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John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - cregnybaa - 06-01-2015
Well it seems that the classic TT may get more interesting as John is supposed to be riding a Norton this year, Good luck to him i think if its reliable and he gets on with it he should get a result.
RE: John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - spannerman - 06-01-2015
(06-01-2015, 01:08 PM)cregnybaa Wrote: Well it seems that the classic TT may get more interesting as John is supposed to be riding a Norton this year, Good luck to him i think if its reliable and he gets on with it he should get a result.
Talk at the time was the bike would not be reliable but Norton and Hizzy proved them wrong.
RE: John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - cregnybaa - 06-01-2015
(06-01-2015, 03:22 PM)spannerman Wrote:(06-01-2015, 01:08 PM)cregnybaa Wrote: Well it seems that the classic TT may get more interesting as John is supposed to be riding a Norton this year, Good luck to him i think if its reliable and he gets on with it he should get a result.
Talk at the time was the bike would not be reliable but Norton and Hizzy proved them wrong.
Brian chrighton is going to prepare them as there is ment to be more than one.
RE: John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - captainsparkledotcom - 06-01-2015
(06-01-2015, 03:54 PM)cregnybaa Wrote:(06-01-2015, 03:22 PM)spannerman Wrote:(06-01-2015, 01:08 PM)cregnybaa Wrote: Well it seems that the classic TT may get more interesting as John is supposed to be riding a Norton this year, Good luck to him i think if its reliable and he gets on with it he should get a result.
Talk at the time was the bike would not be reliable but Norton and Hizzy proved them wrong.
Brian chrighton is going to prepare them as there is ment to be more than one.
Is this more than the originally planned 'parade lap' then?
http://www.ttwebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=18348
RE: John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - BenjiesDad - 06-01-2015
Thought it was just a parade lap he was doing,,
If not, its run what you bring to the classic MGP !
As long as your name fits,,,, Lol
RE: John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - Ken37.73 - 06-01-2015
I thought it was the parade only. His column in PB says he got some exciting plans with Honda that he can't mention yet.
RE: John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - spannerman - 06-01-2015
(06-01-2015, 09:21 PM)Ken37.73 Wrote: I thought it was the parade only. His column in PB says he got some exciting plans with Honda that he can't mention yet.
Probably as I predicted on the dark side 2 years ago Honda will spoil what I thought of then an equal playing field by giving JM an RVF750.
RE: John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - Max Power - 11-01-2015
(06-01-2015, 09:39 PM)spannerman Wrote:(06-01-2015, 09:21 PM)Ken37.73 Wrote: I thought it was the parade only. His column in PB says he got some exciting plans with Honda that he can't mention yet.
Probably as I predicted on the dark side 2 years ago Honda will spoil what I thought of then an equal playing field by giving JM an RVF750.
Or an NSR500, Bruce could have squeezed a 130mph lap out of that Yamaha if he had needed to. The die is cast, nothing else will come close. Maybe we'll see Ollie Linsdell on the Paton V4 too.
RE: John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - scaramanga - 11-01-2015
(11-01-2015, 04:27 PM)Max Power Wrote:(06-01-2015, 09:39 PM)spannerman Wrote:(06-01-2015, 09:21 PM)Ken37.73 Wrote: I thought it was the parade only. His column in PB says he got some exciting plans with Honda that he can't mention yet.
Probably as I predicted on the dark side 2 years ago Honda will spoil what I thought of then an equal playing field by giving JM an RVF750.
Or an NSR500, Bruce could have squeezed a 130mph lap out of that Yamaha if he had needed to. The die is cast, nothing else will come close. Maybe we'll see Ollie Linsdell on the Paton V4 too.
both of them would be welcome from my end love strokers its what i started of on
RE: John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - spannerman - 11-01-2015
(11-01-2015, 06:28 PM)scaramanga Wrote:(11-01-2015, 04:27 PM)Max Power Wrote:(06-01-2015, 09:39 PM)spannerman Wrote:(06-01-2015, 09:21 PM)Ken37.73 Wrote: I thought it was the parade only. His column in PB says he got some exciting plans with Honda that he can't mention yet.
Probably as I predicted on the dark side 2 years ago Honda will spoil what I thought of then an equal playing field by giving JM an RVF750.
Or an NSR500, Bruce could have squeezed a 130mph lap out of that Yamaha if he had needed to. The die is cast, nothing else will come close. Maybe we'll see Ollie Linsdell on the Paton V4 too.
both of them would be welcome from my end love strokers its what i started of on
130 lap? not a chance, 18:16.324 is as good as it gets
RE: John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - Max Power - 12-01-2015
(11-01-2015, 07:02 PM)spannerman Wrote:(11-01-2015, 06:28 PM)scaramanga Wrote:(11-01-2015, 04:27 PM)Max Power Wrote:(06-01-2015, 09:39 PM)spannerman Wrote: Probably as I predicted on the dark side 2 years ago Honda will spoil what I thought of then an equal playing field by giving JM an RVF750.
Or an NSR500, Bruce could have squeezed a 130mph lap out of that Yamaha if he had needed to. The die is cast, nothing else will come close. Maybe we'll see Ollie Linsdell on the Paton V4 too.
both of them would be welcome from my end love strokers its what i started of on
130 lap? not a chance, 18:16.324 is as good as it gets
I think you are wrong there Spannerman, I'm not one for lap records or super lap times, I believe that a race should be won at the slowest speed possible, I do however have that info from the best authority, there was plenty in the bag.
RE: John Mcguinness on rotary Norton - Rc588 - 21-01-2015
(06-01-2015, 06:41 PM)captainsparkledotcom Wrote:(06-01-2015, 03:54 PM)cregnybaa Wrote:(06-01-2015, 03:22 PM)spannerman Wrote:(06-01-2015, 01:08 PM)cregnybaa Wrote: Well it seems that the classic TT may get more interesting as John is supposed to be riding a Norton this year, Good luck to him i think if its reliable and he gets on with it he should get a result.
Talk at the time was the bike would not be reliable but Norton and Hizzy proved them wrong.
Brian chrighton is going to prepare them as there is ment to be more than one.
Is this more than the originally planned 'parade lap' then?
http://www.ttwebsite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=18348
Hi all
its a parade lap, put simply you cant build a f1 engine from new parts, the tt engines had direct oil feeds to the rotor bearings, the origonal gearbox is not a owo1 as often thought it was similar designe but the pitch ext is differant.
In short you would need deep pockets to race a RC, Rcw or Nrs, one other thought crosses my mind, when steve first rode the bike he said it was unriderble as Ron had it, after the tt Jefferies, Rymer and Halam rode the bike, is it realy back as hislop rode it, its definatly got rons yamaha master cylinder not the hrc master cylinder that hislop used. Below is a very rare picture a Norton how any 19 bikes? its pre tt i recon as non of the tanks have the union jack
Regards Rc588
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