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Offline martin99

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Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« on: November 14, 2009, 08:51:59 AM »
Mind if I share some pics of my latest resto with you guys? It's a 1958 Norton Model 99 600cc which has taken me some two years to rebuild in my spare time. Its in it's original colour, and is a bit special as it has chrome guards and is twin carb, both 'optional extras' for the '59 model. Be interested as to what you think, and as to how much it's worth in the States - thinking of selling to fund the next one!







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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2009, 09:00:03 AM »
GORGOUS! What's it worth - no idea at all.
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2009, 09:04:07 AM »
That's freakin' beautiful !!
I don't know what it's worth either, but it has to be a very large number, more than I could even dream about spending on a bike.

I sure wish those photos were larger.........
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2009, 09:49:24 AM »
not many 70's brit bikes around let alone ones from the 50's. beautiful
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #4 on: November 14, 2009, 09:54:54 AM »
Sorry about the size of the pics - new to this! Hopefully these will be better...













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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #5 on: November 14, 2009, 09:58:13 AM »
What am I doing wrong guys? I've downloaded Image Resizer from Powertoys and the setting is on large. Posting them on Photobucket first. It's not a model I promise!
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #6 on: November 14, 2009, 10:05:40 AM »
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #7 on: November 14, 2009, 10:15:32 AM »
Now I got it! I was clicking on the thumbnails - idiot!









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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #8 on: November 14, 2009, 11:13:20 AM »
Do we mind if you show us pictures? Are you kidding? We love this stuff! Got any pictures of other restos?

Beautiful bike btw
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #9 on: November 14, 2009, 11:42:08 AM »
Very, very nice.  I would have a hard time parting with it.  No idea on the value.  Recently I have seen two late 50's Norton singles sell for 1500-2000 and they were fairly complete basket cases requiring total restoration.
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #10 on: November 14, 2009, 12:07:15 PM »
Just looked in my VJEMC price guide and it says $7,500 for excellent condition and $9,000 for absolutely not-a-spec-of-dust perfection
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #11 on: November 14, 2009, 12:16:53 PM »
Just gorgeous.
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #12 on: November 14, 2009, 01:38:45 PM »
Wow.  That is really, really cool. 

Great work,
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #13 on: November 14, 2009, 02:03:56 PM »
Thats a beauty for sure.

You might want to check the classifieds here:

http://www.inoanorton.com/index.html
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #14 on: November 14, 2009, 02:54:38 PM »
Thanks for all the kind words everyone, glad you like it. It's good to get some appreciation from fellow enthusiasts when you're married to someone who you could never leave if you wanted to in case she put a hammer through it because you spend more time and money on that bloody motorbike than you do on me and the kids blah blah blah
Course now its all done she's telling her friends her husbands got a Norton...
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #15 on: November 14, 2009, 04:40:28 PM »
Looks great!
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #16 on: November 15, 2009, 03:28:42 AM »
Beautiful work and a lovely looking bike, thanks for getting the large photos up!
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #17 on: November 15, 2009, 11:50:24 AM »
Fine bike oldskool.
If ya have to sell it to fund the next thats ok.
You have restored a bike and put it back into the community.

Now find yourself a nice BSA Spitfire to work over!
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #18 on: November 15, 2009, 02:24:26 PM »
Spitfire eh? Bit too modern for me! Now if you said a 30's Sloper or 40's Panther...
May already have the next project staring at me in the face. My '77 CB750F2's frame is corroded in places and it's already been welded once. It's not a straightforward job to replace it as I significantly modded it when I built the bike about four years ago, so I'm thinking about what to do with it. 20 years ago I had a CB750 hardtail which was sooo much fun - in a straight line at least. I'm sorely tempted, but as said machine is off the road at the moment with carb holder disease I've got a bit of time to think about it!
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Re: Norton Dominator 99. Fresh off the bench.
« Reply #19 on: November 27, 2009, 03:17:01 PM »
Awesome bike, I love the early Dominators. I have never seen a model 99 in red, only the model 88 500cc. These are hard to come by in the states. I've been looking for one for quite a while now.
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