May Command attack: National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.

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Hot on the heels of the well supported KH attack. Who's up for a trip to the NMM, Solihull, B92 OEJ. On Sunday 20 May?
Opening hours are 08:30 to 17:30 with a suggestion of a group photo at 15:00.
 
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It’s not a closed group. The purpose here is to invite all who are members of, or visitors to, this forum, who have a 961 and / or an interest in them.

This is ‘social media’ after all...
 
It a no can do this time from me ,I’ll be in on a 4 day jaunt in France with 4 other fellas in area the Belgian/ German/ Luxembourg borders,will continue to read this thread with interest & look forward to a Jolly June hook up the month after
 
May Command attack: National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.
May Command attack: National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.
May Command attack: National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.
May Command attack: National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.
May Command attack: National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.
May Command attack: National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.
For those of u that don’t know or not familiar with this venue ,museum is really the wrong word ? Why, well cause they all work & run if req , they have 21 jps rotaries alone & took 15 of them to ride round the Isle of Man classic TT couple years ago.
They do some sought of pay as u go thing if u join their unique club,certainly the go to place for all things British, here’s a few pics to wet ur whistle until next month.
I can not recommend this place highly enough.
 
I would be looking to join up for this if I can got to be better than the Norton Owners club AGM What a snooze fest that was today.No factory tour no new bikes no nothing what a waste of time.Apart from the ride out and the free lunch of course!
 
Dave_sheppard said:
I would be looking to join up for this if I can got to be better than the Norton Owners club AGM What a snooze fest that was today.No factory tour no new bikes no nothing what a waste of time.Apart from the ride out and the free lunch of course!
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Yes Dave come on down ,we’re not boring ! Lots of 961 tatler on these here pages, I’m in the NOC & have recently put loads of chat things on ,but it seems slow on uptake & the site is not as modern as this one for ease of use, if I don’t know the answer about a 961 then I know a man/ lady that does ,so jump in Dave & fill yer boots
 
StuartSF2015 said:
Hot on the heels of the well supported KH attack. Who's up for a trip to the NMM, Solihull, B92 OEJ. On Sunday 20 May?
Opening hours are 08:30 to 17:30 with a suggestion of a group photo at 15:00.
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This sound great - there is a nice little restaurant serving breakfast butties etc. which can be accessed without paying for museum entry. They are happy with a club turning up on spec.

I am a Friend of the museum and live a couple of miles away but this is my Wife's birthday so if we haven't gone away for the weekend it will need a bit of delicate negotiation.....

Regards Clive
 
Bring her along.

Tell me how many candles to bring and we’ll get a cake...
 
May Command attack: National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.
May Command attack: National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.
And here’s one I prepared earlier ,we’ll eh Norton Oringinal did ,the triple engined 900cc commando that never was,this museum has many prototypes that never got further than that initial stage ,also an Text support about the Sheen bike
 
BLIGHTYBRIT/SF said:
View attachment 4722 View attachment 4723 And here’s one I prepared earlier ,we’ll eh Norton Oringinal did ,the triple engined 900cc commando that never was,this museum has many prototypes that never got further than that initial stage ,also an Text support about the Sheen bike
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Was the 900 Commando a Triumph Trident 750 bored out to 900cc and shoehorned into a Commando frame?
When was this done?
 
Norton Commando - 900cc Trisolastic Prototype (1975/76)
In the mid-seventies the Norton Commando was coming to the end of its long and honourable life, and one of the ideas for a replacement was to fit a Triumph Trident 3 cylinder engine into a Commando frame. The engine was stretched to 900cc and the machine was constructed at the Kitts Green workshop. As a works prototype it had some raw edges where standard parts had been quickly modified, and even the front forks were a hybrid consisting of Norton tops with Triumph sliders. It went well, and had good roadholding but as with other experimental machines it passed into private hands when the Shenstone works had a clear out in 1978.


Another promising idea which never came to fruition due to the troubles which had by now beset the Norton Villiers Triumph Group.


The name derives from the marriage of a Trident engine with a Norton Isolastic frame.


Text from National Motorcycle Museum
 
Yes it was. Unsure exactly when it was done but sometime towards ‘the end’.
I’m not sure if it’s exact capacity, but it was probably around 870cc ish.
There were kits around back then to bore them out to that size.
I don’t think you can go bigger without stroking.
Interestingly, the cases don’t need boring out, even for the biggest liners. That’s leads many to believe that BSA / Triumph always intended to market something bigger than a 750.
I think Norman Hyde said that difficulty in getting a reliable head gasket was the stumbling block in going bigger.
I’ve had two triples and personally never thought they needed rubber mounting.
 
I never knew that the effort was made.
Too bad NVT couldn't get it done and to market.
Loved the exhaust note of the old triples though.
Not so much of the new Hinckley triples, which sound like standard Jap 4 bangers.
 
May Command attack: National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull.
I took these pics just over 2 years ago, here’s just one more for u triumph luvies ,from the registration plate it’s around 1972/73 ,the four pot triumph that could of taken on the Honda CB750
 
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