Factory Race Shop -Dustall 24 Hr record .

The Swdish built gearbox mentioned and pictured in an earlier post was made by Torsten Arrgårdh. He had a machine shop in Stockholm. He made quite a number of them.
My Manx was fitted with one in -62 and I still have it.
 
johnm said:
I don't understand the title of this thread.

The 24 hour world record for a motorcycle was set 62 years ago by a 500 cc Velocette Venom at an average speed of 100.05 mph in 1961 at Autodrome de Linas-Montlhéry, a banked oval racetrack in France.

This record has never been beaten by any motorcycle of any capacity.

Unfortunately the record breaking machine was basically destroyed in the UK National Museum fire although a replica has been rebuilt.

Velos are pretty damn good bikes.
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Really, it might be for that circuit. Suggest you check your facts and maybe speak to the rider who has exceeded that on a Norton Commando, he is still with as is the team manager, sadly the 2nd rider has passed away.
 
Madnorton said:
Really, it might be for that circuit. Suggest you check your facts and maybe speak to the rider who has exceeded that on a Norton Commando, he is still with as is the team manager, sadly the 2nd rider has passed away.
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Happy to get new information. Can you give me the name place please. Thanks

But according to this Triumph just set a new record anyway

www.autoweek.com

Spaniard Shatters 24-Hour Motorcycle Distance Record, Averaging 100 MPH+

Certified by Guinness World Records, the Spaniard rode the distance between Los Angeles and New York non-stop.
www.autoweek.com www.autoweek.com
 
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1973, Pete Davies and Pete Lovel, Francorchamps Spa during an actual race, 101mph I do believe a record that still exists today for a Norton twin. What is amazing is that the record has not crept up much over the many years looking at the Triumph result which was on a prepared bike and track and not under race conditions.
 
ML said:
Domiracer was coined by the factory in 1961 for the works special 500cc Dominator twin developed by Doug Hele as a demonstration of its potential performance against the Manx 30M 500cc single. The frame was a Renolds lightweigh steel reduced in height due to the lower top end of the Dommie motor and named the Low-Boy.

Mick
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I would like to correct a common error about the factory Domiracer frame. Doug Hele NEVER called it a Low-Boy, that name being given to an experimental Manx frame with no connection to the Domiracer other than that Doug was responsible for both of them. Doug would get annoyed whenever someone referred to his Domiracer frame as a Low-Boy. I know this because we shared an office at Norton when I was Chief Stress Analyst and had many informative conversations.
 

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