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Look at the HAMC from 1965 - what style influenced me when coming up ...

After all this time manufacturers and custom builders still chasing it

 

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11 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

They also used to use the Rover V8 we had up a few weeks ago to keep it full on Brit' but that engine is 50 yrs old now

This engine isnt British. Designed by Buick , in the 1950,s it is a 215 cubic inch engine , so had an "odd" displacement of 3532 cc.

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15 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Fast bikes - not as quick as my YZ490, but close.

 

Were those equivalent years of production?  Just curious.

 

I only weigh 125 pounds, so a 125 is more my speed.  Years ago I attended a MX race where it had rained and it was very muddy.  They ended up running all the classes in one moto late in the day.  The 125's were outrunning the 400cc bikes. 

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36 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

Were those equivalent years of production?  Just curious.

Yamaha was newer.

Maico if I remember was early 80's. They folded soon after

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26 minutes ago, ballpoint said:

Here ya go. Built by Roland Broadbent, who had a company called Oxford Racing Services - the ORS on the engine.  2x Yamaha TZ750 4 pots combined to make a 1.5L V8 2 stroke.  580hp with nitro injection.

 

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And a video of it warming up:

 

Bloody hell no messing with that baby .. 

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3 hours ago, thaiguzzi said:

Clicking on Norton Motorcycles website, there appears to be very little pricing shown.

Everything is bespoke and "please enquire".....

Mmmm. Strange. Or scary. Depending on your wallet size....... Innit

Does seem to be the way a lot of 'em do business now .. rarely can you get a straight price upfront .. A lot invite you in to make you're choice , select all the options and variants before hitting you with a bill at the checkout with a straight " proceed with payment " .. Friend of mine in ENG went to Mercedes thinking about a new car .. he had a 4 yr old A class as poss' p/x .. He was interested in a new A class but the salesperson refused to give a bottom of the line figure of how much Model X was instead inviting him to sit down and select all the options he wanted ( metallic paint , interior , body-trim etc ) off the computer screen before it was all jotted up and he was presented with a figure to pay if he wanted to proceed .. No negotiation , no chipping the price down above the official dealer discount .. The only concession he twisted out of them was to demand a higher p/x value of the old car against the new if he wanted to go ahead with the deal .. 

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