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  1. tallbloke

    christofire Guest

    Ahh - that figures. I'll change my stance from skeptical to offensively
    jealous.

    What a git.
     
    christofire, Jul 8, 2003
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    Salad Dodger Guest

    Import duty.

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    Salad Dodger, Jul 8, 2003
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    tallbloke Guest

    Good point.

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    tallbloke, Jul 8, 2003
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    The Older Gentleman Guest

    Not necessarily. Norton was winning TTs in the fifties and sixties when
    people had *far* better engines, simply because their chassis were so
    good. Which was how the Triton was born.

    Hailwood's 1978-winning Ducati had - let's be honest - an archaic, slow
    and unreliable engine compared with the competition. But he had a
    fabulous chassis, and his own riding genius, of course.
    No. see above. You need an engine that can hang together for *just* long
    enough. Hailwood's blew up as he crossed the line....
    It could be, agreed. It just hardly ever was by the factory.
     
    The Older Gentleman, Jul 8, 2003
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    tallbloke Guest

    (The Older Gentleman) spouted the
    following in news:1fxroqd.1b5r3tv3gz87hN@[192.168.0.2]:
    Hailwood's? I though he rode for HONDA that year.
    They suffered a succession of stupid problems, poor quality control and
    poor executive decisions to be sure. Aluminium head gaskets, overlength
    pushrods, porous heads etc.

    All easily solvable, but I agree, they should have been sorted at the
    factory.

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    tallbloke, Jul 8, 2003
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    Champ Guest

    Well, I'm fairly sure that NE *is* a wanker of the first order, but
    I'm not quite sure how this story illustrates that point.
     
    Champ, Jul 8, 2003
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    Ace Guest

    Well it rather depends on _which_ jap 4, of course. The daytona would
    prolly be quicker overall than anything except for the top litre
    sprotsbikes from each of the Jap makers.

    Anyway, he said 'keep up', so it'd have a pretty fair chance - i.e. it
    wouldn't be _much_ behind.
     
    Ace, Jul 8, 2003
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  8. tallbloke

    Champ Guest

    Are you being stupid on purpose? Where TOG mentioned Hailwood he was
    explicitly refering to his 1978 ride on a Ducati.
     
    Champ, Jul 8, 2003
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    Ace Guest

    It's just the jealousy thing again...
     
    Ace, Jul 8, 2003
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  10. tallbloke

    Salad Dodger Guest

    He didn't ride for anyone that year.

    HE won 3 TTs on a Honda in 1967, and returned in 1978, when he rode
    two Yamahas, something else, and a Ducati.

    In 1973 he was driving a Surtees in Formula 1, and rescuing Dave
    Charlton from a burning Lotus in Kyalami.
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    Salad Dodger, Jul 8, 2003
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    tallbloke Guest

    Champ <> spouted the following in

    :eek:) Oops, finger error, didn't read the whole of TOGS post!

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    tallbloke, Jul 8, 2003
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    Ace Guest

    TBH I was never that impressed with them compared to my ST. OK, it's a
    bit more powerful and slightly sharper steering, but I don't think I'd
    have been much quicker on one.

    I guess I have to agree with Andy's sentiment really - the gixxer thou
    is so _phenomally_ better at absolutely everything it doesn't really
    bear comparison. Not ridden the blade, R1 etc. enough to comment, but
    I'd guess the same would be true of them...
    <G>
     
    Ace, Jul 8, 2003
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    WorkTOG Guest

    If by that you mean: "It's got a shite gearbox and goes bang from time
    to time", then, yes.
     
    WorkTOG, Jul 8, 2003
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  14. tallbloke

    WorkTOG Guest

    They do, amazingly.
     
    WorkTOG, Jul 8, 2003
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  15. tallbloke

    WorkTOG Guest

    A l'eau! C'est l'heure!
     
    WorkTOG, Jul 8, 2003
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    Champ Guest

    <tries again>

    Choccie Biccie? Sur la pont d'Avignon?
     
    Champ, Jul 8, 2003
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    tallbloke Guest

    (WorkTOG) spouted the following in
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    snip>


    Ah. Misunderstanding TOG. I thought RGS was a UKRM contraction of
    R1100GS BMW

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    tallbloke, Jul 8, 2003
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    Old Fart at Play Guest

    William the Concreter wrote:


    Some facts from another book about Norton, not written by Alan Cathcart:

    The 1973 Norton Interstate: 850cc, 60bhp@6200rpm, 121 mph.
    (That would mean 80bhp for 140mph.)

    Phil Read at the Daytona 200 in 1972 was timed at 152.4mph on an
    undergeared John Player Norton. The next year's model was more
    streamlined.
    (So Alan Cathcart's claim that a 1974 JPN could do 160mph is not
    unreasonable.)

    And a couple of twin-engined jobbies - one did 271mph at Bonneville
    and the other did an 8.45second quarter mile at 180mph terminal speed.

    The book did say that they were not at all reliable :-(

    Roger.
     
    Old Fart at Play, Jul 8, 2003
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    The Older Gentleman Guest

    Heh. So did I, and then thought Laverda.
     
    The Older Gentleman, Jul 8, 2003
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  20. tallbloke

    tallbloke Guest

    Old Fart at Play <> spouted the following in


    Nice pop up facts.

    My own commando was a joy to ride. The motor had been rebuilt by a mate
    of my brothers, and it performed superbly. I went to France and back
    twice on it. Scotland for a two week jaunt, and all over England for two
    and a half years. It pulled 120 and never broke down on me. One slight
    glitch on the way back from france when a carb came loose, allowing the
    manifold gasket to singe. Fixed with a piece of cereal packet :)
    YMMV

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    tallbloke, Jul 8, 2003
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