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1. Practical Sportsbikes for under £3000

   ... rev-limits, like you would with a modern superbike. The rotary rear shock was meant to be ground-breaking but in reality it was only ...

   Ben Cope - 23/09/2019 - 00:52 - 0 comments

2. 28 Reasons Why You NEED To Go To National Motorcycle Museum LIVE!

   ... Triumph not your thing? Then meet Brian Crighton. The Norton Rotary Race Bike Development Engineer. The man behind the famous Norton F1 rotary race bikes will be at the show, to talk about the historic machines and ...

   Sam Creedon-Gray - 05/10/2022 - 12:02 - 0 comments

3. Stunning Norton 125th anniversary colours go beyond nostalgia

   ... 961, V4SV, and V4CR. Featuring paintwork inspired by the rotary race bikes of the late 1980s and early 1990s, the ‘588’ editions all ...

   Alex Whitworth - 15/11/2023 - 11:40 - 0 comments

4. Top ten bikes that were brilliant… on paper

   ... something that could bite back. And perhaps most of all, the rotary rear shock, which overheated and lost its damping, exacerbating the ...

   Visordown - 23/09/2019 - 09:35 - 1 comment

5. Top 10 scariest motorcycles ever

   ... some serious shapes. The problem stemmed from an F1 inspired rotary rear suspension damper that was located too close to the exhaust. When ...

   Simon Hancocks - 05/01/2020 - 12:17 - 19 comments

6. Top 10 race bike liveries ever - that are not MotoGP!

   ... much later, JPS-sponsored, ‘evil empire’ black and gold rotary racers of the likes of Trevor Nation and Steve Spray (although they’re ...

   Simon Hancocks - 03/07/2021 - 10:47

7. Future Classics: 97 Suzuki TL1000S, 94 Honda Fireblade & 98 Triumph T595 Daytona

   ... Our TL has a replacement Öhlins rear damper, not the rotary unit. I’ve ridden my fair share of TLs and although they do wallow and ... to the hyperactive nature of the machine. The rear shock’s rotary damper was blamed. The rotary damper allowed the bike a short ...

   rgo - 09/05/2023 - 16:07 - 0 comments

8. Five bikes that should have been classics

   ... and a prone to a bit of tank-slappery due to an ineffective rotary damper, the TL1000R was its softened replacement. Compared to the S, the ...

   Visordown - 09/09/2019 - 03:05 - 0 comments

9. Top 10 - the least conventional production motorcycles

   ... ‘real’ bike firms have done the same, only with Wankel rotary engines instead of turbines. We’ve picked Suzuki’s RE5, but Norton’s rotaries or the Hercules rotary have the same claim to fame. In theory, the Wankel was perfect for a ...

   Ben Cope - 10/02/2021 - 15:22 - 0 comments

10. FS1E (1974 - 1976)

    ... the later disc brake versions. with a 4 speed gearbox and rotary disc valve induction it had the performance, looks and reliability to ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 01/01/1974 - 00:00 - 6 comments

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