Rotary Owners' Club

Hiyou can use gell coat, however the scratch grove must be widend of nessasary to accept the gellcoat sufficant area to bond, its the sanded back then buffed. There are a couple of good videos on youtube on how to do this. One point doubt you will get a exhact colour match.Regards wayne

Hi alli have obtained a few more bits, see picture below, and a few not shown, ported housings, race ignition, situe race taco, i still require a Gibson exhaust, front faring bracket/clock mount, 88 89 air coold faring and seat unit, 36mm induction tubes(od 38mm), Faring brackets and any thing ells ...

Hi BobThanks for the info, looks like the std gear box may have a hard time, also i don’t have a air-cooled right hand end plate for the big box, (one exists but not in my possession) the current plan is to use the std race cut down box in the picture and use the wide centre box on the rcw. http://i...

Hi BobMy Rc588 was deliverd to Norton from Spondon in april 1988 the sixth race frame made, it currently has offset bearing cups fitted but the head stock dose not have the pinch bolts of the latter 4xx frames fore easy bearing cup replacement. Currently Stuart at Spondon wants to replace the cups t...

Hi BobThe rcw eccentric shaft has direct rotor bearing oil feeds spark eroded, but no usual etched markings between the rotor bearing journals just TB in faint felt tip, Dave Evans had a good look and said its 100% race shop unit. On markings my rcw big gearbox right hand endplate has no markings bu...

Hi BobThe rcw eccentric shaft has direct rotor bearing oil feeds spark eroded, but no usual etched markings between the rotor bearing journals just TB in faint felt tip, Dave Evans had a good look and said its 100% race shop unit. On markings my rcw big gearbox right hand endplate has no markings bu...

Hi Bob, Jo and RichardJo, The Nrs big gearbox bushes I obtained from Pete at Andover and as far as I am aware he has no further race stuff apart from moulds for the 89 jps bodywork and Duckhams front mudgard, you also have the patterns for the big gearbox. Richard,thanks for the picture of the gear ...

Hi GrayhamCongratulations on your aniversary and thanks for your continued support and providing this exelant websiteRegards Wayne

Hi AllBefore any one asks the gears and shafts for the big box will not fit a std road gearbox and the Rcw nrs gears only fit the above box, F1 nrs gears can only be used with the corrisponding Nrs bushes they have extra clearance on some gears.Regards Wayne

Hi AllThe Following may be of interest (or not)Below shows the mythical big gearbox sometimes called the wide centre gearbox. the gearbox was developed in 1988 and fitted to the Rc588 at some point. The box was fitted to all Rcw engines, the ratios are believed to be the same as the std Interpol and...

Hi alltwo members are helping me with obtaning the bearings Regards Wayne

Hi joif the faring below is the one you meen i bought it, its a 1989 rcw588 jps faringRegards Wayne

Hi thanks for the replieshowever i tryed a translator first off but was not happy with the results, these are not a £30 bearing , i canot send a fare sum of mony to what i think is a bank account or a quotation refferance number. I did ring them up, but he did not understand me, all i want to doo is...

Hi all http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd279/myfordwayne/rc588Rspe-nor-a-387.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd279/myfordwayne/rc588lspe-nor-a-387.jpg As can be seen from the above photos, my 88 works Rc bike is coming along however I would like to finish it for next year for the rotary ra...

Hi rusty nutsDue to the price of the bearings i need a correct translation, i think they want a direct bank payment but am unsure what info the guy has provided. I think asking jo would be unreasnoble request as i am not purchasing the parts through andover.Regards Wayne

Hi alli have found some of the special steering head bearings for the race bikes in germany, i have the price, i contacted the company with a veiw to payment but the guy could not speek english, hes sent some sort of invoice but its in german?First i need somone to translate this invoice or what eve...

Hi DavidDave Evans has confirmed the rc588 and Rcw588 used Std outriger berings and used grease on them? Dave assured me the grease dosed not fly everywhere and this arangement worked well. It must be rememberd race bikes engines are striped regularly and not subject to normal roard dirt. It may be ...

Hi Alltalking to the VMCC at Stafford this weekend, if we want as stand at the festival of 1000 bikes, 2012 we need to apply in December 2011, normally this should be done by the applying clubs chairman or secretary so if we wish to do something we need to start talking now or we will miss the chanc...

Hi andyi will contact you monday

Hi all,I visited this guy he has quite a bit of stuff all air cooled, ie classic side panels wiring harnesses, rotors, chassis, Gearbox extno conection though usual disclamerRegards Wayne

hi allmy mistake 20 years since norton won the senior (dam dyslexier strikes again)Regards Wayne

Hi allNext year is also 25th aniversary of the debue of the rotary race bike at darly moore, have you thought of asking Brian C as one of the gests of hounor, He is very busy man though, I also have contact with Hislops norton mechanic and Dave Evens who built the first racer with Brian. Of course i...

Anoraks from Yorkshire, I don’t believe it evil ? we are very lucky in our club that we have ex Norton personnel and other members who work on the bikes for a living and are more than happy to provide us with there knowledge. As was mentioned on the Noc website by one of our esteemed members we are ...

Hi AllI urgently require a race vacume pipe to intermediate adapter used on the spondon framed race bikes, i would like to either buy, borrow or obtain photos of one so spondon can make one. Currently spondon cant finnish the underside of my race tank untill the addaptor is finished. Regards Wayne

Hi allMy dislexia strikes again on the last post and i opologise, if i could i would deleat the last post and redoo itRegards Wayne

Hi ashI am contenplating building the 89rcw twin shock rcw, similar to the project you mention. The subframe if its the rcw twinshock dose not fit the f1 frame, so my option was cut the swinging arm mount point pillars off and make the frame full rcw. There are things to concider first this possibly...

Hi AndyThe Nrs and Duckhams bikes used Aluminium version identical to the commander (i have had to use commander ones till i find some) I f i come across some stainless ones i will let you Know, like wise if you come across some aluminium ones will you let me know. Regards Wayne

Hi AllUnfortunatly clashes with the tt and it starts on the day of the senior tt (its also 30 years since nortons last tt win)Regards Wayne

Hi RichardThanks for the tip, found two new ones on ebay. one for the rc and one for the rcw.Regaurds wayne

Hiposted wrong photo right box though, this pic maybe more useRegards wayne