Rotary Owners' Club

Great to hear that Wayne. I am glad the bike has a caring new owner now. Hope you will keep on posting about the P55B. Regards,Peter

Well, bike is sold. New owner (from GB) is collecting the bike in Holland tomorrow morning. He's on the forum, so probably will do some posting later. Feel a little bit sad, though........... Peter

Because of an injury I am selling my Norton F1 Sport. Molly'd, with dig. ignition (incl all original stuff and paperwork). Less than 7000 original miles. GBP 14.500nr 14 of 66.http://www.mijnalbum.nl/Album=B83ZHQ7OLocated in the Netherlands Peter

Found this Internet sitehttp://www.rockysmotorcycles.com/nrs_588_replica.htmAnd wonder if this exhaust - and radiator conversion would fit into the standard F1 Sport fairing. Any ideas? I guess this a Pace radiator?Peter

Hello Marco,Here I posted a picture of my head lamp. If you have the same one, there should be no problems.http://www.mijnalbum.nl/GroteFoto-MRSKNL4H.jpg

You probably don't have to look for another headlamp. I have a F1 Sport which had a center dip headlamp with the same Koito XH27 mark in it. Pete Morris from NML told me I could simply adjust the light for right hand drive without removing the unit. Did not have any issues with registering in Holland.

Read an article in the Dutch Motoplus magazine that Hans Jurgen Klusowski died on the 11th of March in Lindau. He was the project leader on the famous Van Veen OCR rotary motorbike, and after some time at Osram he got involved in Wankel Research & Development where he made a large contribution t...

Hi Wayne,I didn 't know that. It wouldn't be a fast seller anyway. The third party quoted the bike a little too high I think, leaving a good bit for themselves. Luckily it stays here now!!

Found on the Internet for air cooled rotary Nortons:CD with shop manual Norton Rotaries. Trade against a bottle of whiskyPrice: Euro 1 bottle of whiskyInfo: dolf, location: Dieren, country: Netherlands, tel: (31) 0313 416661, e-mail: dolf.peeters@xs4all.nlDolfs says there are also two ex policebikes...

Thanks for your kind words. Now finding out if I can post a picture of this beauty:

smiley Hello,I’m Peter Boekweg from the Netherlands and I own a F1 Sport for a couple of years now. I bought the bike at NML where I was kindly helped by Richard Negus and Pete Morris. It is a Gitane Blue F1 Sport built 12/91 (P55B 050314) and I am very enthusiastic about it. Unfortunately I had to ...