Rotary Owners' Club

I can't even manage that, they are all in pieces! The only roadworthy machine I have is a Triumph Sprint which I bought as a temporary ride while the IP2 is out of action.

Alas, I only got my finished engine plates back the other week and I am awaiting some parts from Andover before I can rebuild my engine, so although I will come, I have no rotary machine to display.

Me neither, but thanks for volunteering to be first Paul.

You could use one of your flasher units to drive a changeover relay, which would cost about four quid.

Whilst on the subject of clocks, does anyone know if the classic speedo is a common part fitted to any other machines? I occasionally have thoughts about replacing the police speedo with something which fits in the instrument cluster.

It seems, reading the Commando Forum, that larger cables make a worthwhile improvement in the cranking speed of a Mark3; anyone like to try the same on an IP2 before I do?R. I will be doing just that, soon after a certain esteemed gentleman has finished molying my engine. I also have acquired a tri...

p.s. I'll swap you my 650 engine for your Egli. Then I''l put that Aprilia engine in my empty chassis.

Not that it matters as your engine is scrap, but just out of interest, commando rods will fit a 650. I have a pair in mine to replace the originals that melted and bent due to oil starvation. Fortunately the noise of the big ends clonking away got my attention and I stopped before it went bang.

Has anybody had problems with disintegrating slave cylinder seals. My hydraulic clutch is only a year old but the outer edge of the large seal and both sides of the small seal have flaked away. If it was just the outer sides I would have thought it is a compatibility problem with the ATF I have been...

1st what do's the ballast resister do? As you probably know, when your starter is cranking, it draws such a large current that battery voltage drops to perhaps 8 Volts or so. This leads to a weak spark and can make starting difficult.A ballast resistor is sometimes used to overcome this. Instead of...

Or how about an Apron. Then it could attract sponsorship from lots of domestic products such as Domestos or perhaps Cillit Bang - half a mile out of Douglas and bang it's gone!

Having nothing better to do on a rainy day, I replied to the scammer selling the non existent F1 sport. Here is the email conversation: Scammer: From: Nik Papadakis <kapapa90@gmail.com>To: johnny <johnnyforerskins@yahoo.co.uk> (made up name!)Sent: Thursday, 19 April 2012, 11:39Subject: Re: NORTON F1...

The very same F1 sport has just reappeared on Ebay but from a different seller. Smells fishy to me. It's probably a highjacked Ebay account as there is a contact link on the page that avoids the normal Ebay messaging system, which probably goes straight to a very friendly chap in Nigeria who will te...

I've finally got my Interpol engine to reveal its internal workings after putting up quite a fight. There was so much carbon on the inside diameter of the l/h stationary gear that the rotor shaft refused to come out without much soaking and persuasion.Much carbon everywhere but worse on the l/h roto...

I'm in Hampshire, in between Basingstoke and and Winchester.

I'll come if the Interpol is rotating by then, although that may not help you if you need to get definite numbers now. In fact I will probably come on or in something else if it isn't.It depends on how much of a project the rebuild turns out to be. I need to get the starter motor out. Richard said t...

I would volunteer but I can't guarantee that mine will be back together by then. Besides, my scruffy Interpol next to your shiny one wouldn't bring much variety to the line up.

I bought some Motaquip 85/140 from my local motor factors. Motoquip supply independant motor factors; there might be one in your area. I just looked on Ebay and five litres is available there for fifteen quid.Opie oils sell both 80/140 and Classic 2T pre-mix, I have used them before and they seem OK...

Does anybody out there have a Norton clutch locking tool they could lend me, or alternatively a couple of old unwanted clutch plates that could be bolted together to make one?cheersRob

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I was of the belief that surface discharge plugs are more resistant to fouling and that in a rotary have the advantage of being able to place the spark closer to the combustion chamber without fouling the rotor. I wasn't a Wankelist in the days when the original surface discharge plugs were availabl...

I've got some plugs in my car designed specially for LPG which are made by the same manufacturer. Can't say I have noticed any difference.

Maybe Joe Seifert could help if he is reading this.Alternatively you could try an online translation program such as Babelfish. The results from these translation programs can be a bit dodgy, but should be good enough for you to get the gist.Meine Kartoffel ist im Krankenhaus.

Sometime last year when starting the IP2, the starter kept turning when the button was released and didn't stop when the ignition was turned off. On returning to the bike after a sprint to fetch a spanner to disconnect the battery and a bar to whack the starter relay with, the battery was discharged...

Don't think you can buy them. I made my own. Have a look at the "IP2 strip advice" topic in the Tech Interest & New Ideas folder, there is some chat about it there and a piccy of my installation. I used copper brake pipe and made some banjos out of brass bar. I think the later skinny p...

I would suggest repeated squirting with aerosol brake cleaner and much wiggling. That should hopefully dissolve and dislodge the caked on oil. Could it be that the throttle butterfly shafts are tight in the rotor housings due to accumulation of gunge? With everything clean, there should be adequate ...

.can you engage 1st gear when cold without a 'clang' or lurch forward? Yes .can you select neutral with a running engine when stationary, hot or cold? Yes .how many miles have you done since the kit was fitted? 2000; it was only fitted a few months ago .what grade of oil do you use in the primary? A...

Difficult question to answer. Supply is low and demand is low, so there is generally no mass market to establish a price. The price can often come down to negotiation between one buyer and seller unless either Andover Norton or Startright has the part in stock to establish a price. Complete Interpol...

If you need a scruffy IP2, I'm your man!

I spied this IP2 on Fleabay a few years ago with Laser exhausts. I don't know what they are off but are a similar style to my standard Ducati ones; stainless ends pop riveted to an alloy can, which means you can easily dismantle them to re-pack with stainless wool. The front pipe is discoloured, but...