Archive for September, 2012
A G50 Premier | Works G50 Racers Now Available
After an outing on stunning Minnovation Racing Works Seeley G50 at Cadwell Park, a deal was struck for NYC Norton to provide complete Seeley G50 racing bikes here in the states. Minnovation and NYC Norton immediately began collaborating, building up the sister bike to the Minnovation Works G50 to showcase and campaign here in the US. The bike was completed and track-ready by early September, 2012, in time for AHRMA/Barber festival, and a shakedown run at Summit Point beforehand. Weighing in at under 240lbs it is an incredibly ... read more
Posted in: builds, nycNorton, racing, suppliers | Tagged: Barber Motorsports, Cosentino Engineering, fontana hubs, Minnovation Racing, NRP exhaust, NYC Norton, Seeley G50, Seeley MKII, short-stroke, Summit Point | Comments Closed
Racing Update | Summer 2012
After playing around over in the UK, and now having missed 3 AHRMA National rounds (Roebling, Talladga, and Willow Springs) it was time to get busy here at home. The Road America/Grattan back-to-back weekends are favorites on the NYC Norton calendar, and a fitting first outing in the US. Plus, master NYC Norton spannerman Jon Thorndike was making his racing debut at Road America on his properly maintained Norton Atlas. So we loaded up the Teutonic transporter and set the controls for the center of cheese country. The weekend ... read more
Posted in: nycNorton, racing | Tagged: AHRMA, BEARS, Calabogie, Dean de St. Croix, Doug Macrae, F750, Gingerman, Goldstar Ron, Grattan, John Ellis, Jon Thorndike, Miller Motorsports, Road America, Shannonville, Zero TTXGP | Leave a comment
