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Dawn of the 850; 8 March 1973

Submitted by julian_wells on Thu, 01/03/2018
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Submitted by julian_wells on Thu, 01/03/2018

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Road test continued;

* stopping distance from 30 mph, 24ft 6in (dry tarmac)

* mean top speed 121 mph

Note also the Gus Kuhn ad.;

* Norvil disc brake kit including alloy rim £79

* Quaife 5-speed gearbox £99

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Submitted by julian_wells on Thu, 01/03/2018

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750 road test concludes, p.19; the best stopping distance with the new disc was 30ft 6in -- compare with figure for 850, and explanation in that test.

Top speed average was 116 mph.

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Submitted by neil_peyton on Thu, 01/03/2018

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Previously Julian Wells wrote:

Extensive feature in Motor Cycle

If you go to the Sth Wales section VMCC you will find easier to read copy under tech. section. Having a March 1973 850 I found it interesting. Regards Neil.

Submitted by julian_wells on Fri, 02/03/2018

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Neil, I'm sure lots of people would like better versions than I managed.

Do you have a URL that you can share? And do you mean the South Wales section http://www.southwalessectionvmcc.co.uk/index.htm or the West South Wales section http://www.westsouthwalesvmcc.co.uk/index.php ?

Previously neil_peyton wrote:

Previously Julian Wells wrote:

Extensive feature in Motor Cycle

If you go to the Sth Wales section VMCC you will find easier to read copy under tech. section. Having a March 1973 850 I found it interesting. Regards Neil.

Submitted by neil_peyton on Fri, 02/03/2018

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Previously Julian Wells wrote:

Neil, I'm sure lots of people would like better versions than I managed.

Do you have a URL that you can share? And do you mean the South Wales section http://www.southwalessectionvmcc.co.uk/index.htm or the West South Wales section http://www.westsouthwalesvmcc.co.uk/index.php ?

Previously neil_peyton wrote:

Previously Julian Wells wrote:

Extensive feature in Motor Cycle

If you go to the Sth Wales section VMCC you will find easier to read copy under tech. section. Having a March 1973 850 I found it interesting. Regards Neil.

Submitted by neil_peyton on Fri, 02/03/2018

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Previously neil_peyton wrote:

Previously Julian Wells wrote:

Neil, I'm sure lots of people would like better versions than I managed.

Do you have a URL that you can share? And do you mean the South Wales section http://www.southwalessectionvmcc.co.uk/index.htm or the West South Wales section http://www.westsouthwalesvmcc.co.uk/index.php ?

Previously neil_peyton wrote:

Previously Julian Wells wrote:

Extensive feature in Motor Cycle

If you go to the Sth Wales section VMCC you will find easier to read copy under tech. section. Having a March 1973 850 I found it interesting. Regards Neil.

Submitted by neil_peyton on Fri, 02/03/2018

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Hi Julian,this may help. classicbikebiz/Norton/mags. Otherwise it,Sth Wales vmcc library-tech section info classic bikes. Happy hunting.Regards Neil.p.s. This a very interesting site with lots of good stuff on lots of bikes & things

Submitted by andrew_heathwood on Sun, 04/03/2018

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Julian

Thank you for posting this. I find these old articles invaluable.

Please will you confirm the date? I can make out March 1973.

I wish the NOC would take on building an electronic archive of these old articles, adverts, spares lists, handbooks, workshop manuals etc. I realise there may be copyright issues but we have a situation where we're often dependent on third party websites which may not exist as long as the NOC does. I'd volunteer to help put this together from the wealth of material held by NOC members.

I'm also aware of the 'Kim the CD Man' Norton DVD but this is not easy to obtain in the UK.

Any thoughts?

Andy

Submitted by julian_wells on Sun, 04/03/2018

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Your confusion is forgivable; at one time MC used to date itself "Wednesday 32 October" (or whatever), but then switched to the less helpful "week ending" version (basically a marketing ploy, though I forget the rationale).

Previously Andrew Heathwood wrote:

Whoops...see the date at the top of the post but was confused by week ending.

8 March 1973 it is.

Andy

Submitted by julian_wells on Sun, 04/03/2018

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p.s. 8 March 1973 was a Thursday, according to my laptop's calendar.

Previously Julian Wells wrote:

Your confusion is forgivable; at one time MC used to date itself "Wednesday 32 October" (or whatever), but then switched to the less helpful "week ending" version (basically a marketing ploy, though I forget the rationale).

Previously Andrew Heathwood wrote:

Whoops...see the date at the top of the post but was confused by week ending.

8 March 1973 it is.

Andy

Submitted by julian_wells on Sun, 04/03/2018

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Also from 8 March 1973; what you could have had instead (if you shopped at Comerfords)

New

1973 Interstate £599

1972 Kawasaki 750 £699

1972 Triumph T150V £672

1973 Honda CB750 £731

Laverda 750 £1095 (year? They can't have been easy to shift at 50% over the price of a Honda 4)

1972 BSA Lightning £459 (but, ugh!)

I have to say that if I could go back to 1973 with £1095 I'd have the Lav.

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