April Cycle World magazine

Look for the profile in the April Cycle World mag of Norton collector Jamie Waters from NYC. I took all the photos for the article, here is a compressed scan of the piece and a few of the shots along with some extra pics that didn't make the article.

-Doug

The article-



Couple of the pics from the article-
The Monocoque Norton-


Jamie on the 1968 Dunstall 'Drainpipe' racer-


His 1962 AJS 7R, 'The Boy Racer'-


Some other shots that didn't make the article-
Jamie and the collection-


The 1976 Ron Wood flat tracker that had Norton's last Grand National win in '78-




One of two known Ron Wood 1974 'Big Tube' Norton flat trackers- this bike won the Ascot championship 3 years running in the 70's-


Jamie and the Dunstall-


Original 1959 500 Manx-


A very rare Mcintyre framed G50 racer-

Thanks!
NICE photos!
I've [had the privilege to have] seen those bikes in person and admit that it's amazing to see them all at once.
Spine tingling level of excitement, really, to see all that history in one place.
Your photos capture the light of the space very well.
Thanks for posting. I'll definitely buy the CW mag just to see the entire article, and to drool over you luscious photos. It's pretty cool to be able to move the bikes around to get the pix just as you want them, eh?

I was far more the proverbial "fly on the wall". Was just happy to be there and didn't really get photos.
Well OK maybe a couple.

Outstanding pictures of some amazing machines.

Great work

Matt / Colorado Norton Works

http://www.coloradonortonworks.com

Beautiful photography. Thumbs up!
Phil

For the Norton cognoscenti out there- in the pic of Jamie with the collection, the number 6 Monocoque is the replica he had Norman White, one of the original mechanics build for him in England so he would have one he actually ride at the track. The number 13 bike is the original, un-restored and unmolested Monocoque exactly as it was last raced by Dave Aldana in 1974.

Doug is too modest to say, so I will say it for him - he's done some of the best shots of classics out there.

He's chipped into our shop many times and provided us beautiful shots of our customers' bikes. And, he can twist the throttle too...

See he stuff here:

http://douglasmacrae.com/

Doug MacRae said:

For the Norton cognoscenti out there- in the pic of Jamie with the collection, the number 6 Monocoque is the replica he had Norman White, one of the original mechanics build for him in England so he would have one he actually ride at the track. The number 13 bike is the original, un-restored and unmolested Monocoque exactly as it was last raced by Dave Aldana in 1974.

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The 13 bike is the very bike Pete Williams raced to glory in the 1973 TT on the Isle of Man. It was, as noted, last raced by Mr Adana; hence it carries the number 13, instead of Mr Williams' number 6.
Great stuff!

Holmeslice said:

Doug is too modest to say, so I will say it for him - he's done some of the best shots of classics out there.

He's chipped into our shop many times and provided us beautiful shots of our customers' bikes. And, he can twist the throttle too...

See he stuff here:

http://douglasmacrae.com/

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Just looked thru his blog, thanks for that, Kenny!
Love it that he has a personal investment in not only classic bikes but Nortons as well!

Beautiful stuff and all are iconic race bikes. I'm not sure if that's the one, but I remember reading that Dave blew a motor when he was told it was a short stroke and it wasn't. It didn't last very long at 7500 rpm's.