12-05-2016, 10:34 AM
[url=http://www.cycleworld.com/norton-export-twins-motorcycle-history-classics-remembered]The way things were with Norton, and why they failed.
This reminds me of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, a very good design but not very reliable as made by RR.
License-built by Packard, installed in the P-51, it made big history.
The problem was it was manufactured by artisans craftily working each at his own speciality. There were no torque specifications, no uniformity of parts. Packard took care of all that and could make the engines in huge numbers and they were reliable.
This reminds me of the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine, a very good design but not very reliable as made by RR.
License-built by Packard, installed in the P-51, it made big history.
The problem was it was manufactured by artisans craftily working each at his own speciality. There were no torque specifications, no uniformity of parts. Packard took care of all that and could make the engines in huge numbers and they were reliable.