Hi All
Above are my 2 norton Classic ?? race bikes,
The air coold chassis is all origonal as it was built the mostof the stuf are the corect race parts but not nessaseraly actualy raced on this bike they could have been of the sister bikes, the engine core will be recriated as the team did modifing origonal road engine parts. the tank was remanufactured by spondon. The rcw uses a 1988 race frame modifide by spondon to take the water cooled engine. the two previous owners never too the bike to spondon so this means it was done by norton. the swinging arm is a 1989 tt swinging arm, the engine is made up of race spares apart from the right hand end plate which is a nos road version modifyed most of the rest of the bikes parts are ex race spairs or origonal left over parts from the race teams oem.
So what do we call them, it can get heated as to what they are called,
Ex works ex so and so racer, to me this means the bike should be exactly as it was when they raced it, and unmodifyed since they last raced it.
Ex works they are not as to me this implys they are exactly as they last raced with no parts changed.
Works Race bikes, i would never use that discription as it can imply the same as ex works.
Restored works race bikes using where possiple the corect type of origonal
Replica may imply all or nearly all parts are remanufactured or oem parts re engineered to resemble the oregonals.
It can get heated as to what they are called and beope can get upset by sutch things, i simply referto them as
1988 SPE/NOR/A/387 Norton RC588 race bike restored useing where possible orional parts or remanufactured by the oem
1988/9 SPE/NOR/A/396 RCW588 (Firts made as a RC588) restored useing where possible orional parts or remanufactured by the oem
In truth i amonly interested in what i beilve they are i leav it to others to decide them selves, its worth noting my rcw has its earlyer sister 389 and 406 the next one after mine both origonaly 1988 rc588's in the museum in birmingham are 1990 rcws???
Regards wayne