Electric Cosworth Norton ?

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It has been 30 months since the announcement of a 30 month program to develop an electric bike in collaboration with Cosworth.
Has anything happened?
 
I wonder if this email (today) is related?
Electric Cosworth Norton ?
 
Once again, another email - what utter crap!
I watched it (it's on youtube) and the nearly bottom line below "Glimpse of what Norton is becoming" - hmmm, the answer seems to be - a pack of arty farty wankers
Tells me nothing other than they think they're pretty good.
Should apply to the head of Harley for jobs methinks.
Electric Cosworth Norton ?
 
Package doesn’t seem very tight to me. That body line is way off. This is premium? You’d think if they’re using this image as an advertisement and display piece, that they’d of adjusted that before posting a photo.
He says it’s Art.
 

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robs ss said:
Once again, another email - what utter crap!
I watched it (it's on youtube) and the nearly bottom line below "Glimpse of what Norton is becoming" - hmmm, the answer seems to be - a pack of arty farty wankers
Tells me nothing other than they think they're pretty good.
Should apply to the head of Harley for jobs methinks.
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Unfortunately, it all seems like style over substance.
I want to see product, not avant-garde imagery.
Let's see concepts, or even pre-production prototypes.
Why are they afraid to actually show us what they're planning.

I blame Ducati for this. They started this advertising peek-a-boo style back when they originally introduced the V4.
Norton thinks it's cool to use the same advertising styling now.
This is not some earth shaking, monumental event, it's just a new product launch.
Enough with the melodramatic introduction.
Let's see the product!!!!
 
BritTwit said:
Unfortunately, it all seems like style over substance.
I want to see product, not avant-garde imagery.
Let's see concepts, or even pre-production prototypes.
Why are they afraid to actually show us what they're planning.

I blame Ducati for this. They started this advertising peek-a-boo style back when they originally introduced the V4.
Norton thinks it's cool to use the same advertising styling now.
This is not some earth shaking, monumental event, it's just a new product launch.
Enough with the melodramatic introduction.
Let's see the product!!!!
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Car manufactures been doing this for years.
 
BritTwit said:
However, I thought the original Cosworth was rated at 75-80 HP.
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It was, they took part of the Cosworth V8 DFV, kept the bottom end and emasculated it with a car type head with flat ports and 90 degree angles to get to the combustion chamber.

The higher horse power comes from the later Quantel who used Ilmor to upgrade it.

Ilmor increased the capacity to 825 cc (50.3 cu in) by using 90 mm (3.5 in) pistons. They also modified the cylinder head, crankshaft, primary drive, clutch and gearbox.
 
kommando said:
It was, they took part of the Cosworth V8 DFV, kept the bottom end and emasculated it with a car type head with flat ports and 90 degree angles to get to the combustion chamber.

The higher horse power comes from the later Quantel who used Ilmor to upgrade it.

Ilmor increased the capacity to 825 cc (50.3 cu in) by using 90 mm (3.5 in) pistons. They also modified the cylinder head, crankshaft, primary drive, clutch and gearbox.
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Amazing, I didn't know that.
So if it had been done correctly back in the 70's, the Cosworth could have kicked some ass on the circuits back then.
Maybe could have saved Norton too.
Too little, too late I guess.
 
Not sure what Cosworth were up to, they should have stuck to the barrel downwards and let a motorcycle designer loose on the head. A heavy lump that added nothing over an 850 Commando engine is what they wasted all that money on.
 
BritTwit said:
Amazing, I didn't know that.
So if it had been done correctly back in the 70's, the Cosworth could have kicked some ass on the circuits back then.
Maybe could have saved Norton too.
Too little, too late I guess.
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Look up the article “Cosworth comes Good” . It was in a motorcycle magazine back then and talks about its development.
 

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