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Daft comparison but worth a quick look. V4SV looks ‘the business’ in JPS colours.



Would truly love to have ridden one of these back in the day!!

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Wonder if anybody ever contacted our Kiwi Cousins @ landonmotorsport@xtr.co.nz.

Wouldn’t mind 100-125hp at the rear wheel “without sacrificing reliability”🤣! I only laugh, as I hesitate putting a 17T front sprocket on my CR due to the additional stress/load it may apply!!

No doubt ya can squeeze more berries outa this baby, if ya throw enough wonga at it!!

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The article must be 10 or so years old? The bike was ridden hard when i saw it around that time but don't know if it is still being raced, i don't often get to race meetings. I did hear that a balance shaft had let go at one point. which would have been messy.
I did speak to Landon's a few years ago, thinking of having them give my engine a once over but in the end went down the diy route.
 
ntst8 said:
The article must be 10 or so years old? The bike was ridden hard when i saw it around that time but don't know if it is still being raced, i don't often get to race meetings. I did hear that a balance shaft had let go at one point. which would have been messy.
I did speak to Landon's a few years ago, thinking of having them give my engine a once over but in the end went down the diy route.
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Yep, older article. Would be interesting to know if anyone ever purchased the camshaft and piston kit though; never heard tell of anyone fitting it. Seems an odd kit to develop for such a low volume machine. Would love to have ridden it though!
 
115 hp at the rear wheel "without sacrificing reliability or rideability." I'd have to take that with a huge grain of salt.
However, it would be good to see what numbers it puts down on a dyno.
Matt Capri was working on a hotted up version for the 961 back in 2014 which included a ported head, big valves, big bore, cams, etc.
He said he thought 110 hp was attainable. Don't know if he meant at the crank or the rear wheel.
South bay Norton went bankrupt in 2016, so no kit ever materialized.
Still like the idea of a supercharger instead of all the internal engine work.😜
 
Stephen_Spencer said:
Yep, older article. Would be interesting to know if anyone ever purchased the camshaft and piston kit though; never heard tell of anyone fitting it. Seems an odd kit to develop for such a low volume machine. Would love to have ridden it though!
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They were paid to develop the bike for racing so i suspect the kit came out of that process, rather than just marketing a kit.
When i spoke with them they were a bit hazy on what had been done to the race bike so if any were sold it would have been some time ago.
I agree a ride of the modified bike would be interesting.
 
ntst8 said:
They were paid to develop the bike for racing so i suspect the kit came out of that process, rather than just marketing a kit.
When i spoke with them they were a bit hazy on what had been done to the race bike so if any were sold it would have been some time ago.
I agree a ride of the modified bike would be interesting.
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Hello , I have tried to come up with contact information and reach out to them . I have not made any progress , and can't find an email . Do you know any NZ residents that might know how to contact these people ? I would be interested in speaking with them about their progress . Maybe reach out to iwilson ?
 
Subject was discussed briefly here - thought I remembered it; not totally senile (yet)! although well on the way clearly 🫨 !

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Thread 'More Power Vicker!'

I know, I know, it’s not about the numbers, it’s powerful enough, that’s not what the bike is all about!

Just wondering, dare I start a thread about the possibility of extracting more power from the Norton 961 parrallel twin push rod motor!? I am yet to go down a tooth on the front sprocket which I understand will give me greater acceleration.

Don’t tell me you have’nt thought about it!

Steve
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Triumph ditched the 1200 Thruxton cafe racer and are to bring out a new Thruxton 400 cafe racer. The CR genre doesn’t appear to be slowing down too much, although it’s morphing as we might expect.

Out of India (Bajaj) - no doubt an indicator to (part of) Norton’s future.

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I expected someone to tell us that it won’t work……….. or it’s impossible…………. or they’ll use more energy to built than they’ll save………….. etc. etc! You know, the usual!😂
 

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