norton....T.C. Christenson

...."i gotta do what i gotta do.....some people play golf.....less exciting i think"

MY 1926 NORTON...

...is more than likely going to go interstate to a new owner very soon....being part exchange on the vincent motor of a couple of posts ago....ill be sad to see it go but i need to get my hands on that norvin before i die... ...is more than likely going to go interstate to a new owner very soon....being part exchange on the vincent motor of a couple of posts ago....ill be sad to see it go but i need to get my hands on that norvin before i die...

DRAG BIKE SHOTS...

...if anyone has any old drag or speed trial shots could they send them to me....machineshed@bigpond.com...thanks

NEW STUFF...

...ive been crazy busy here getting the house underway....so ive been spending more time with concrete than steel.....but i did take a day off yesterday to go on one of those big white birds to visit a bloke about a big chunky motor for that norvin i always wanted to build.....so very soon it will be in my shed....i better get one of those fontana brakes soonish....i will explain the details of this motor at a later date.....but lets just say....90hp not 50hp...i also visited the australian motorcycle museum.....ill post some photos later but here is one shot of the back end of an imola replica....and i thought i loved drilling steel....

34 dodge...

....i had a long day yesterday and drove the 34 up to sydney to be returned to its home...it went like a beaut and didnt skip a beat....the trip home was a bit faster in the wifes f truck though...

machine 1 ... my bandsaw....

...ive been wanting to post some photos of my machines since i started this blog but never had a camera that could take the right photos.....no excuses now... heres some shots of my bandsaw.... pehaka..made in 1961 in west germany...blade length is 2400mm...its a ripper...the job never gets hot cause the blade is so long...its got a built in welder and grinder so that if you snap a blade or have a roll of blade then you can repair or make your own.... its one of the best machines i ever bought....and i use it all the time..

machine 1 ... my bandsaw....

very excited to get....

my new camera today...hopefully i will be able to get my license to ride it soon so i can post some better shots....of stuff....

50 PAN EXHAUST.....

.....in the interest of doing it properly i remade the exhaust...in stainless...but my god the mandrel bends that i got were oval....not round....i had to hand beat each cut, put them in the vice and heat them, before i tacked them, in order to get it right.....

tamp....

.....for my mate angelo so he can get his coffee just right....as debbie harry said...atomic....

NICE CHROME BITS....

....just back for the 50 pan....once again the guys at BLUE CHROME in sydney did a great job....they take their time but so reasonable on price...

ive been riding.....

...around the countryside all day...first on the pan and then on the xs in the afternoon.....eating hamburgers, visiting friends for afternoon coffee and general relaxation stuff....this holiday thing is good mates.

holidays...

....ive got a week off so even though it looked like id get a wet arse i took the pan for a hit into town.....its funny how sometimes you wanna sell something but really you dont....so you try to sell it ...but you dont really try at all...cause there's just something about it...

78 YAMAHA XS 650....

....is pretty well done bar a few bits and pieces like side number plates and speedo and tacho cables and other little thingos....ive been enjoying it to and from town for a couple of weeks ...now i know why they used to race these things....quick. ...for all those that emailed me way back when about this bike it is going to go for sale... so if your still interested drop me a line....

50 PAN COIL MOUNT...

...is done...sorry about the shots...man i gotta buy a camera soon...

he greated me with a hiss and a smile.....

....this bloke greated me when i got home today....he was at the door to the shed and just needed to say hello to me... i called my local bush expert Noel for some advice and he said "just give him a poke and he will say adios and catch ya later"... he didnt...instead he wanted to have a piece of me and told me to get the fuck out... i called the local council to see if there was a relocation expert around...they put me onto some other department who told me they might come out tomorrow and then when he wanted to come inside i had to put my foot down.....so to speak... the common brown snake.."pseudonaja textilis" ... venom..LD50=0.041 sq yield 2mgto the power of 5.....strong coagulant, neurotoxic, weakly haemolytic and cytotoxic...he measured 4 foot... in other words one bad mother farker that will kill you... guy bolton......what were you saying the other day????

50 PAN.....inlet manifold and carby....

.....one thing that...i wont say gives me the shits....but does annoy me is how my right knee hits the carb on my 48.....so i thought id try putting the carb on the left side of this bike and pushing it forward. i couldnt do it on the right side otherwise the inlet length would be too long. i cut, heated, bent and welded a standard s and s manifold to see if it would work...seems nice in the position now. i found a guy who can mandrel bend alloy tube the right size for me so i could do a much simpler version of this....and im thinking of doing a couple ...let me know if anyone is interested.