Norton Motorcycles to Return to Isle of Man TT 2009 with NRV 588 Rotary Race Bike

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date:	September 8, 2010 - 9:38pm

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subject:	Norton a no show at IoM TT Race
author:	Charles Wilson
date:	June 13, 2009 - 12:37pm

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/racing/norton-rotary-show-iom-tt-parades/

There is someone mentioned in the other posts who predicted this would happen.
I am still waiting for some other responses to complete this sad chapter in a long sad story.

More later, if possible, and that might not be probable.

CW

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subject:	Norton Rotary(s)
author:	Charles Wilson
date:	May 20, 2009 - 6:14pm

First, Thanx for the compliments. I've followed the (Original, from BSA) Norton Rotary saga since ~ 1976 - and had an RE-5 Suzuki as my sole transportation for about 8 years through the 80s.

There is another story for the Norton Rotary (As there always seems to be with any Rotary) and part of that story is found here:

http://www.nortonmotors.co.uk/index.html

Joe Seifert owns this Norton company and if you read the various parts of the www.NortonMotors.co.uk site, you realize that something doesn't add up. Read the commentary below concerning Richard Negus and you'll see.

With the April 2 News Item concerning selling the Norton spares to Andover, it appears that something has been worked out. The "other" Norton site - "Norton Racing" - has stated on its site that it is willing to produce a "streetable" Norton and the tension between the two camps has produced some interesting copy.

Richard Negus:

"Having been a Director of 'old' Norton Motors Limited until October 1993, Manager of Norton Motors (1993) Ltd until October 1994, Consultant Engineer to Mid-West Engines Ltd until January 2001, Consultant Engineer to Diamond Engines GmbH until December 2003, and now Managing Director of Norton Motors Ltd, I have an unbroken first-hand association with rotary engines based on the Norton patents and IPR and know (without a shadow of doubt) that ownership of that IPR never rested in the hands of any organisation outside Europe. I have copies of all the transfer documents and could probably quote chapter and verse to support my assertion."

Hmmm...

Would love to see the Norton Rotary at Isle of Man and also at Daytona for the 200 but so far all I see are about 200 lawyers lined up from Daytona to Shenstone.

Does ANYONE have some new information here?

CW

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subject:	Your welcome CW, and thanks f
author:	Berny Herrera
date:	May 21, 2009 - 9:56pm

Your welcome CW, and thanks for the update, although a bit negative. I hope they work out their diferences and we get on with development of the RE bike!

-Berny H.

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subject:	Dueling Nortons
author:	Charles Wilson
date:	May 22, 2009 - 4:58pm

I've received E-Mail from Mr. Seifert and none from Norton Racing. I have received answers to queries to Norton Racing before. Once, a few months ago, I even tried to get Cook Neilson to look into the current situation.

I hope to post a synopsis soon. Unfortunately, Berny, it's just not as simple as "getting on with development...".

35 years ago, it was getting NVT to keep the project going and maybe getting thousands of Pounds (Char{British[$$$]}) for a license to manufacture. Shall we bring up Phillipe LeRoux and "The Managers"? LeRoux claims he was innocent but what of David MacDonald? And on and on...

The promise was always there. See as far back as "NVT Rotary Sets the Pace", from an article I used to have from "The Engineer", circa 1976. I'm still looking for a copy or a SCAN of "Design Magazine", another British publication, from about the same time. There were any number of secret and not so secret rides reported in the press. THAT game is still being played to this very day.

Sorry you caught me on a bad day. Development? You can find the patents on Google from the drop down menus. Try Patent # 4,969,809. THAT would have helped the oil usage on the Norton. SAE papers? Start with 770044. How did Curtiss-Wright do with its Rotary production? They sure helped with Stratified Charge. How about SAE # 821068, "Development of the Norton Rotary Motorcycle Engine"? Of course, there's Mazda. There's ALWAYS Mazda. Get ready for the Direct Injected Stratified Charge Rotary. That would be found in SAE # 930677.

So it goes. More later,

Charles

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