Kenny Cummings from NYC Norton saw a lot of old Brit iron, but even this S-type surprised him, it was in terrible condition in the backyard of the house overgrown with weeds. The motorcycle inherited to Tina-Lina from her dear deceived husband.

Here's what Kenny himself remembers about how he first saw and bought this bike.

“As I walked up to this sad sight, her neighbor came hobbling over, wanting to be part of the action,” Kenny recalls. “Tina revealed that he was looking for cash to help load the bike in the van.” The same neighbor had tried to move the bike a couple of years earlier, by tying it to his pickup truck and dragging it across the yard, breaking off bars and bodywork in the process.

“I started to fear that I wasn’t going to get out alive,” Kenny says. “And the bike wasn’t moving—the brake shoes were frozen to the drums, rusty water was leaking from the gearbox, and the entire machine was covered in oil, dirt, and bugs.”

After the purchase, this motorcycle was delivered to the workshop where it began to wait in the wings, and as we see, this time has come. Ben Schmitt, a participant of the AHRMA races, asked to make a masterpiece for him to participate in the BEARS class (British European American Racing Series).

A huge amount of work has been done to make the phoenix rise from the ashes, and here is a short list of the main changes:

• Steve Maney cylinder and steel flywheel
• Standard-length Carrillo conrods and JE pistons (“our championship winning combo”) were also fitted, along with a Webcam 12s (Combat-ish) cam. Fuel is metered by a pair of Mikuni VM34 carbs.
• A squish band relief was also machined in the pistons and the head skimmed, allowing higher compression, but they kept the ratio at 10:1, so the bike can be run on hi-octane pump gas—keeping it streetable.
• The valve train is stock, with Kibblewhite Black Diamond valves and bronze guides.
• Revs are measured by a Scitsu inductive tacho, and ignition is via a Pazon Sure-Fire module.
• 18-inch wheels and good race rubber ContiRoadAttack 3 CR racing radials, in 100/90 front and 130/80 rear sizes.
• The rear hub is a Grimeca drum, complete with a cush drive and a complement of 520 sprockets that permit gearing changes for different circuits. The front is a later-model Commando hub running an 11.5-inch disk and an AP racing caliper, pumped by a Brembo master cylinder.
• The front suspension is adjustable: NYC Norton have installed parallel-bore pinch-bolt yokes, so the front height can be tweaked for perfect turn-in. Cosentino cartridge internals run inside the forks, along with the Cosentino/NYC Norton Teflon bushings.
• Four-speed close ratio gear cluster, tucked into a modified Heavy Duty AMC-style shell. Barnett friction plates in the 850-style clutch hang off the mainshaft.
• Colorado Norton Works electric start kit
• 21Ah Shorai battery and updated 180W alternator
• S-Type high-level exhaust
• Custom aluminum gas tank in Racer style

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