Nortons Racing on left coast.

The AHRMA Sonoma races were in much nicer weather than Willow Springs, so I wandered around the pits taking pictures.

Our own Kenny Cummings with his Norton



Our own Tom Kullen and his bike on the rollers



A shot of Tom's Commando



A slimline twins racer



Kenny's other ride, Goldstar Ron's Goldstar (what else?)



A couple nice street Commandos in the pits





Dennis Donohoe with his Norton on the rollers



Just for variety, a pair of TZ750 Yamahas



And some of the Left Coast Racing bikes in the pits, but no Norton content this year.



I have a few more pictures, but Photobucket just went on maintenance, so that's all for now.

Ken

jseng1 said:

Heres Ken Canagas monoshock with 920 motor, tubless tires and 5 speed. It took 3rd at an AMA BOTT around 1990 with madman Rob Tuluie riding against monoshock aircooled ducs - the last Nort to get on the AMA BOTT podium. Probably turning 1:35 or 1:34s at Willow. Maybe Rob or Ken can clarify. Plans are available for this frame.

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I don't have any record's of Rob's times on the monoshock, but Kevin Johnson's times on my featherbed racer with 750 Commando engine were regularly in the 1:37s. The best I have recorded for him is a 1:37:38 in 1995. That was good enough for him to win a lot of races that year.

Ken

acotrel said:

Is this you guys ? :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG8OUMFG9Vo

I can feel the urge coming back again.

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Just got around to looking at this one, Alan. It is indeed the race that started this thread. It's a nice overview of the event.

Ken