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Originally Posted by Heorot
Wierdly, at the point that the Norton streaked down the back straight, I realised that I had watched this program when it was first broadcast.
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The speed / power difference is amazing, it must have p*ssed the other riders off enormously. The Nortons seem to be a good 20mph faster at the top end.
It's reckoned the 1989 bikes were good for 140bhp at the gearbox sprocket, which is a bit more than the Japanese proddy 750s at the time