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NYC Norton Sunburst Seeley Commando
A Streetfighter For The World | The Sunburst Seeley Commando
As featured on the #1 custom bike website www.bikeexif.com/nyc-norton/ In early 2014 we got a call from an overseas number on the shop phone. On the other end of the call was a pleasant voice with an unidentifiable accent who introduced himself as "Joe". He was calling from his home in a small country nestled in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. He had just purchased a pristine Norton Commando in the States and asked if we could add some performance and reliability mods to it before ... read more
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Loading out of NYC Norton. Next stop, Utah
Racing 2014 | New Jersey and Utah
For years our closest race on the AHRMA calendar was Grattan, MI, clocking in at 750 miles from NYC. So when the announcement came in last year that we would be racing in New Jersey we couldn't believe what we heard. The notion of being able to load up and get to a track in 2 hours (125 miles), spend a weekend chasing the racing jones, and make it home to our own beds by Sunday evening was such an alien concept. Because the track is centrally located to NYC, ... read more
Posted in: commando, G50, nycNorton, racing | Tagged: 500 Premier, BEARS, Formula 750, Helmut Niederer, John Ellis, John Magyar, Jon Thorndike, Kenny Cummings, Lee Acree, Manx Norton, Matchless G50, Mike Bungay, Miller Motorsports Park, NJMP, Nobby Clark, Norton Commando, NYC Norton, Seeley G50, Seeley Norton, Seeley Nourish, Tim Joyce | Comments Closed
Heading out for the Road America 500 Premier race
Racing 2014 | The Midwest is not a city in China
Charging down Thunder Alley at Road America at top speed has to be one of the greatest experiences one can ever have on a motorcycle. Doing it on a revving British Single or Twin is even better. This 4.05 mile long course has everything for the bikes the NYC Norton team races – very fast sections, some wavy twisties, and tight little moments. It is without question a top-3 favorite track for all of us. We loaded up the Sprinter and began the drive to the land of cheese curds ... read more
Posted in: commando, G50, nycNorton, racing | Tagged: 500 Premier, AHRMA, Alex McClean, BEARS, Brad Coleman, Classic 60s, Dave Roper, F750, Formula 750, Grattan, Helmut Niederer, Hogslayer, Jan Ellis, Jenny Blonk, John Ellis, John Gregory, John Magyar, Jon Blonk, Jon Thorndike, Kenny Cummings, Leona Dixon, Manx Norton, Mike Dixon, Norton Atlas, Road America, Rob McKeever, Ron Melton, Seeley G50, Seeley NRE, Wes Goodpaster | Comments Closed
Thorndike splitting tarmac on his '67 Atlas
Racing 2014 | California Dreaming
The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association, or AHRMA, has lumped a lot of their racing weekends into back-to-back events. There are mixed feelings about this as 50% believe it's impossible to take that much time off from work, and the other 50% like the fact they can get more bang for their travel buck. For our East Coast-based racing operation, the back-to-backs weekends of Willow Springs and Sonoma Raceway in Southern and Northern California, respectively, made for easy planning and logistics. So the Sprinter was loaded with a Seeley 750, ... read more
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KC on Seeley 750 at NOLA, March 2014. Photo by Phillip Graybull
Racing 2014 | Roebling & NOLA - The Southern Rounds
Over the last few years NYC Norton has grown quite a bit as a thriving business rebuilding classics and a successful racing team. In 2013 we completed a Seeley G50 build for our client Helmut Niederer and delivered it to him at Barber. Knowing little about Helmut's racing skills (other than rumors he'd taken Kevin Schwantz's racing school at least 30 times), our mission for the weekend was simply to help him get started with his new possession. By the end of the Barber event Helmut's lap times put him ... read more
Posted in: builds, commando, G50, nycNorton, racing | Tagged: AHRMA, Helmut Niederer, John Ellis, Jon Thorndike, Kenny Cummings, New Orleans, Nobby Clark, NOLA, Norton Atlas, NRE, Phillip Graybull, Roebling Road, Seeley G50 | Comments Closed
Hands Across The Water | Racing in the UK
Minnovation Racing and NYC Norton have long been collaborative. But when the offer chimed for us to make our way to the UK and have a wobble on Minnovation's spectacular machinery, there was absolutely no hesitation. The deal was struck, the flights booked, the international ACU racing license sourced... bring on the sexy stews! NYC Norton/Minnovation Racing will be racing at Cadwell Park on Sunday and Monday, May 6 & 7, 2012, with the CRMC, alongside some of the best classic racers in the world, at one of the ... read more
Posted in: commando, nycNorton, racing, suppliers | Tagged: ACU, Cadwell Park, CRMC, Kenny Cummings, Minnovation Racing, Seeley G50, Seeley Norton, Steve Maney, UK | Leave a comment
