I rode limeys for almost 2 decades - most on 1 tricked out Norton with the big valve RH7 head, nickle plated frame, open reverse cone megaphones, eventually a 940 kit (bad move), 38 flat slide mikunis, Ceriani ft end, tomasselis.....the sound of that bike still haunts me.
Had a couple other Nortons that came & went unmolested, and a T120C that saw alot of miles, not all on the road.
My last Snortin’ Norton was a ‘72 850. Black with gold script, naturally. It had been thrashed pretty badly before I got it (in a trade, and I think a pickup load of firewood might have been part of the swap) so I took it apart and was surprised to find the bore was nearly perfect. The head needed a complete rework as it would shoot engine oil out of both peashooters on cold startup. I had the only self-lubricating turn signals in motorcycledom, I think...