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Salvadori, Clement (6 March 2019). ... 1956-1962 Norton Dominator 99 | Rider Magazine". ridermagazine.com ... on YouTube on YouTube; This page was last edited on 29 ...
Design and development engineer Peter Williams, who was also their works rider, was the chief designer of the racers. [5] [6] [7] The team had some success in 1972 and in 1973, on a newly designed bike, the team won 14 international races. [8] These included three races at the Transatlantic Trophy [9] and the Formula 750cc Isle of Man TT. [10]
To keep the centre of gravity low and to allow the rider to tuck in behind the fairing screen better, drop pannier tanks were used. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The concept of drop pannier tanks was not new. Norton had used them on an experimental version of the Manx , the 1960 350cc 40M "Lowboy".
The Norton Commando is a British Norton-Villiers motorcycle with an OHV pre-unit parallel-twin engine, produced by the Norton Motorcycle company from 1967 until 1977. Initially having a nominal 750 cc displacement, actually 745 cc (45.5 cu in), in 1973 it became an 850 cc, actually 828 cc (50.5 cu in).
The Classic used an air-cooled twin-rotor Wankel engine that had been developed by David Garside at BSA's Umberslade Hall research facility. [1] [2] [3] Garside, who had been impressed by the air-cooled single-rotor Fichtel & Sachs engine in the Hercules motorcycle, installed a bought-in F&S engine into a BSA B25 'Starfire' frame as a "proof of concept".
Roger Hull founded the magazine in 1969, with the name Road Rider, and was publisher and editor until 1982. [3] The title was changed to Motorcycle Consumer News (MCN) in 1991, when it became subscriber-supported and ad-free. [3] [4]
The Suzuki T305, also known as the Suzuki Raider is a 305 cc (18.6 cu in), two-stroke, twin-cylinder motorcycle produced by the Japanese Suzuki company between 1968 and 1969.
The Ducati 160 Monza Junior is a 152 cc (9.3 cu in) single cylinder bevel drive SOHC motorcycle produced by the Italian manufacturer Ducati from 1964 to 1970. The model was the most successful of the Ducati OHC singles. [7]