Norton Service And Overhaul Manual F. Neill Motorcycles

Scarce: this copy is from the library of a classic bike enthusiast who used to own a Norton. It's a maintenance manual and instruction book for Norton models 50, ES2, 88, 99, 650, Sports Specials, 750 Atlas, 750 Scrambler (pages 2 to 87) and a manual for the Jubilee, Navigator, Electra, 88, 99, 650 SS, 750 Atlas, 750 G15 CS (pages 88 to 173). Crammed with detailed information, useful advice, and lots of helpful illustrations and photographs. The text sensibly ranges between urging great precision (for example, 'First ensure that the point gap for both cylinders is between .014" to .016" at full separation') to adopting a more basic British attitude ('If the joint is tight a light blow beneath the exhaust port with a mallet or a block of wood should effectively release it'). It's a good book, that has clearly been used in the past for its intended purpose in bike work. Yellowy-orange covered, published by Lodgemark Press Limited, not dated but probably from around 1975. Compiled by F W Neill, and written with the co-operation of Norton Villiers Limited. No markings to the text, save for a price written many years ago in biro on the title page. It's still solidly bound, though getting a little bit tender at the bottom of the spread between pages 50-51. There's some fraying at the top and bottom of the spine, along with some minor dog-earing, some creasing and other marks and signs of usage (for example, a brown thumb-sized mark to the very outer edge of some pages when viewed as a block, some brownish lines fanning out across part of the back cover). But still a good copy, and the crucial text is clean throughout.