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Post by mike500 on Sept 20, 2012 10:27:53 GMT -5
pics of my norton.pic 1 Attachment: |
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Post by mike500 on Sept 20, 2012 10:28:54 GMT -5
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Post by mike500 on Sept 20, 2012 10:29:49 GMT -5
pic 3
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Post by Jess on Sept 20, 2012 16:52:09 GMT -5
Beautiful...
Would love to have one... very rare on this side of the pond.
Enjoy her!
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Post by raychappo on Sept 20, 2012 17:24:03 GMT -5
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Post by ap951 on Sept 20, 2012 21:29:50 GMT -5
beautiful bike from a legendary manufacturer...I would love to ride it
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Post by tom93gts on Sept 20, 2012 23:35:38 GMT -5
That is really cool! I don't know much about those, is it the civilian version of the Interpol?
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Post by mike500 on Sept 21, 2012 7:42:45 GMT -5
hi tom no its the water cooled version. the interpol was air cooled,this 1 is the p53 civillian commander they aslo made the p52 police version regards mike
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Post by mike500 on Sept 21, 2012 10:19:16 GMT -5
this is the actual norton they road tested in motorcycle sport magazine june 1990,it was the testers own bike that he bought from norton
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Post by t140v on Sept 23, 2012 9:04:39 GMT -5
Hi Mike, there were four of these at Markham Moor Lorry Park today, only 2 RE5's, Guy & me.
Nice bike, if I had more room in the garage I would serously consider getting one.
Regards Stuart.
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Post by re5martin on Sept 23, 2012 12:42:42 GMT -5
hi staurt ,what was happening at markham moor ? martin.
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Post by re5martin on Sept 26, 2012 12:50:45 GMT -5
so come on mike which is the better bike re5 or norton ?.
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Post by mike500 on Sept 26, 2012 13:17:03 GMT -5
head says norton i.e better fuel economy,more power,smoother but heart says RE5 i.e more character.more quirks etc, on a 180 mile run last weekend the norton averaged 56 imp mpg riding at fairly high speeds
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Post by wayne on Sept 26, 2012 15:24:25 GMT -5
I think your head is right. I had a brief ride on one back in about 2000 courtesy of Dave Cameron, editor of the ROC newsletter. It just felt so "sorted".
And then listening to Kim Hunter's Norton on the dyno and seeing the graph.
But as Dave pointed out, give the Suzuki a break, Norton developed that bike for 20 years before releasing. Unfortunately of the few I know of down under, they are priced around the low to mid twenty K, out of my league.
And as I tell people, I'm the first one to tell you why the RE5 didn't sell. But I like riding it because when I'm on it, I know I'm on something different. As you say Mike, more character and quirks.
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Post by t140v on Sept 27, 2012 6:39:43 GMT -5
hi staurt ,what was happening at markham moor ? martin. There was some bike gathering, dont know who organised it. Guy rang the day before as asked if I was going, sun was shining so of I went. Stuart. |
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