961 is back !

[Stu Bodycote]

Test ride booked for Saturday 22nd. Stu - if I paid your travel expenses how long for us to swap engines?

I'll meet you in a layby with my tools....I'll bring my laptop too, so we can suck out their new map file

 

[City Garage]

I'll meet you in a layby with my tools....I'll bring my laptop too, so we can suck out their new map file

Who's ecu do you think they are using?

 

[Stu Bodycote]

Who's ecu do you think they are using?

I'd bet my left testicle on it being the same Omex euro 4 ecu.

 

[Clive]

I would think so (new harness, developing new maps etc...) but when I visited a while ago they were griping about the somewhat uninterested support from Omex. I have not had any tickover etc issues with my late 2017 euro4 ecu at all. If all other ancilliaries/sensors are working/ bolted together correctly I think it works fine. Only issue is getting fault codes off it. This should be possible for a normal garage to do considering how sparse dealers are going to be.

 

[BritTwit]

I'd bet my left testicle on it being the same Omex euro 4 ecu.

Bet something that you can get a replacement for on ebay.
Kidney, liver, etc...

 

[Clive]

Bet something that you can get a replacement for on ebay.
Kidney, liver, etc...

True - a lot of stuff I've bought on Ebay turns out to be a load of balls....

 

[Fast Eddie]

It will be very interesting to hear your feedback Clive.

 

[Stephen_Spencer]

They really should have brought this 961 back!!

 

[BritTwit]

They really should have brought this 961 back!!

If Norton are developing new twins, and Dr Bob said that they are, then it's probably likely that there will be a new Commando, and possibly new Dominator as well. That is as long as the terms Commando, and Dominator are not considered too politically incorrect at that time. The way the western world is heading, in a few years the new models may have to be given woke names like, Rainbow, or Trans-porter, etc...

 

[Stephen_Spencer]

If Norton are developing new twins, and Dr Bob said that they are, then it's probably likely that there will be a new Commando, and possibly new Dominator as well. That is as long as the terms Commando, and Dominator are not considered too politically incorrect at that time. The way the western world is heading, in a few years the new models may have to be given woke names like, Rainbow, or Trans-porter, etc...

What about the Norton Commantalliho! It is premium after all!?

 

[Gojuu]

I'd bet my left testicle on it being the same Omex euro 4 ecu.

Even Omex's lesser spec 200 would do the job.

 

[BritTwit]

What about the Norton Commantalliho! It is premium after all!?

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Not a bad idea.
Norton could call that model the premium model.
Then offer a lower cost economy model - Shetland pony version.
No factory support needed, and the by-product can be used to heat homes in the winter, reducing petroleum use.

 

[Stephen_Spencer]

For those guys in the London area.

Scruffy old bikers with dog-eared leathers, grimy hands and the faint whiff of Castro-R about them need not apply! Hipster beards optional.

 

[Voodooo]

For those guys in the London area.

Scruffy old bikers with dog-eared leathers, grimy hands and the faint whiff of Castro-R about them need not apply! Hipster beards optional.

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Put a little Castrol oil in your gas tank. It’ll give it that vintage smell.

 

[Fast Eddie]

Put a little Castrol oil in your gas tank. It’ll give it that vintage smell.

I used to put it in my lawn mower. True story !

 

[Voodooo]

I used to put it in my lawn mower. True story !

I’ve put VP race gas in my mowers before. Total waste of gas, but smelled much better.

 

[Clive]

I used to be into model aircraft with glow plug engines which run on a nitro methanol mix and used to put a drop into my Honda SS50 petrol tank. Anything to keep up with those pesky AP50s. Didn't work of course but the bike sheds at school smelt glorious!

I heard that vanilla essence in the petrol gives a Castrol R smell and I also heard that there is a company making an additive which does the same.

 

[Fast Eddie]

I used to be into model aircraft with glow plug engines which run on a nitro methanol mix and used to put a drop into my Honda SS50 petrol tank. Anything to keep up with those pesky AP50s. Didn't work of course but the bike sheds at school smelt glorious!

I heard that vanilla essence in the petrol gives a Castrol R smell and I also heard that there is a company making an additive which does the same.

Not sure why one would buy an additive when one could simply add a splash of the real thing?

Now, a deodorant, aftershave, or scented candle… they would be worth buying !!

 

[Stephen_Spencer]

Norton @ Goodwood Festival of Speed.



Guess that answers the demographic question we were asking!

 

[Stephen_Spencer]

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/norton-motorcycles-return/