Does look rather nice
Norton Manx R
- Thread starter Arsey
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Those wheels look the dogs danglies!
The MCN review talks about , despite being a 200 bhp bike its not as visceral or kick in the pants as a Panigale or Aprillia. Beats me how opening the taps and releasing 200 bhp on a bike can be anything other than experiencing warp speed.
I think the telling reviews will be when the journos do a head to head with the Pani V4s and R both on and off the track. Maybe Norton have pulled a master stroke and all the 200 bee haitch pee is useable, if so it should be quicker ?
The MCN review talks about , despite being a 200 bhp bike its not as visceral or kick in the pants as a Panigale or Aprillia. Beats me how opening the taps and releasing 200 bhp on a bike can be anything other than experiencing warp speed.
I think the telling reviews will be when the journos do a head to head with the Pani V4s and R both on and off the track. Maybe Norton have pulled a master stroke and all the 200 bee haitch pee is useable, if so it should be quicker ?
Looks like a concept bike, and not in a good way.
I there actually much of a market for 200bhp sports bikes these days?
I there actually much of a market for 200bhp sports bikes these days?
How should it look then ?
I think a head to head on track is meaningless as the Norton is not a track bike
If that's what they had at the NEC show it looked like a cheap Chink to me.
Finished.
Here's the MCN review if you can bear their dreadful website. I can't say it looks good with the fugly rear number plate and lights but that should be easily fixed with a tail tidy etc
Call me old-fashioned but that’s not my idea of a Manx Norton!
Recently had the use of a chipped and piped Supercharged ZH2 (naked one) 205bhp rear wheel - it confused me as to why you would want 200bhp it was an utter liability on anything other than a straight road - it handled fine it was just too fast, no way you could get into a flow corners come up way to quickly so you adopt a "bwarrrr brake totter round the bend bwarrr brake" rinse and repeat I was exhaused and it had that "one day I WILL kill you" feel to it
You’re old fashioned
Well said that man a Manx is a classic machine with a lovely exhaust note, that wil be just another head down arse up sports bike to go to Tescos when the sun shines.
I totally agree with you guys.
This is my 1962 model 30M.
Much better looking and yes a lovely exhaust note.
Exactly!
My flabber is gasted that is a thing of beauty
he needs to check his oil , i think there is none !
Fair comment, as its fair to say the original race engines produced by Norton leaked oil everywhere. This bike was built with mainly new parts supplied by Andy Molnar including the engine. Molnar engines are built to exact 1962 factory design but enhanced using modern production methods and materials.
Molnar engines have magnesium crankcases, timing covers & cam boxes as the original, cast from the Norton pattern work, CNC machined in house on state of the art 5 axis CNC machines, then re-dichromated for corrosion protection & authentic appearance. Sand cast aluminium cylinder barrel as original with spun cast iron liner. Precision sand cast cylinder heads from original pattern work are 5 axis CNC machined & ported, fitted with hard "Lead free" valve seats, "Colsibro" valve guides and stainless valves.
As you see there are no oil leaks after approximately 950 miles of use.
