Wiz Norton Racing

Now the dust is settling on the 2024 TT races, we would like to officially reveal our plans for the Manx Grand Prix 2024. We are aiming to enter two bikes in the Classic Superbike race, piloted by our good friend Shaun Anderson, who despite very limited practice time last year produced one of our best results, and rising star James Hind .
We will be working very hard between now and August to turn up with the bikes ready to showcase the undoubted talent of both these riders.
Testing earlier this year at Portimau ( as previously posted) went really well. Shaun was happy with some changes we had made to ‘his’ bike, and Jim ( who is a regular 250 Two stroke GP bike rider) felt comfortable on the bike from the word go, and put in some excellent lap times.

Exciting times at Wiznorton! 😁

That’s a wrap on three days of testing here in Portimau. Bike #1 ran faultlessly throughout, but bike #2 threw us a few curve balls which took some time to figure out. Towards the end of the final day we have got very close to where we need to be in order to head to the Isle of Man in August with a really good chance of showing those Kawasakis the way round 😜. Here’s Shaun pretending he’s at Ballaugh bridge.

Set up at Members Meeting for a weekend of noise and smoke 😁. This will be our first full race meeting using the Titanium rotor, so fingers and toes are all crossed. Wish us luck 😉

Well, we promised an update on the Jurby testing which took place last Sunday, but unfortunately the weather did get the better of us. The Norton stayed warm and dry in the van, but we did manage a couple of runs on the little DKW. That's racing for you! Make plans but be prepared to adapt!!! Next planned outing is Goodwood Members Meeting for the DKW in April and then the big one hopefully will be Portimau in late April for both Norton riders. 📷 Lucas Croydon Photography And of course a massive thanks to Marshals and officials from Andreas Racing Association for braving the conditions all day and the lovely free cakes!😁

Very very excited to be back on the Isle of Man to go testing the Norton and DKW with our new team rider. Fingers crossed for good weather on Sunday and pictures and reports will follow shortly. Here goes 2024 folks 😁😁😁😁😁

Norton rotaries, we love them because we have spanners! This bike had been in a collection for many years, and prior to that had spent time on the salt flats at Bonneville, so there was some concern about what we might find when it was stripped down. Thankfully all the major components are in very good shape, so now begins the task of cleaning, polishing and replacing components as required. Suspension is already booked in with our long term specialist support TW Suspension Tech for a full service. Please give us a thumbs up below if you'd like to see more like this as the rebuild progresses. 👍

Sorry we've been a little quiet on here recently, but we certainly haven't been idle! As well as our two regular bikes undergoing full rebuilds and some upgrades to chassis and engines, we are now getting stuck in to the 'new' toy. 🤩 This has been standing for some time and we thought a complete nut and bolt strip and rebuild would be worthwhile. More pictures will be posted as she starts to go back together, and news will also follow about our 2024 events, we have some very interesting plans coming together for the Manx Grand Prix

Today’s task, a ‘dry build’ of an engine to check end float on the eccentric shaft, and at the same time checking clearance between the carbs and a newly made ejector manifold on the centre plate. Everything looks good, so now time to put some rotors in it!😁😉😜

LAST FEW REMAINING!! We still have a limited number of our fine art lithographic prints of the bike and a composite sheet of detail shots. Plus receive a Josh Brookes Classic TT promo poster free of charge. The photographs are professional studio quality printed on heavy duty paper. Priced at £25.00 inc UK postage (£30.00 overseas) Please message for payment details. PayPal or Bank transfer available. Thanks for all the support, all money will go directly towards keeping the bikes out on track. 🙏

SORRY, ALL NOW SOLD OUT!!!! THANKS EVERYONE!!!!
We have a limited number of T-shirts and Beanie hats available for sale following the MGP. T-shirts only now available in XL and 2 XL ( see chart for measurements)
Price for T-shirt £27.50 , hats £17.50 including postage within U.K. Please message for payment details. Thanks to everyone who called in and bought from us in the Isle of Man 👍

The production and distribution costs have increased significantly for us, so we have no immediate plans to commission any more merchandise at the moment. Sorry!!

Well we finally made it! We had two frustrating days late in the week in qualifying for the Manx GP with a minor clutch issue followed by a fouled plug. The bottom line was that come race day, Shaun had not completed a full lap on the Norton. The event organisers moved heaven and earth to arrange a speed controlled lap following a course official for Shaun Anderson Racing and two other riders who were in the same position, and that allowed us to take our place on the start line.
The bike was far from perfect, with a slight misfire and poor throttle response, but Shaun managed to get her round and finished in a very respectable ninth position. We’re sure that given more set up time the lap speed would have been quite a bit higher. But such is the nature of this place, and it’s foolish to dwell on the ‘ what if’s’
Apologies for the lack of updates and details, but our focus was on many other things. We will post more pictures and videos in the near future. Thanks for your patience and support

🔈Haun Sanderson to the start line please, that’s Haun Sanderson to the start line 🔈

Well, one p***y has now escaped from the bag! Our Norton will be piloted in the 2023 Classic Superbike MGP race by our good friend and '130mph TT club' member Shaun Anderson. We're really chuffed to have Shaun onboard, and genuinely believe the combination will prove very competitive. Bring it on! Shaun Anderson Racing Sarah Anderson Photography

It's getting closer to that time of year again. 👍😁 Richard is taking time out from the Manx Grand Prix this year, so stand by for exciting rider announcements for Classic Superbike and Classic Senior races coming very soon.📸Ellan Vannin Images

We’re absolutely amazed that over 19,000 people are now following us!😁. Thanks to each and every one of you for your support and interest, it truly means a lot to us. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏X19,000.

And here are the guts of the thing after 3 hours at the dyno. We couldn’t be more happy with how it looks inside. A good moment to thank Rock Oil once again for helping us develop a lubricant that keeps all the shiny parts sliding.
The engine was stripped after dyno runs and all looked very good inside. What was particularly pleasing was that the 'air out' temperatures were much lower than we saw when we used stock rotors. (That is the cooling / lubricating air flow through the centre of the rotor ) So this is a big plus for the DKW which has been running very hot upto now, and when we apply these rotors to the Norton engine which runs a good bit cooler anyway, we genuinely believe this should give the rotor bearings a much easier time, and also allow us the scope to run higher RPM before encountering the E-shaft flex issues that have limited us upto now. 😜👍🙏

We have spent a lot of time and effort designing and manufacturing a prototype titanium rotor as pictured, and have recently run it in the DKW race bike. It weighs approximately 700g less than a stock item and uses the latest Mazda seals which are a great improvement on the original design and they have improved cooling passages. We are now looking at commissioning a batch for a production run. Just putting out feelers to see if anyone would be interested in buying these once we have done more testing. They are not cheap to produce, but of course the cost reduces the more we order. Please send me a personal message if you might be interested. Thanks for looking. Andy.

When you test run a rotary, and then the sun shines through the window 😁

Some talent assembled here 🤩🤩🤩🤩Dom Herbertson Slipps Racing John McGuinness Lee Johnston Racing Manx Grand Prix

💣 A bomb on a missile 🚀Dom Herbertson

Rider #2, and all round nice guy Stephen Smith off down the course at 15:50 Saturday Slipps Racing🚀😁Follow and look out for this guy! senior Manx Grand Prix winner 2022, and heading for the TT in 2023👍 Definitely one to watch!

Two minutes to blast off 🚀

Our new test pilot ! 😁. Although a 4.2 second run on a slippery floor on cold tyres is probably not an ideal introduction to the joys of rotary racing 🥴
Hopefully some video footage to follow, and more runs over the course of the weekend