The Shocking Truth Behind Norton’s Rotary That Silenced Honda 1992

Top Motorcycles September 17, 2025
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In 1992, a motorcycle that wasn’t even supposed to exist beat the biggest factories in the world’s toughest race. The Senior TT was dominated by Honda, Yamaha, and Suzuki — high-tech giants with endless resources. Norton? They were a ghost of their former glory. But Norton brought a secret weapon: a radical rotary engine that tore up the rulebook. Against all odds, Steve Hislop battled Carl Fogarty in what many still call the greatest TT race ever. This is the story of the rotary Norton — the underdog that won the TT, and the technology so controversial, it was banned forever.