I had a 380gt suzuki, not a mad fast bike, and we used to go to the transatlantic back in the sheene Roberts days. Oulton Park lots of people would ridevthevtrack the night before the race. I came across one of these and I was 2 up. The 380 kicked it's arse they were a relic back then. I would gate to see them go extinct but please don't elevate them beyond what they were, a post war relic.
Lots of unanswered questions here. Those people who know their Nortons will be shouting loudly that putting a 650 or 750 crankshaft into a pre-1960 crankcase requires the fitting of special, expensive, shoulderless con-rods. Even harder is getting a 750 barrel on the 88/99 cases as the stud holes do not match and machining of the mouth is required. It is possible to convert a 88/99 engine to 750cc but an expensive decision that may also need the modifications, made in 1962, to the front frame lugs to prevent the larger engines breaking the frame.
Sounds like a sack of nails compared to Japanese engines,I had a 250cc Jubilee that sounded like that from new,it used to seize up on a regular basis,what a load of Crap,bought a 650cc BSA Golden Flash after and did 45,000 miles on it no problem.
I had a 380gt suzuki, not a mad fast bike, and we used to go to the transatlantic back in the sheene Roberts days. Oulton Park lots of people would ridevthevtrack the night before the race. I came across one of these and I was 2 up. The 380 kicked it's arse they were a relic back then. I would gate to see them go extinct but please don't elevate them beyond what they were, a post war relic.
Lots of unanswered questions here. Those people who know their Nortons will be shouting loudly that putting a 650 or 750 crankshaft into a pre-1960 crankcase requires the fitting of special, expensive, shoulderless con-rods. Even harder is getting a 750 barrel on the 88/99 cases as the stud holes do not match and machining of the mouth is required. It is possible to convert a 88/99 engine to 750cc but an expensive decision that may also need the modifications, made in 1962, to the front frame lugs to prevent the larger engines breaking the frame.
Norton over a Suzuki any day
Sounds like a sack of nails compared to Japanese engines,I had a 250cc Jubilee that sounded like that from new,it used to seize up on a regular basis,what a load of Crap,bought a 650cc BSA Golden Flash after and did 45,000 miles on it no problem.