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A100man
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PostPosted: 09:26 - 10 Jun 2025    Post subject: OK, but why? Reply with quote
'660 Manx - Norton'?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/297388347717?
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MarJay
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PostPosted: 09:38 - 10 Jun 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
Norton did a lot of singles. Maybe he wanted a British cafe racer but only had access to an MZ Skorpion? I probably wouldn't have done it, but it's not the worst I've ever seen.
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A100man
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PostPosted: 09:50 - 10 Jun 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:
Norton did a lot of singles. Maybe he wanted a British cafe racer but only had access to an MZ Skorpion? I probably wouldn't have done it, but it's not the worst I've ever seen.


Agreed teh work looks OK, just not sure why you'd put 'Norton' on the tank when to any observer it clearly isn't Confused I probably shouldn't care, should I?
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 10:07 - 10 Jun 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
A100man wrote:

Agreed teh work looks OK, just not sure why you'd put 'Norton' on the tank when to any observer it clearly isn't Confused I probably shouldn't care, should I?


Maybe it was done specifically to annoy people like you?

I've seen stupider things painted on motorcycle tanks.
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MarJay
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PostPosted: 11:21 - 10 Jun 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
A100man wrote:

Agreed teh work looks OK, just not sure why you'd put 'Norton' on the tank when to any observer it clearly isn't Confused I probably shouldn't care, should I?


Maybe it was done specifically to annoy people like you?

I've seen stupider things painted on motorcycle tanks.


The perennial and shockingly bad "Kwikasfuki" springs to mind. The question that springs to mind: Is it only Kawasaki owners who have such poor taste, or is it just a function of the ability to write a terrible pun that cannot be done with Yamaha, Honda or Suzuki?
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A100man
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PostPosted: 12:30 - 10 Jun 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:

The perennial and shockingly bad "Kwikasfuki" springs to mind.


I rather like that - perhaps it shows the level I'm at.
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PostPosted: 20:32 - 10 Jun 2025    Post subject: Reply with quote
I saw this very bike at the Ace on 20/01/24. I was riding a 660 as well, a Triumph Trident 660.
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