Rotary Owners' Club

Hi Gripper,I''m not looking to lose weight by drilling the discs,I just think they would look nicer!! (or have we got our wires crossed?)J.B.

While on the subject of ig;n triger switches,Boyer no longer stock the orignal ones fitted to the air cooled engines,the one they sent me last year when I was having "electrical" problems, I had to "modify"(ign; trig; switch was not the problem,hence I now have a spare one)J.B.

I'm no expert but by my own experiences in the past I reccon you have an electrical fault,is the NML ign; system new? if so have you replace the ign; triger switch? if no to either try the switch first,if yours is the same as mine(Classic)I have a spare one I could loan you to try out,regards,J.B.

The Sprint fairing on my Classic really throws people,great fun though,(but sometimes it can take a bit of a while to get on ones way,)Come on,be honest, we love it really,(well I do,even after 10years,) J.B.

Am I missing something? If we can only get rotary spares from Hungerford and they will not sell to the public at large how, can we buy them? When I spoke to Peter at NML earlier today he seemed to think that if one knew the part No; to tell Hungerford and they would dispatch said part forthwith,(&qu...

Hi guys, checked the make of my tacho,it's the German one,so I am now on the look-out fore the French variety,I tried to source one via Grahams shop web site, but the system told me that it did'nt recognise the item!! (N.M.L have only the German variety.)so the search continues,regards,J.B.

OOPS!! of course I ment the ENGINES run backwards(I realy am getting worse!!)J.B.

The "woffle" is my mistake, the g/box man did say "V Rod" and I was looking for six speeds hoping that number six would be an "overdrive" for more ecconomy,no other reason,but not possible.In answer to Wayne's choice of box's,am I right in thinking that only the FI&...

Hi guys,reporting back,just got off the phone after a very interesting chat with the boss of New R acing Trans:he said that he is working with the new Norton people on a new G/box for a rotary? and went at great lengths to explain why a six speed box would be of no advantage re:top speed or ecconomy...

I have remembered reading in an old copy of M.C.N.(which I kept)about this guy that was re-building a special,and had a new G/box built from scratch,he suplied (Honda)circlips spacers and countershaft,all the new gears were machined from scratch,cost?£750quid!!(2008 prices) the company?Nova Racing T...

Hi Wayne,I too am looking for a six speed box,I have heard of a possible source of three companies that will make you one,(at a price)the guy that races the rotary comb;lot told me that the company that made the special "box" for his comb; and specialised in "one off's" and was b...

Thanks Richard,I will check wires and things when the weather warms up a bit,(it's rather nippy in the garage at the moment,)and I'm allmost sure my tacho is of the French variety,and the new ign;system I fitted last summer was one of Grahams too,up to now it is fine. A plea to the rotary comunity a...

Hi Peter,welcome aboard,I am known as J.B.So pleased that you managed to hang on to your F1 Sport,I ride a Classic and have done so for the past 10 years,ride safely and hope to see you sometime,regardsJ.B.

Looking at Grahams pics: of the Arbus rotary made me think of a chat I was having at the Beezumph a couple of years back with a guy that raced the only (he said)rotary comb:lot.(bike & chair)also claimed to have the engine from said Arbus bike,so I assume that Nortons?(was it a Norton factory bi...

Richard,am I correct in thinking that Classic & IP2 wheels and brakes are diferent from Commanders,and Dave's wavy rear disc wo'nt fit anyway?J.B.

Thanks for the info: Dave,sounds awfully complicated,I was rather hoping for a straight swop,but life is never that easy,I think I may have to take the route Alan Stubs took,he just drilled the standard discs for his IP2? anyway,I know of a biker that owns a small enginering firm who may take the jo...

First Brian C, now Pete Williams!,methinks Mr Garner has problems hanging onto key members of his staff!!J.B.

Hi guys, I have been browsing through the "Members gallery" and have spotted David Browns "special"and very nice it looks too,I noticed that he has a drilled disc on the back brake,(the front looks highly modified)two questions,could I fit the said disc on my Classic? and will it...

Hi guys,Richards question re; tacho,mine has just started to "stop working" over 3,000 revs,( it behaved like this previously exept that it fluctuated wildly, then it would be fine for a while then off it would go again. )then I fitted the "new improved" ignition system last summ...

Hi guys,I have just returned from a ride out on the Classic,hav'nt been out on the old girl since before christmas,had to fill up with petrol while out,nasty shock,£18 quid!! for about 16ltrs of "go juice". I was thinking of riding down through France to northern Spain(Santander) for this ...

Going back to Andies posting way back last summer"previous owner did 24,000 miles on the front tyre & 12,000? on the rear" he must have been a well steady rider!! anybody else manage to get that sort of milage from a set of tyres?J.B.

Hi Andy,I have hade simaler problems myself in the past,once was the ignition trigger switch,and once was the Boyer ignition system.(fortunatly,thousands of miles and a number of years appart.)try checking the gap on the ign:trig: switch first as it's the easiest.regards,J.B.

Not such an envo;friendly material,think of all the cylinder heads manufactured!!J.B.

The idea of the number plate swinging up did progress to the Classic,but,unfortunatly, not spring loaded,( do all rotaries have this fitment? )J.B.

Hi guys,Re my comments on NML over-charging,seems like large slices of humble pie have to be consumed by yours truly,so appologies offered to NML,(serves me right for not checking information recieved befor "mouthing off" )regards,J.B.

What would £12,700 equate to in todays money? quite a bit more than £15grand I should think,and 20 years ago twice as much as any other bike on the market,exept perhaps a big"g/wing"or an M.V.?(I am only guessing though,I only got back into bikes in the late /90s)J.B.

Hi guys, I too have just read the latest offerings in "Roadholder" and I too wondered about "internal oil cooling" surely Brian C (or Richard) must have pondered long and hard about this? and do's anyone know what system the Mazda car uses?Changing direction,as is my want,I have ...

Are there any new rotories being made for us to buy? and if so,with piston jobies costing from £15,grand?I shudder to think what sort of daft money a rotary would cost.J.B.

Thanks for your opinion Graham,the one that I purchased was all nicely polished,and like you said they are getting a bit rare now,hence the reason I "bit the bullet",so that heaven forbid that I ever need one!!! Regards J.B.

HI guys,I do'nt suppose it will be to long before our craven government recieves an E.U.directive from those b******s in Brussels telling us that we must no longer use B.S.T or G.M.T.( not P.C, and too British)J.B.