Our sidecar

Just doing some homework on are Norton sidecar. We spoke to wasp motorcycles today with the frame number and it was built and sold to Thierry Bourne in France/Belgium. Does anybody have any information on Thierry, if so I would be very grateful due to me being very keen on getting to know the history of our sidecar.

Cheers :)

Not aware of a Thierry Bourne,, but there are THIERRY BORMS and PIERRE BORMS of Belgium,, I sometimes see Pierre at meetings,, if you can get in touch with Mick Ripper (used to passenger Pierre) Im sure he has tel number..

Hope this helps

Just googled The Bourne Identity....













Got Matt Damon...

Fortunately Doug, I was wearing my surgical corset which prevented my sides splitting with the mirth you generated. Have you ever considered a career on the comedy circuit ?

Mick Rippers number is 07876 030425

You mean Binsted?

There it is again - hold yourselves together everyone.

Yeah we get it KP, you are wearing a corset to 'hold yourself together'.
What you do in the privacy of your showroom is entirely up to you....

Hey Joe,, check this out

http://www.oldsidecarcross.com/phovi/javron2009/_00075.htm

Thanks for all the help everybody :) its been some useful information.

so what you think, is that your wasp in photo ??

Could be! Its very similar to ours but we've herd that there was two of the wasps and one got brought over England which is ours. Thanks again

J.Chell146 wrote:Just doing some homework on are Norton sidecar. We spoke to wasp motorcycles today with the frame number and it was built and sold to Thierry Bourne in France/Belgium. Does anybody have any information on Thierry, if so I would be very grateful due to me being very keen on getting to know the history of our sidecar.

Cheers :)

Hello J,

Can't give any real help on your outfit, other than that was certainly the colour fibre glass the Borms used. I remember seeing them at a late 70's British Grand Prix (78/79 ) at Beenham Park. For the 1980 season we bought a new outfit from Robbie, initially we were going to have it in red, but I thought I like that light metalic blue on the Borms bike and so that was the colour we bought, with white mudguards. I cut small feet shapes in the two platforms and had them anodised gold, along with the rims and brake plates. We raced it through to 1986, and then a couples of times a year from 1990 till 2000 and then 2008. Sadly the barn I kept it in caught fire in 2009, and pretty much destroyed it.

What year is yours, the front forks look like 81/82, and the rear swinging arm looks more like 83 on if I remember correctly. Can't remember what year that shape tank came out, think that was 83, I know we fitted one in 84, along with a curved front fork loop.

I must say seeing the two pictures of your bike in the gallery made me double take. It would have been good to sit on the startline with another one the same colour, as I don't recall anyone else with that colour in Britain, well not in the ACU, don't know if anyone within the AMCA used it.

Regards

Paul

Hi Paul,

Thanks very much for the information, its good help to us. Our outfit was built in the end of 1982. And we shall be keeping the colour the same as it is now :).

Many thanks again.

Joe

J.Chell146
Did you pick up my PM regarding an e mail address?

Hi lodekka.

Only just read the message. Thats some really helpful information thanks :) I'll give the email a try.

Many thanks

J.chell146

J.Chell146
If you have any problems, contact me and I will speak to Pete again.
Lodekka