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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 ...
Salvadori, Clement (3 March 2016). "Retrospective: Ducati Monza Junior 160: 1964-1970". Rider Magazine. Walker, Mick (2002). Illustrated Ducati Buyer's Guide ...
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".
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]
Riders of the bikes included Williams, Phil Read, Tony Rutter, Mick Grant, John Cooper, Dave Aldana and Dave Croxford. To celebrate the success of the racers, Norton produced a limited edition version of the Commando, the Norton Commando John Player Special , styled on the racers.
Harley-Davidson Shovelhead engine at the Harley-Davidson Museum. The Shovelhead engine is a motorcycle engine that was produced by Harley-Davidson from 1966 to 1984, built as a successor to the previous Panhead engine.
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).