Racing engines of bikes and boats
The 500 cc double overhead cam Manx Nortons, so mighty an engine that it also spawned a very competitive Formula 500 Race car in the early postwar years in Europe. Additionally, the Manx was also a world champion sidecar machine and a motocross bike as well. But is was road racing where it made its legend, with Geoff Duke winning the Isle of Man TT and the 500 cc World Championship in 1950 and remained in production until 1962. It was a stable on the tracks of the continent in the 1960's with a final Grand Prix podium coming in 1968, years after production ended.
A rare dual carb Koenig racing two stroke outboard boat engine from the famed German company. Rider Kim Newcombe raced boats and then would use this same two stroke technology to build a 500 cc Grand Prix racing motorcycle and was very competitive in the year of his tragic death at Silverstone in the UK.
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