 cc Norvin pictures I can get, close ups, all you have got. I am planning to build a Norvin with my brother from a left over rolling chassis of a Triton and an engine of my brother.
we are a bit unsure how to do it, as many Norvins we saw had the engine very high in the frame to avoid cutting frametubes, or have the engine canted backwards slightly, so that the Vincent writing on the timing cover is pointing uphill.
So I wonder if somebody tried splaying the front downtubes to slide the engine between them, or cut the downtubes off, or any other clever idea we have not thought of yet. As far as I know the centreline of the crank should never be higher than a line drawn through the front and rear wheelspindles for a good c of g
If you have picture please mail to: comet636(at)gmx.de
thank you very much for your help.
If you have no picture but useful comments, please write in this forum, we are waiting
cheers
Bernd
Forgot to say, we will use a Commando type gearbox