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Who rode this ???
« on: 27 August 2007, 22:30:38 »
Apart from me..



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Re: Who rode this ???
« Reply #1 on: 27 August 2007, 22:32:44 »
QUALITY MACHINE :)
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Re: Who rode this ???
« Reply #2 on: 27 August 2007, 22:35:22 »
JS ?
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Re: Who rode this ???
« Reply #3 on: 27 August 2007, 22:36:05 »
Norton....is this a new British bike then  ;)

Looks a bit of a handful
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Re: Who rode this ???
« Reply #4 on: 27 August 2007, 22:38:14 »
Looks like a 500cc "Manx" ... around 1955 ish ??? So probably John Surtees .. if it was then that is one hell of a bike  :)
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« Reply #5 on: 27 August 2007, 22:44:28 »
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Looks like a 500cc "Manx" ... around 1955 ish ??? So probably John Surtees .. if it was then that is one hell of a bike  :)

It is, but not John Surtees.. :y
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Re: Who rode this ???
« Reply #6 on: 27 August 2007, 22:49:08 »
If not JS then must be Geoff Duke, and that could, possibly, be the bike he first got to 100mph at the TT  ?? (later changed to just below 100)

Damn . just checked the books .. the 100 mph was on a gilera not a norton  :(
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« Reply #7 on: 27 August 2007, 22:51:15 »
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If not JS then must be Geoff Duke, and that could, possibly, be the bike he first got to 100mph at the TT  ?? (later changed to just below 100)

No.. :D
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Re: Who rode this ???
« Reply #8 on: 27 August 2007, 22:51:50 »
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« Reply #9 on: 27 August 2007, 22:52:43 »
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B*gger. Too late.
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« Reply #10 on: 27 August 2007, 22:59:03 »
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B*gger. Too late.

No your not..

This machine is the original.I took it down to Cannes for Dunhill at the Palais de Festival.An exhibition..
I did not ride it it was in the back of the truck, we used to do an exhibition in Cannes every year for Dunhill the same at Goodwood festival of speed.

Very famous motor cyclist but none that has been mentioned.. :y
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Re: Who rode this ???
« Reply #11 on: 27 August 2007, 23:03:03 »
Only TT rider from that era not mentioned so far is Derek Minter  !! unless of course it was not a TT bike ...

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From  the comment in the other thread are you hinting Barry Sheene ?? but totaly the wrong era for a grand old bike like this  ??
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« Reply #12 on: 27 August 2007, 23:14:45 »
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Only TT rider from that era not mentioned so far is Derek Minter  !! unless of course it was not a TT bike ...

Edit :

From  the comment in the other thread are you hinting Barry Sheene ?? but totaly the wrong era for a grand old bike like this  ??

Yes Golfbuddy mentioned his name read below.
http://www.motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/manx_replica.html
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Re: Who rode this ???
« Reply #13 on: 27 August 2007, 23:17:13 »
I never knew he rode a Norton. He must have been my favourite boyhood hero. I really wanted to be Barry Sheene. What a star.
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Re: Who rode this ???
« Reply #14 on: 27 August 2007, 23:20:52 »
Fascinating ...  as must be the story of how you now own such a machine ....  I should be typing this in green ink as thats the colour I'm going ....

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