The history of rotary motorcycles is relatively short and includes a few technologically interesting, but largely unsuccessful motorcycles by Hercules, Suzuki, and Nortons. I’ll admit that I’m stretching the definition of “sport bike” much more than I usually do with this Norton Commando P52 police bike, but it’s such an oddball I had to post…
This is only the second “new” Norton motorcycle to be posted here on RSBFS and it seems somewhat overpriced but it is one of the rare Domiracer units of which only 50 were built so I figured it was worth a post. Note: Photo above is of Domiracer #1, the unit for sale is actually #35…
For Sale: 1985 Norton Interpol 2 Say you are interested in a rotary-engined bike that is NOT a Suzuki RE5. What choices do you have? Other than a handful of prohibitively rare and prohibitively expensive Van Veen machines, Norton was the only other purveyor of Wankel hardware. From the seller: When was the last time…
First of all, we hope you enjoyed our April Fools fun last week. We had a blast putting it together and I think everyone enjoyed it for the most part. Anyone pick up one of those beauts? While here in the Pacific Northwest spring has yet to really make an appearance, I know proper riding…
Two Norton F1’s-1990 and 1992 John Player Specials Well I guess these fall under the category of rare: he says sarcastically. We’ve got two versions of Nortons’ F1 on Ebay and Ebay UK. Lets start with the one in the here in the States. Don’t buy this bike expecting to join a F1 owners club as the seller states…