Norsaki 1955 Norton Dominator/Kawasaki Mach 2 — DAVMOMOTO

A Norton Feather Bed frame and Dominator tank, finished off in classic Norton gray and Napa leather, with high quality wheels, brakes, and suspension, custom body kit and frame, stainless and chrome custom pieces, and then there’s the engine…a kawas

The story of this bike starts and ends with avid motorcycle rider and collector, Richard Aspery. A huge fan of bikes of all sorts, but with an obvious love for the fast and British ones. A good deal of the parts on the Norsaki were collected over ma

The original Norton Roadholder forks were given Costentino internals, which use a modern Showa cartridge for a better ride. The front brake is a Grimeca Richard collected years ago. The rear wheel hub and brake are from a Vincent Black Lightning, a

Richard cruising a backroad near Paradise, Texas.

The tank was raised an inch to allow for a custom heat shield to be mounted beneath it. Normally, the tank is fitted to the frame in such a way that the frame rails are all but covered by the tank bottom edges hanging over them. This fitment makes f

The underside of the tank heat shield with the CB750 seat cushions. and fuel pipe tunnel. The stock petcock location would have placed it square in the middle of the exhaust pipe, so the tunnel was made to route it back toward the battery box. The i

Raising the tank was necessary not just for heat issues, but also to align with the seat and get a pleasing tank-seat line. The seat was raised to allow the exhaust tail pipes to be routed underneath. Designing the seat assembly to be removable wa

The rear seat cover was formed from steel, and made to match the complex curves of the tank. A brake light is recessed in, just above the exhaust outlet.

The Vincent Black Lightning rear wheel hub, brake and brake stay. One of the wonderful things about Vincent design, the rear wheel can be removed sans tools. Rear loops were added to the frame to mount passenger pegs.

The other side of the hub, with the axle tee.

The bike just running, before the faux airbox addition.

An original Kawasaki tachometer was placed in the Lucas headlight shell, along with a simple ignition toggle switch, light switch, and a custom instrument light cluster using Lucas jeweled indicators. Three original tachs were used to assemble a sin

The stripped-down view from above. Once the seat was built, and frame issues were worked out, the bike was sent to Randy Blevins in California, to build the custom pipes from scratch. Randy’s pipes are a bit of sculpture. In order to make the intri

The cylinder and head mating surfaces getting re-worked to get a good seal.

Another look at the rear frame loop and rear shock lowered mounts. This pic was during the first test ride, with tank and seat removed. The test rides made it obvious it needed to be re-jetted, so it was sent off to another of the Peckerheads, Bill

Oddly enough, I had the correct original airbox in my spares. The outer mounting flanges were trimmed off, and a custom cap and screw were made. Stock intake tubes fit perfectly to the carbs. This assembly was later stuffed inside a custom box.

The tail pipe routing and custom frame loop exposed. The original frame ends at the shock mounts, without a loop or crosspiece, making a rear loop necessary to hold the two-up seat, as well as the exhaust tips and fender mounts. The insulation on to

The custom airbox, made months after the original build was finished, was one of the more difficult parts of the body kit to build. Because the fit is so tight between the exhaust, air filter , carbs, fuel hose, and frame, it has to dance through so

It took the better part of a day, working here at Big D Cycles,to get the airbox mounted. The seat, pipes, inner airbox, and tank have to come off to get this ten-pound ham stuffed into a five-pound sack.

The end of a custom brass fuel rail can be seen just forward of the cabs. The red petcock handle is recessed into the left side cover. The spark wires are also custom made, with layers of insulation, and a super short connectors to clear the pipes.

Why yes, it is a triple.

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A Norton Feather Bed frame and Dominator tank, finished off in classic Norton gray and Napa leather, with high quality wheels, brakes, and suspension, custom body kit and frame, stainless and chrome custom pieces, and then there’s the engine…a kawas

The story of this bike starts and ends with avid motorcycle rider and collector, Richard Aspery. A huge fan of bikes of all sorts, but with an obvious love for the fast and British ones. A good deal of the parts on the Norsaki were collected over ma

The original Norton Roadholder forks were given Costentino internals, which use a modern Showa cartridge for a better ride. The front brake is a Grimeca Richard collected years ago. The rear wheel hub and brake are from a Vincent Black Lightning, a

Richard cruising a backroad near Paradise, Texas.

The tank was raised an inch to allow for a custom heat shield to be mounted beneath it. Normally, the tank is fitted to the frame in such a way that the frame rails are all but covered by the tank bottom edges hanging over them. This fitment makes f

The underside of the tank heat shield with the CB750 seat cushions. and fuel pipe tunnel. The stock petcock location would have placed it square in the middle of the exhaust pipe, so the tunnel was made to route it back toward the battery box. The i

Raising the tank was necessary not just for heat issues, but also to align with the seat and get a pleasing tank-seat line. The seat was raised to allow the exhaust tail pipes to be routed underneath. Designing the seat assembly to be removable wa

The rear seat cover was formed from steel, and made to match the complex curves of the tank. A brake light is recessed in, just above the exhaust outlet.

The Vincent Black Lightning rear wheel hub, brake and brake stay. One of the wonderful things about Vincent design, the rear wheel can be removed sans tools. Rear loops were added to the frame to mount passenger pegs.

The other side of the hub, with the axle tee.

The bike just running, before the faux airbox addition.

An original Kawasaki tachometer was placed in the Lucas headlight shell, along with a simple ignition toggle switch, light switch, and a custom instrument light cluster using Lucas jeweled indicators. Three original tachs were used to assemble a sin

The stripped-down view from above. Once the seat was built, and frame issues were worked out, the bike was sent to Randy Blevins in California, to build the custom pipes from scratch. Randy’s pipes are a bit of sculpture. In order to make the intri

The cylinder and head mating surfaces getting re-worked to get a good seal.

Another look at the rear frame loop and rear shock lowered mounts. This pic was during the first test ride, with tank and seat removed. The test rides made it obvious it needed to be re-jetted, so it was sent off to another of the Peckerheads, Bill

Oddly enough, I had the correct original airbox in my spares. The outer mounting flanges were trimmed off, and a custom cap and screw were made. Stock intake tubes fit perfectly to the carbs. This assembly was later stuffed inside a custom box.

The tail pipe routing and custom frame loop exposed. The original frame ends at the shock mounts, without a loop or crosspiece, making a rear loop necessary to hold the two-up seat, as well as the exhaust tips and fender mounts. The insulation on to

The custom airbox, made months after the original build was finished, was one of the more difficult parts of the body kit to build. Because the fit is so tight between the exhaust, air filter , carbs, fuel hose, and frame, it has to dance through so

It took the better part of a day, working here at Big D Cycles,to get the airbox mounted. The seat, pipes, inner airbox, and tank have to come off to get this ten-pound ham stuffed into a five-pound sack.

The end of a custom brass fuel rail can be seen just forward of the cabs. The red petcock handle is recessed into the left side cover. The spark wires are also custom made, with layers of insulation, and a super short connectors to clear the pipes.

Why yes, it is a triple.