Norton 961 at Bonneville

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I see the new Norton 961 has just lifted the 1000ppp class from Buell with a speed of 129.191. Well done to the team.
Now there's a topic for all the knockers to get their teeth into. :roll:
 
snakehips said:
I see the new Norton 961 has just lifted the 1000ppp class from Buell with a speed of 129.191. Well done to the team.
Now there's a topic for all the knockers to get their teeth into. :roll:
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Those bastards. Actually racing a bike? What are they thinking? :wink:
 
A guy that posts on the New Triumph Bonneville Forum is documenting the event for Mr. Garner, he is well acquainted with Matt Capri at South Bay Triumph the importer. He has posted some things up and will be posting some every day, the pics look good so far.
 
Close to 130 at Bonneville takes some good power due to the altitude

bravo new Norton

Jean
 
porterg said:
A guy that posts on the New Triumph Bonneville Forum is documenting the event for Mr. Garner, he is well acquainted with Matt Capri at South Bay Triumph the importer. He has posted some things up and will be posting some every day, the pics look good so far.
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Link?
 
Dave, I am having trouble posting the link, just Google broken link removed Triumph Bonneville Forum, topics are on the left side.
 
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is this it?

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Yep, that's my friend, Phil (Hawkenz on the forums); Norton's official U.S. photographer.

He's the one that shot my photos at Bonneville in '08.

He LITERALLY shoots from the hip. He rode beside me up and down the salt, passing me, dropping back, going around, whizzing by in the opposite direction, all the time just snapping away with one hand while riding with the other. He sent me 30 or 40 shots, ALL nearly perfectly framed and correctly oriented with no cropping whatsoever. The guy is a genius with a camera.
 
Production Push Rod 1000cc class I'm not sure about the 3rd "P"

Now we just need to know how long it takes to get there.. (129 MPH)
 
The first P designates the frame class, in this case, Production. The following PP designates the engine class, in this case Pushrod Production. Hence, a production bike with pushrod engine is P-PP, and a production bike with any other engine design is P-P.

I think someone in the Norton PR department is a little confused over the PPG class. There is no such class. In other frame classes, the suffix G or F distinguishes between the gas and the fuel classes. The Production frame class doesn't have fuel classes, so doesn't include the G or F designation. They may be thinking about running in the modified class, which would be 1000 M-PG. The current record in that class with the AMA, who sanction the BUB events, is 155.848 mph, set by a Vincent last year.

Just for comparison, the current record in 1000 P-PP with SCTA, the other Bonneville sanctioning organization, is 144.626, set by a Buell in 2003, and for 1000 M-PG it's 157.98 mph, set by a Guzzi in 2009.

Ken
 
There's a mile run-up, a mile with the traps and a mile shut-down. I think the traps are 1/4 mile apart, but check the Bonneville website and find the actual poop on it.
 
Paul, I think you are talking about the BUB "run what you brung" courses, where you run for times only. The record courses are 5 miles for the short course and 11 miles for the long course. Both have one mile traps in the middle. The course the Norton is running on has a two mile run-up, the timed mile, and then a two mile shut-down. On a Norton, that first two miles seems like forever.

Ken
 
Thanx, Ken. I did mention that one ought to check the official website for definite facts, but you've been there enough to quote it off the top of your head.

Looks like i missed a great time...
 
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