Norton NRV588 ... If it goes as well as it sounds..NORTON are making a comeback and with their plans to compete at the 2009 Isle of Man TT, the team have been testing at Donington Park. Check out the video above and listen to the noise

THE NORTON factory have been at Bonneville all week speed testing their NRV588 Rotary engined racer.The team clocked a top speed of 173mph on the salt flats but reckoned there is more to come because the bike was puling 800rpm off its redline

MICHAEL DUNLOP, son of the late Robert Dunlop, has said he's thrilled at the prospect of riding Norton's new NRV 588 racer in this year's Senior TT race. Speaking at last night's media launch at the Villa Marina in Douglas, ahead of this year's two

NORTON Motorcycles will return to the Isle of Man TT races in May 2009 after an absence of 16 years. Michael Dunlop, son of the late motorcycle legend Robert Dunlop, will pilot the Norton NRV 588 on its TT debut in the seniors race over

NORTON’S ROTARY NRV588 is going to make its race debut at the Mallory Park Summer Festival Motorcycle Races at the end of this month.The bike will break cover to race in front of a huge crowd at the event on July 27th.Norton has always been a big

(are they having a laugh? - Ed) . The design is similar to that which adorns the firm’s rotary NRV588 racer. Building on its now trademark black for the background, the iconic Norton logo appears on both the front and back with a waved Union flag

-cylinder Norton won its class in the first ever TT.Norton are also displaying the NRV588 Rotary race bike. Garner was recently seen speed testing a Norton rotary NRV at Bonneville Salt Flats in the USA, logging over 180mph for a 173mph average run.Stuart Garner

, but a series of mechanical woes prevented Dunlop from qualifying the company's NRV588 superbike for the event. The problems have dampened the Irish racer's enthusiasm for the team:"I never signed a contract with Norton, so I don't have to ride the bike