Rohan said:This is your 3rd post on these points, and by now we are all totally confused !
Tell us (more) precisely how a BSA Dealer (your words) acquired a Manx Norton ?
Did or did not your father and this Mark race against each other (your words) on this pair of manx nortons ?
And how it is that a 'catalog manx' (your words) has a kickstart gearbox - my catalog shows a race gearbox, no kickstart. In fact, the words 'kickstarter' and 'manx norton' do not generally go togther...
Some of us are using words very loosely here.
Yes I know this is being picky, but if it is possible to read this in more than one way....
Nice story, once the misinterpreatations are out of the way.
Nice bike too.
beng said:
Bernhard said:that is until……. a certain ex Norton engineer named Doug Hele blew the rule book wide open when his rider won the 1970 Daytona on a 500 Triumph. This later became known as the 500 Daytona.
beng said:I owe you an apology Rohan, I am sorry
Bernhard said:I do know that the Norton Manx (or similar) were regular entrants in this race, that is, until all the OHC engines were banned by the AMA
Up until 1966/7, the AMA rules banned any OHCs any bikes more than 2 cylinders or over 500cc all to protect a certain manufacturer from Milwaukee, that is until……. a certain ex Norton engineer named Doug Hele blew the rule book wide open when his rider Buddy Elmore won the 1966 Daytona on a 500 Triumph. This later became known as the 500 Daytona.
Rohan said:In case its something I said about that 1962 Daytona bike you show from Mick Woolletts book - its pretty much the 1961 Domiracer that came 2nd in the IoM TT - there is a pic of Doug Hele standing beside it in Mick Woolletts book, on the same page you nicked the pic from. I don't have a problem with that - the text says its that. But unless you have any special insights into how its different from the TT bike, whats different for the Daytona bike ? Since it was a good thing, they just built a few more of them...
Cheers.
beng said:Dick Mann won the 1963 AMA championship using a Matchless G50 OHC racer.......
Rohan said:P.S. The Norton importer for the US for most of the 1950s was the Indian Sales Co, in case it had slipped your notice. When did this arrangement begin ? Cheers.