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Hi,
A friend and I are about to invest in a Norton Dominator 99. We are in South Africa where these kinds of things aren't easy to come by, so we're pretty excited, but just looking for a bit of extra information about the bike...
The bike is represented as having twin carbs, and a sports mag (I take it this refers to the magneto) as well as matching numbers.. It was modified at some point in its past to be a café racer, hence the pipes and attachment at the rear, but hasn't been ridden or worked on by the current or previous owners. The seller claims that it is a dominator 99S (not SS) but I'm sure he's mistaken. In any case, I don't see many photos of twin carb domis so I'm still trying to figure out what exactly the story is with this bike. Apparently it was built in December of 1958 and sold as a 1959 model. This seems to be right based on the engine number which is (if it isn't clear in the pic) 80436. The bike comes with several boxes of parts ordered through the Norton Owners Club in the UK (which can be seen still unopened in the background), and frame wise is complete (mudguards, tank, badges, pedals etc). He has never dismantled the engine, so we have no idea what we'll find in there...
So my few questions are:
1. What is the story with this twin carb model?
2. As I stupidly forgot to check when I was looking at it last weekend, where exactly is the frame number located, and should it be on some kind of plate or stamped into the frame?
3. Is there anything specific that we should look for or at on the bike?
4. Is it safe to turn the engine over, using kickstart or wheel, assuming it hasn't been started in a number of years? Just to check whether the pistons are free I suppose..
5. Anything else I should be aware of?
Thanks. We haven't even got round to checking books, manuals etc yet, so I don't really have that much info on the model yet, but anything you can tell me will be invaluable.
Thanking you in advance.
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