Wednesday, November 10, 2010

G H Tucker, 1922 Model Big Four Norton


This photo shows Tucker after winning the 600cc 200 miles (!) Sidecar Race at Brooklands on 17 June 1922 (From dr Bayleys The Vintage Years at Brooklands).

Monday, November 8, 2010

1928 Model CS1 engine - For Sale


Now on Ebay; it looks to be an early Moore CS1 engine (see the clip holding the inspection cover on the cambox) fitted to what could be a 1940s WD16H frame.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Bert Denly on a c1925 Model 18 Norton


Bert at Brooklands again; at first glance the same Norton as this one, but as the magneto support lug is at another position it's probably a different motorcycle. That could be O'Donovan behind him in the light suit though he did not usually wear a cardboard pass as his BMCRC badge would have been sufficient to gain him entry.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

J T A Temple on his c1922 16H Norton


Temple at the Public Schools Meeting at Brooklands on 14 April 1923, winner of the 500cc One Lap Scratch Race at 71.15 mph and best 500c time in the 500 Metres Sprint (The Vintage Years at Brookland, dr Bayley). He must have been a tall guy.

Simon: ".....sadly I think he came a cropper in the IOM some time later in the twenties. Not shown as a competitor in either the TT or Amateur so it may have been a practise crash....."

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

More of Ko Konijn's Nortons

Sent by Marcel


These Nortons used to belong to my uncle Ko. They were made in the 1950s-1960s and the three pics on top show Ko with his bikes. The first photo shows Ko on an early postwar Model 20, note the wooden shoes! In the second pic he is helping a friend fit a piston to what appears to be a two-stroke barrel; there is at least one Norton cammy engine on the bench. GX4757 must be a mid-1930s Model 20 with a too small tank fitted? The Inter in the last pic was sold - or exchanged - at one stage as the engine was wrecked completely; which is a pity as it looks very original.