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Steve Gee wrote:also check out nortonracing.com

\r\rIve just seen the press release...\rhttp://nortonracing.com/press/Norton-comes-home.html

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/newsresults/mcn/2008/October/13-19/oct1608-mcn-speaks-with-norton-boss/ \r\rSo it looks like theyve bought Kenny Dreers piston engined Commando along with the Norton name and aim to put it into production as well as the rotaries.\rAnd a date for the diary - Ju...

What happened to Walzing Walter? (Brian Crightons testbed Interpol 2 which clocked 170mph at MIRA in June 1987). Anyone know?\rQuote from Kris Perkins book in 1991 - 'Today it resides at the Norton race team HQ at Shenstone'... and there is a photo of it with its ejector exhaust removed.

New Rotary Forum...\r\rhttp://www.rotarycommunity.com/

A fellow South Yorkshire bike... similar reg? mine is A593WHL.\rNo, i dont know how to get any more info on previously owned vehicles than you already have from DVLA vehicle enquiries...\r http://www.taxdisc.direct.gov.uk/EvlPortalApp/ \rDont tell me, the Alfa was broken down in a layby :lol: ... (i...

Ive been meaning to get my bikes history from the DVLA for the last six years to find out if it was Police (which Force?) or RAC or MOD... finally got around to it.\r http://direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/AdviceOnKeepingYourVehicle/DG_4022067 \rAs the current registered keeper of a vehicle...

My 'new' rotor motor...\r

[quote="Peterpinkbike]To be fair, it has to be said that without his vision, there wouldn't have been any rotary racing, no JPS Nortons, no Rotons, and no Duckhams Nortons.[/quote]\rExactly! if it were anyone other than Brian Crighton i would bet against it getting off the ground but with Brian...

W588 - you know Brian do you not? dont you get any first hand information?

Are you still going to sprint the Norton along with the Ford Mazda Pop?Malc \rErm.. NO! the mrc who host the event have had a change of direction, along with a move of venue from Shakespeare to Santa Pod, the emphasis is now on Japanese cars rather than being a rotary event. The Pop would not be el...

I only heard about this today, i was at a 50's Bikes day at Jacks Hill Cafe and a bloke in a Crighton Norton Cap who saw me arive on the Rotary told me about it. Did you know that Brian Crighton has a website?...\r http://nortonracing.com/ \rAmazing- Brilliant news though i can certainly understand ...

Malc wrote:What sort of silly piston engine are you taking out?Malc

\rHiya, hows you? & hows that red/silver/blue beastie coming on?\rThe Pop has a Pinto in it at the moment.\rIm aiming to raise a few eyebrows in the V8 dominated Rodding world ("silencer?, whats a silencer?"). \r :lol:

Well, ive bought a rodded 1957 Ford Pop, complete with a silly piston engine, does anyone know where i can get hold of a good working naturally aspirated Mazda rotary engine, gearbox and propshaft at a sensible price? An early RX7 rot box mot failure would be ideal. \rOK, got me an RX7 today :D , n...

Very sad news... Robert Dunlop was killed in a crash at the NW200 yesterday.

Well, ive bought a rodded 1957 Ford Pop, complete with a silly piston engine, does anyone know where i can get hold of a good working naturally aspirated Mazda rotary engine, gearbox and propshaft at a sensible price? An early RX7 rot box mot failure would be ideal.\r http://i306.photobucket.com/alb...

Im on the look out for a cheap working Mazda Rotary engine, preferably n/a rather than efi/turbo, with or without the rest of the donor car. A 1st generation RX7 FB mot failure due to body rot would be ideal. Must be working and have decent compression cos rebuilds are expensive. Let me know if you ...

W588 wrote:Anyone brave enough to try it on their RWYB bike as an alternate to the ejector exhaust?R.

\r\rErrr... NO! :)

Got an attendance thread going on Exile. If you're registered and that way inclined add you name to the list, otherwise we'll just see you on the day! :D Getting close now!! http://www.exile-rotorsport.com/viewtopic.php?t=1270 \r\rSorry guys, i will be at a bike rally in Lancashire that weekend but...

Is anyone on here into wasteing large chunks of their life on Facebook?... no, thought not!.. but i shall continue anyway..\rThere are two 'raceing' applications on there which take wasteing your time to a whole new level... Petrolhead (cars) and One Track (bikes) by http://www.teammoulin.com/\rThey...

Since the late Seventies i have had a likeing for Hot Rods. Since the late eighties i have had a likeing for Rotaries. It has long been a dream to (one day) marry the two together. Well, it seems that a couple of people in Aus have already done just that. I have been aware for a while now of a Red 1...

Ooopps, sorry! No, dont know much about it, built by Mazdatrix California and its obviously very very LOUD!!! :lol: Shaftdrive looks like BMW. I see that Jay Leno (who owns, as part of his collection, a Mazda Cosmo and a Y2K bike) is one of their customers, i wouldnt be surprised if he buys one of t...

Someones actually done it instead of just talking about it...

Check out...http://www.rotabike.com/

Well, that was a 'different' end to the evening last night... sitting on my beloved Norton outside the pub putting my gloves on when a very nice young lady decides to park her BMW car on top of us necessitating the use of the cars jack to lift said car off the bike in order to restore the Norton to ...

According to Classic Bike magazine the NRV has been tested by Steve Spray and Ian Simpson. Its first public 'on track' showing will be at the Festival of 1000 at Mallory Park on Sunday 15th July (along with five of the original bikes).Provisional plans are to race the NRV at the Stars of Darley 30th...