lcrken
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I thought I'd post this to see if we can get any updates on the Nortons running right now at Speed Week. Here's what I know so far.
The meet was delayed three days because of rain, and didn't start until yesterday. They only have one track for the vehicles running for records, with both the long and short course vehicles running on it. The short course entries start further up the course, and exit sooner. There's also a much shorter course that is only for rookie runs and testing. They got quite a few runs yesterday and today, but the salt is not in such good condition, and there were some spins, crashes, and fast guys who decided it was too poor to risk running.
I checked the pre-entries, and saw two Nortons from the forum, Andy Cox in 750 M-PG and Ranier Zumach, from Germany, in 750 A-PG. I've listened to some of the real-time audio reporting from the event, and haven't heard either one mentioned, but that doesn't mean too much. I've only listened for a few hours each day.
If anyone has any updates from the meet, I'm sure many of us would like to see them.
At least two of us are planning to run Nortons at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials the week after next, and the conditions so far make me a little nervous. I suspect Paul feels the same. Bonneville is amazing when the salt condition is good, but it can be pretty scary when it's not.
Ken
The meet was delayed three days because of rain, and didn't start until yesterday. They only have one track for the vehicles running for records, with both the long and short course vehicles running on it. The short course entries start further up the course, and exit sooner. There's also a much shorter course that is only for rookie runs and testing. They got quite a few runs yesterday and today, but the salt is not in such good condition, and there were some spins, crashes, and fast guys who decided it was too poor to risk running.
I checked the pre-entries, and saw two Nortons from the forum, Andy Cox in 750 M-PG and Ranier Zumach, from Germany, in 750 A-PG. I've listened to some of the real-time audio reporting from the event, and haven't heard either one mentioned, but that doesn't mean too much. I've only listened for a few hours each day.
If anyone has any updates from the meet, I'm sure many of us would like to see them.
At least two of us are planning to run Nortons at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials the week after next, and the conditions so far make me a little nervous. I suspect Paul feels the same. Bonneville is amazing when the salt condition is good, but it can be pretty scary when it's not.
Ken