The first Norton F1 rotary to leave the factory - quick look & start-up

In this video Joe Seifert shows us his 1990 Norton P55 F1 rotary prototype race bike which was the first Norton F1 to leave the factory.
Location was the Andover Norton open day.
www.andover-norton.co.uk
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[@RichardASK]

I remember sitting at the side of the TT course in 1992, between the Bungalow and Brandywell and waiting to hear Hizzy on the Norton Rotary. What aa glorious sound!

[@stephenwilliams926]

I saw the first ever Norton Wankel racer at Darley Moor club meeting back in 1987. Malcolm Heath was the rider. It was it's first ever race it was popping and banging all around the circuit but they got it right in the end !.

[@howardosborne8647]

That was the air cooled bike that Crighton built from a wrecked police Commander. They named it Waltzing Walter because of the way it handled.

[@Toast-ej2lr]

Fantastic sound! Ear candy! Viva Norton!

[@chrisbrowne8997]

Oh that glorious melody of sound

[@woodpeckerdrums6254]

One beautiful machine

[@ruahinesrider]

Magnificent this rotary Norton & Isle Man legend.

[@edwardryan9125]

Did Hislop not race it as well

[@RichardASK]

@@edwardryan9125 He won the 1992 Senior TT.

[@basilwatson1]

Trevor nation at the oxford product evening , what a gentleman ,,took time to answer my silly questions about carbs ! a real gentleman!

[@ianlawrie919]

Extraordinary machine wonderful to hear 👍👌

[@simonbertioli4696]

Nice sound...music to the ears...👍👍🇬🇧

[@aumkar2]

Sure does sound glorious!

[@pdtech4524]

I remember seeing one up close in the paddocks with The rocket Ron Haslem riding it at Oulton Park and Donnington back in the day.👍 On the track these just left everyone else behind.

[@hydorah]

What a great machine!

[@mandaclet]

Que pasada, como suena Gracias por poner subtítulos en español. Like

[@twizzlestickx7]

They should make a 6 rotar one I bet that would sound awesome

[@spookydog6959]

👍epic

[@slartybartfarst9737]

I run a Hercules W2000, its single rotor but a bloody hoot to ride, not powerful but super responsive........its the future! yea in 2000

[@charlessmyth]

You'd think he'd offer the interviewer a chance of a run :-)

[@user-hs8qj2fi9y]

A very fast modified Police bike.

[@markjfox866]

Amazing bikes.so advanced for their time.fast as. Mark something owned then Malcalm klube owned jps nortons after they we,re fiinished racing.

[@994206]

Did he mean to stall at the end? Don't blame the tacho. & spot the "turtles head" coming in on the left at 1.43 That made me laugh! I read somewhere that some 'fiddling' put an end to this amazing machine. Something about money going missing. The Norton Rotary is now being rebuilt in India, this time by motorcyclists, not dodgy buisness men who have no interest in motorcycles.First as a race bike, then later production for the road. There is hope at last!

[@fotisfotakis1623]

Αρωστεια αυτο το μηχανακι ...ερωτας

[@andriesvanderwalt1849]

Yes my German friend once again British Super is best

[@worldofameiso5491]

Comes to something when the German guy speaks better English than the English reporter...

[@BarnettSpeedSuzukiThou]

It’s like a 2 stroke because it is. Had an rx7. Only one moving part.

[@onecookieboy]

One moving part? 2 rotors, and a crankshaft, that makes 3.

[@BarnettSpeedSuzukiThou]

@@onecookieboyApologies, I should've been clearer. I was eluding to the original ethos of the engine, which was to have only 1 moving part by Mr Wankel at NSU..

[@howardosborne8647]

After the seizure there were no moving parts😂😂

[@onecookieboy]

@@_sneer_ Agree, but people like to compare them to a 2 stroke for some reason, perhaps the oil injection or ports instead of valves, who knows, perhaps they are a 1 stroke (everything happens in one revolution of the rotor) or a three stroke (intake, power, exhaust), hard to say

[@onecookieboy]

@@_sneer_ I both agree and disagree, they have a rotor which pretty much does the same thing as a piston and the principle is the same, air and fuel mix in, compression and ignition of air fuel mixture and exhausting of burnt fuel, that is where the analogy of a 3 stroke comes from.

[@visgrapablo5853]

But what is this little man doing? We are all looking with drool dangling, and the guy goes 100 meters, comes and turns off the motorcycle? Who is the first to hit him with a slap?

[@alan1340]

yeah, nahhhhhhh never.

[@jochenwagner5170]

Unable to write 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@jaimea2722]

Why not let it idle after your spin ? Why turning it off so fast when most of us have never listened to a rotary wankel motorcycle ever ?