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Time for the answers then…
1. The fastest bike in the world is a Harley Davidson !! (322mph average over 2 way run)
2. The fastest road bike runs on DIESEL FUEL !! (227mph)
check out https://www.marineturbine.com/motorsports.asp
320 bhp at 52000 rpm !!!Im sorry! am i boring you all?
No, it wasnt Don Vesco.
No not Kawasaki. Ive never heard of the Lycoming engine before but i found their website and they make piston engines for aircraft & helicopters… has someone put one of them in a bike then??
You mention Helicopter turbine, youre halfway there. Even building five a year is ‘Production’… so what fuel does it run on?quote:
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Wankel you bloody forum tart…lolYep… thats me!!LOL
Hmm… maybe that should be ‘confused forum tart’ at the moment… choices, choices, decisions, decisions…No, they are not high compression engines. I think its something to do with the high frequency of power ‘strokes’. I would guess that 2 stroke piston engines probably run hot for the same reason?
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Originally posted by GSX Hooliganre the first pic you posted, are all the heads finned like that – is it a cooling problem, or an attempt to stay away from watercooling, just i’ve never seen owt like it!
Hi. Rotaryw**kel engines run hot. When Norton (err, BSA actually!) started work on the Rotary in 1969 they believed watercooling was for cars, not bikes. The Interpol 2 and classic were aircooled and needed plenty of finning. The later models, the Commander and F1 were watercooled.
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Originally posted by RadarThanks for the links. I check them out when I have some time spare. Look like interesting stuff.
How many F1s got made in the end? Know anybody who has one?Hiya, production numbers quoted vary a bit but i believe it was x140 F1’s plus x70 F1 sports, Total only 210. Yes i do know people who own them but then as a member of 1. The Norton Owners Club, 2. The Rotary Owners Club and 3. The Norton Rotary Enthusiasts’ club, i guess i would do!! LOL! [
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Total Norton Rotary bikes produced was around 1000 over a 10 yr period (1982-1992).These links should answer some of your questions…
https://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/ New Norton (not rotary)
https://www.uavenginesltd.co.uk/ Shenstone today
https://www.diamond-air.at/en/index.htm Manned aircraft
https://www.nortonmotors.co.uk/ Rotary spares/repairs
The new Norton Commando is made in the USA and is piston engined. The Norton Rotary engines are still made by UAV drones/spy aircraft in the Norton Rotary factory, Lynn lane, Shenstone and by Diamond Air in Germany for the Rotary version of the Katana aircraft.
Norton Motors at Rugeley support us Norton Rotary owners with a spares and repairs service.
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Originally posted by Urban TerroristMore than 2-strokes is masturbation!!
What about a VVankel? 2 strokes or 4? or is it more like 3 strokes?
[:o)][:o)][:o)]Actually its a 4 stroke cycle… but not as we know it [
]Would that be THE waterman, the famed Bikers pub?
Why Thankyou and
Wishing you also a Happy new yearquote:
Originally posted by gixerchicOoer VVankel…….”Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity”, thats part of my sig!
I thought it appropriate [:o)]
Thanks!! I got the bike mostly as it is two years ago. I had the race replica exhaust made for it (ejector pipe not connected) and i resprayed the side panels, tail unit and bikini fairing (not fitted in the Ace pic).
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity! Lets try again… the day this pic was taken i ran a 12.4 sec 1/4 mile at a Mazda RX day at Shakespeare raceway near Stratford upon Avon. Fingers crossed…Lets try this…
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