norton featherbed

[thepj]

mate of mine is looking to get his hands on a norton featherbed frame and vincent motor? if anyone knows of someone selling either pm me.

[Jockney Rebel]

shit man best of luck

[zedsled]

Shit mate, this is a request I never thought I would see on a streetfighters forum, and seeing a good set of bare Vincent cases runs at about $6000 these days, iProbably wo't get to see one again. Good luck with the search but, and congratulations on the bottomless bike fund!

[Neo Dutch]

There was a slimline Featherbed frame at Maitland swap last weekend. $1200.
He might want to try a different engine though. Vincents need major surgery to fit in a Featherbed.

[thepj]

hmm interesting lol i take it the old featherbed isnt very common.

[gixkat]

chooks teeth mate, chooks teeth!

[Jockney Rebel]

there ar a few still lurking in Britian but fetching major money [my old man has a Dommie and we had a bugger of a time finding chassis parts for it]since Norton went bust anything with there name on its gold ive even seen Commandoes fetch good prices and they were shite

[old gsxrr]

vincent are being reproduced in Australia and there was a bloke making featherbed frames in bris and i've heard of a bloke at nambour that will make you one, i was looking at a new frame for a triton as the old ones could be bent stressed/cracked -i think they were being made of 531

[old gsxrr]

my mistake -found by googling

In 1996, a partnership was formed to launch the Australian RTV motorcycle. It used a slightly modernised reproduction Vincent engine in an Egli-style frame in capacities of 1000 cc and 1200 cc. They had electric start. After four bikes were built, the company went into voluntary liquidation towards the end of 1998.[24]

[hyside]

Get a copy of classic racer there are a few guys in the UK that make replica Feather bed frames, but they are not cheap!! and try the Horner bros in Melb they make new Vincent engines they mite sell you one!