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Motor Cycle magazine obtained a top speed of 108 mph ... Salvadori, Clement (6 March 2019). ... 1956-1962 Norton Dominator 99 | Rider Magazine". ridermagazine.com ...
Motorcycle historian Clement Salvadori noted in the Guggenheim's catalog that the H1, "was one of the least useful motorcycles available on the market" yet still sold very well because, in the heyday of American muscle cars where quarter mile times were paramount to the young male target buyer, it "could blow just about anything else off the ...
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]
The lack of power from the engine, compared with other manufacturers, led designer and rider Peter Williams to an adopt a radical approach to chassis design. Riders of the bikes included Williams, Phil Read , Tony Rutter , Mick Grant , John Cooper , Dave Aldana and Dave Croxford .
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Besides of motorcycle news and test ride reviews of the latest motorcycle models available in Malaysia as well as motorcycle racing reviews such as MotoGP and Malaysian Cub Prix, Roda-Roda also features test ride reviews and news related to motorcycles in other countries through its two journalists overseas, consisting Alan Cathcart (European ...
The GB500's engine was derived from the Honda XL600 engine, a dry-sump four-stroke dirt bike.The four-valve single cylinder engine featured a radial four-valve combustion chamber, along with a tubular frame, wire-spoked wheels with alloy rims, clip-on handlebars, solo seat, seat hump, and pin-striped fuel tank.
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".