Home brewed rotary race bike.

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Nortonash
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Home brewed rotary race bike.

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A good friend of ours in Australia has a bit of a thing for unusual bikes, he owns a Hesketh, F1, home made BSA OHC singles and even built himself a V twin. Of more interest to you guys is his air cooled race bike.
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Do's it go as well as it looks?J.B.
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Yes it goes very well indeed, we only saw it race at one meet but it was incredibly fast and light.
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Any idea what sort of power it produces(I think Malc has managed about 95bhp on one of his)Very Happy)J.B.
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The frame seat and tank look like a Yamaha TRX 850. Just saw one of those in Motorcycle Monthly for £850, Hmm, sell the engine for whatever, then find a donor IP2 and...............
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Its a home made frame so not sure if a Norton would fit in a TRX. Im not sure what the tank and seat are from, he would have just had them sitting in a corner somewhere cool
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johnbirchjar wrote:Any idea what sort of power it produces(I think Malc has managed about 95bhp on one of his)Very Happy)J.B.
Not sure about the power output to be honest, I think adequate Very Happy
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