Norton Nemesis rebuild

Not sure about some of the overall design aspect myself, like the cast in front mudguard etc.

But that engine? Yes please! I can imagine that would have made a truly fabulous road bike power plant.
 
marshg246 said:
Oops! Didn't even look. I was fascinated about rotary intake and exhaust valves video I saw.
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To my knowledge, every attempt at designing a rotary valve for an IC engine has failed due to sealing problems and deposits.
The crude hammering effect associated with traditional valves also keep the seal (comprising valve seat and face at valve head) free of deposits.

Have a look at this interesting video:


- Knut
 
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mdt-son said:
To my knowledge, every attempt at designing a rotary valve for an IC engine has failed due to sealing problems and deposits.
The crude hammering effect associated with traditional valves also keep the seal (comprising valve seat and face at valve head) free of deposits.

- Knut
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No doubt, but then lots of things that work today didn't at first. A lot of it is down to materials science.

If superman were written about for the first time today, he likely would not be called the "Man of steel", more likely Carbon Fiber Man, or Nano Tube Man and not that many years ago, Man of Titanium.
 
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baz said:
He doesn't use anything like that
He builds everything in a single garage so really doesn't have space
In an interview he showed the very basic tools he has (hand tools)
He finds it really funny that the people have endless racks of tools to work on motorcycles
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We need endless racks of tools to enable us to bodge things up in a myriad of different ways that can’t be done with a simple hacksaw and grinder.
 
Flatspot said:
We need endless racks of tools to enable us to bodge things up in a myriad of different ways that can’t be done with a simple hacksaw and grinder.
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My dad could repair just about anything with a butter knife!!!!
 
I wonder how many miles that engine has done, and what condition it would have been in after 10k miles, for example? Never mind what it would take to get it Euro 5 compliant…..
 
What a pity Allen wasn’t around when the Nemesis was being built to supervise it. It surely would never have been as bodged as it clearly is. I fully expect it to run as sweet as a watch once he has completed it, and perhaps made his own alterations
 
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Flatspot said:
What a pity Allen wasn’t around when the Nemesis was being built to supervise it. It surely would never have been as bodged as it clearly is. I fully expect it to run as sweet as a watch once he has completed it, and perhaps made his own alterations
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I agree
It has astonished me so far, some of the things he's found
I know nothing about the history of these bikes
I remember them vaguely probably from the MCN
 
jan nelder said:
making good progress on the gear selection: I like it when he says “now it’s working just perfect”. New cylinder liners being made too: four times as many as any other recent Norton!
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Well. it is a Suzuki clutch/gearbox after all
 
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