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PostPosted: October 1, 2009, 6:07 pm    Post subject: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

location is top secret!


Originally built in the 70's, still around today.
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PostPosted: October 1, 2009, 8:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

I've seen that bike somewhere before---Hogslayer! How would it be to herd that monster down a 1/4 mile?

Imagine the noise....I LOVE Nortons!!

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PostPosted: October 1, 2009, 8:23 pm    Post subject: Re: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

What are those..Norton motors?
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PostPosted: October 1, 2009, 8:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

Oh Yeah, Combat commandos with superblend bearings.
If I get some more info I'll fill ya'll in.
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PostPosted: October 2, 2009, 12:38 am    Post subject: Re: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

Thing like that'd keep you broke while you're working three or four full-time jobs.
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PostPosted: October 2, 2009, 9:13 am    Post subject: Re: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

gggGary wrote:
location is top secret!

Unless he finally sold it, I imagine it's still stored in Christenson's repair shop in Kenosha Wisconsin.

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PostPosted: October 2, 2009, 12:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

3 Norton engines - 3X the problems...Doubt it ever left the workshop for long.. Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: October 2, 2009, 12:22 pm    Post subject: Re: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

holey mother of snorton nortons! Id ride it.
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PostPosted: October 2, 2009, 12:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

Well the mystery is unraveling a bit. TC had a dual engined Norton drag bike which cleaned up at the drag strip for years in the 70's (Hogslayer II) This bike was to be the successor but it's race heritage is still in question(to me). TC apparently bought it from some southern boys who built it and got in some runs on it. The Dual engined bike is now in a British Motorcycle museum.
A nice little history of the two engined bike here. Hogslayer
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PostPosted: October 2, 2009, 1:57 pm    Post subject: Re: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

A really cool read.
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PostPosted: October 27, 2009, 4:56 am    Post subject: Re: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

any better pics?
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PostPosted: October 27, 2009, 8:06 am    Post subject: Re: Thought you guys would appreciate seeing this

blackwidow wrote:
any better pics?
Take a look here
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A buddy of mine who lives in Sillyfornia saw TC and the bike at a motorcycle show/meet at a park somewhere in the LA basin about 10 or 15 years ago. TC fired it up and did a smokey burnout across the parking lot for them.
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