Norton rotary racers

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I went to the annual Classic Bike show today at Shepton Mallet. Quite nice for a change and well attended on a cold but dry day.

several Nortons on show but sadly only one Commando (I’m not including the Commando in a Featherbed) but in addition were the 2 Norton Rotary racers of Ron Haslam and Terry Nation.

What was of interest was when they took the Haslam version outside onto the hard standing and started it up - what an amazing sound. I’ve been around many race engines over the years both 4 stroke and 2stroke (I hate those with a vengeance) but I’d never before heard a rotary
Norton rotary racers
Norton rotary racers
. It was very deep and almost 4 stroke, but not quite. I really enjoyed it.
 
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