Norton 4 Motorcycle Engine

Stuart garner the man who resurrected norton in 2008 revealed last year his plans for a v4.

Norton 4 motorcycle engine. The norton rcw588 is a works racing motorcycle produced for the 1988 to 1994 racing seasons initially with an air cooled version of the road going twin rotor wankel engine used in the classic soon followed by watercooled versions from 1989. Four cylinder norton posted in motorcycle racing nostalgia. English motorcycle maker norton motorcycles currently under administration for tax irregularities has sold its 961 engine design rights to chinese maker jinliang the agreement to sell the engine. This began a long series of production of single and eventually twin cylinder motorcycles and a long history of racing involvement.

Racing started in late 1987 with employee malcolm heath as development rider on a limited budget then with a six man team from 1989 including riders trevor nation and simon buckmaster. Duplex primary chain 5 ratio gearbox single row final drive chain. 588 cc 35 9 cu in air cooled twin rotor wankel engine. V4 rr the tt racer reborn.

Little is known about the motorcycle s engine apart from its v4 configuration and 1200 cc capacity. Apparently this bike nearly became a norton. The norton classic is a rotary engined motorcycle built in 1987 by norton as a special edition of just 100 machines. Accounts suggest that joe craig almost bought it at the same time the vanwall race car engine was being designed by norton engineer leo kuzmicki and joe craig and was essentially four norton 500cc engines combined into one 2 liter unit.

Norton 72 degree liquid cooled v4 1200cc. The classic used an air cooled. Lots of motorcycles claim to be bred on the race track but the new norton v4 rr is the tt racer reborn developed at the worlds toughest race track and now redefined for the road. 200bhp 12 500rpm.

With 633 cc 38 6 cu in it was the largest and most powerful side valve engine with plenty of low end torque in the model range and was mostly used to haul sidecars. During the second world war norton produced almost 100 000 of the military model 16 h and big 4 sidevalve motorcycles. With major sponsor john player sons the norton rotary achieved. Vandervell was chairman of norton at the time.

The model 1 or more commonly known as big 4 was a norton motorcycle made between 1907 and 1954 in various forms. 1 486 mm 58 5 in related. The norton 4 was drawn with a 60 degree valve included angle not the 80 90 or even 100 degree included angles of the italian fours whose designs were inspired by 1930s auto racing engines. Chain driven cams with idler gear for reduced engine height.