Roadholder 364 - April 2018

26 The article in Rh361 (Jan. 2018 p34) states: "In 1982 Ian Sutherland*, a Scottish Norton enthusiast and proprietor of a stable of racing Nortons of all eras, had commissioned Norman White to assemble a Challenge from factory parts, with the engine built up by ex-Cosworth engineer, Bob Osborne, at Racing Systems Ltd. in Northampton. The completed bike was taken to a Donington Park race meeting where well-known Scottish racer, Jock Findlay, and racing journalist, Alan Cathcart, rode the Norton Challenge in two 20-minute demonstration events, in both of which it ran faultlessly. Sutherland then decided to employ the second of the two engines he had acquired to build an all-new 'Battle of the Twins' racer using a Harris chassis." * Bryan's father. Early and final versions of the bikes my father had - the bottom photo is the bike Rob Sewell rode at the TT