The cars and bikes thread!

[geoffbot]

Yeah it would just be gloves if need - nothing else ever gets hot. In fact I bought some cheap heated grips but the cable is too short to fit, need to get some better ones.

[tribe125]

Norton motorcycles has gone into administration.

[Raza]

Norton motorcycles has gone into administration.

Norton Motorcycles still exists?

[geoffbot]

Norton motorcycles has gone into administration.

Oh dear!

[Raza]

Weren’t they just making old Triumph bikes? They have a shared history, right?

[tribe125]

They have a shared history, right?

Briefly, in the 1970s they were grouped together in a government initiative to save them, but that didn’t last for long.

For most of their history, they were rivals. People did mix the two, though. I remember ‘Bonnorts’ that were Triumph Bonneville frames with Norton engines.

[Raza]

The personality in this video isn’t great, but the Shelby GT350R really seems to be. I underestimated the idea of an all-out, handling-biased Mustang, but it seems like they really cracked it with the GT350R.

https://youtu.be/vtdtGgf1BF0

[Samanator]

The personality in this video isn’t great, but the Shelby GT350R really seems to be. I underestimated the idea of an all-out, handling-biased Mustang, but it seems like they really cracked it with the GT350R.

https://youtu.be/vtdtGgf1BF0

Part of why after getting to really drive one, I could not see having anything else as a track car. I know theGT500 is faster and with the carbon fiber track package equals the dynamics of the 350R (which has had rave reviews from pros),but I feel the unblow motor will be easier in the long run. The revs of the flat- plane- crank are just amazing.


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[Raza]

Part of why after getting to really drive one, I could not see having anything else as a track car. I know theGT500 is faster and with the carbon fiber track package equals the dynamics of the 350R (which has had rave reviews from pros),but I feel the unblow motor will be easier in the long run. The revs of the flat- plane- crank are just amazing.


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I'm actually seriously considering going for a fixed roof car for a couple of years and picking up a lightly used GT350 (not the R, unfortunately, but the regular model is still awesome) to replace my Z4, buying a convertible a little later. It just feels like they did this so right this time, and I've been a Mustang guy (obviously, I guess, being the big McQueen fan that I am) for a long time, so I almost feel like I have an obligation to buy what I think might be the best Mustang (lumping the GT350 and GT350R together here) of all time.

[mlcor]

I'm actually seriously considering going for a fixed roof car for a couple of years and picking up a lightly used GT350 (not the R, unfortunately, but the regular model is still awesome) to replace my Z4, buying a convertible a little later. It just feels like they did this so right this time, and I've been a Mustang guy (obviously, I guess, being the big McQueen fan that I am) for a long time, so I almost feel like I have an obligation to buy what I think might be the best Mustang (lumping the GT350 and GT350R together here) of all time.

Yeah, get'em while they're hot, and before Ford permanently sullies the Mustang name with an electric suv/crossover/thing.