As with any special build it’s sensible to get as much work done in the dry build, then if things need altering, you’re not damaging finished parts.
In any custom build I think those that really stand out are the ones where the builder has spent time on all the small parts making them look good. It just lifts the whole build. My ‘inspiration’ and ‘look’ for this bike was the Manx Norton. The aim was to try and push the look back to the mid-1950s racing bikes.
I had a plethora of ideas, so, this is where my brief in part one (September 2023 issue) starts to go adrift, cost and time increase. Here’s one simple part of that problem. I’d decided that all fixings,are not readily available, so have to be made. It’s not a biggie but it means that a longer bolt of the right diameter has to be screw cut on the lathe, cut to size and polished: at least 30 minutes per bolt…
