Most'later models' in NZ were simply earlier models retro fitted with the 'later model' dash. I remember seeing a wee pile of the old dashes in WanganuiOriginally Posted by Bender
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Most'later models' in NZ were simply earlier models retro fitted with the 'later model' dash. I remember seeing a wee pile of the old dashes in Wanganui
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hehehe there are only 63 different part numbers used in the whole carburettor according to my parts book....
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Oddly - I've always thought that one of the things that killed Norton was the Rotary. It seemed a great idea at the time but the royalties to Wankel were very high and diverted cash away from more mainstream ideas, then everything turned to custard...
Bored Room
Nearest I got to a rotary was bidding on an NSU Spider http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSU_Spider in the early 80's ....cool little car, and at the same sale there was a Hercules, http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...ne-motorcycle/
I ended up with Apollo 11 Arcade game....... land the lunar module on the moon....no electronics all mechanical.....wish I still had it....
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Dirtbike Illuminati
There is one in a rotary workshop on Neil Park Drive Tamaki today.
it is having the motor rebuilt- it is owned by the museum of transport and technology.
Retired- just some guy with a few bikes......
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Also the dubious honour of serving up one of the most horrific crashes at IOM too
"channellling the Pleideans"
http://www.nortonmotorcycles.com/racing/NRV588/
I infer from this that the rejuvenated Norton are messing about with rotaries still.
a 700cc racer? ooooh, sign me up for a factory ride....
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I think the rotary part of the company got split off (might be back together again) and there were serveral 'Nortons' for a while there. The big issue is how to measure the capacity in a rotary which determines which class it will run in.
I'm not sure why they are persisting, the rest of the worlds kinda lost interest in them
mad thou rider
yeah the RE5's are a really cool bike. A well known member on here has one. well, two. OK, one and a half RE5's, I wont name him, (not my place) but its a cool bike. This particular person has had i think 4 of them over the years, bought one, sold it, went what the fuck did i sell it for, then had another couple of them. I keep trying to twist his arm to get it going and gimme a ride on it, but I dont see that happening any time soon!!
bucket blingster
Hmmm, is that the one Ron Haslam was on at Brit GP? Did it actually set a qualifying time or did they just let it run? Seem to recall it wasnt too competitive ...
OK, looks like he got lapped and ended up 12th.
http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Sta...1993/GBR/500cc
Loud and Uncouth
Got one RE5 down here in Riviera of the South too...AND an XN85..
Winding up drongos, foil hat wearers and over sensitive KBers for over 14,000 posts...........
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In the riders seat
Poor bastards, is that where they send all the old crap to die?Got one RE5 down here in Riviera of the South too...AND an XN85..
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
Easily wound up!!
In my feckless youth I owned an RE5, loved that bike. Couldn't tell you about fuel economy, none of that shit matterd to me when I owned it. Sounded great, smooth ride and a real head turner.
Had a tear in my eye the day I had to sell it.
Last saw one at Southward Museum , parked next to a GT750 (my best mate's ride of choice at the time) Seeing the two there side by side. Geez that brought back memories. I would have paid extra to hear them started up!
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Bucket Racer/Crasher
In my younger days in Chch I recall sitting on curb of Newnham Tce watching a couple of students on a fire damaged RE5 they got at auction I think. The carb had all melted so they bodged on something like a big old Mikuni and were doing full noise drags up and down the street. Until the cops showed up.
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Think that might be cusin to the Sach's rotary bike (german) I believe the Sach's used a snowmobile design rotary that was a 2T mixture to run.... but I will admit to being very vague on this as I only saw a magazine article back in 197.... bleh!!!
Untill a few years ago there was an RE5 prked up in a garage alongside a Z900.. the owner didnt ride anymore and they were just sitting there 'rotting'..... shame really.
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