Had an interesting email the other day through another club list re the Rotary is going to race seriously again
Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 3:10 PM
Subject: Thundersport GB at the London Motorcycle Show
> Visit us on the Thundersport GB stand at the London Motorcycle Show at
> ExCel
> from 31st January to 3rd February. We will be displaying examples of the
> new
> Aprilia 550 4-stroke GP2 bike, the new Honda Moto 450 Road Racer, an
> Aprilia
> RS 125 Superteen bike in the new J&S-Nitro Newcomers livery and one of the
> brand new Norton Rotary GP1 machines.
>
> The latter is the prototype design by Norton Racing boss Brian Crighton
> who
> is building two new GP1 machines to compete in the Thundersport GB
> Championship. Technically a 588cc machine, class restrictions mean that
> the
> new bikes will compete in the GP1 class against the theoretically more
> powerful Superbikes. The Norton Racing Team see this as just one more
> challenge and are relishing the prospect of proving the capabilities of
> the
> rotary design. Rumours of a 600cc road bike in development by Norton may
> soon see the benchmark for this most popular category moved beyond the
> reach
> of conventional piston engined machines with the Norton racer producing
> 170bhp and weighing just 135kg ready to race.
>
> The Thundersport Team will be accepting registrations, helping with ACU
> paperwork (including endorsing licence application forms), giving advice
> on
> starting racing, explaining the TV and media package and booking
> pre-season
> testing. See us on stand S427.
>
> You can find more info on the new Thundersport GB race series at our
> website
>
http://www.thundersportgb.com
>
> Dave Stewart,
> Thundersport GB
Good luck to them is all I can say - heard it runing at Mallory Park last summer .....awesome 8) 8) - Get the Norton name up there again in front of new generation :wink: