Ultralight carbon fiber structure? SS was the highlight of Norton 20 19 Milan Auto Show, but a few months later, Norton's financial problems put the project in trouble. Now, after TVS in India took over and injected funds, Norton has a strong backing and support, and for the first time, some of his previous plans have become reality. Fortunately, this means ftl? SS project will be back on track in the near future.
Super light? SS is not just an enhanced version of the previously released Superlight, Superton? SS is on the right track under the management of Norton's new owner, TVS. The project first appeared at 20 18, using Norton's brand-new 650cc parallel twin-cylinder engine, 105 horsepower, and it is said that the dry weight 158 kg, and the initial promised price 19950. In contrast, ultra-light The original price of SS is twice as high. The supercharged version of the car is expensive because Norton claims that it can output 175hp amazingly, and it uses carbon fiber chassis, carbon fiber unilateral rear rocker arm and carbon fiber wheel hub, and its dry weight reaches an amazing 153kg.
Norton also promised to provide high-end kits, including Ohlins suspension (NIX30 front fork, TTX-GP shock absorber), Brembo? M50 brake, up/down quick shifter and IMU auxiliary electronic equipment, so its price is very high.
Now, we have seen Norton's patent application, which makes the surface of this supercharged motorcycle have more details. Most notably, this patent application shows the working mode of motorcycle airflow. It reveals that two nose air intakes (one next to each headlight) undertake different tasks respectively. The left hand sends air from the high-pressure area of the motorcycle nose into the supercharger itself. The supercharger is a Rotrex unit located behind the engine, which compresses the intake air to 17psi before intake.
Anyone who has used a pump knows that compressed air can generate heat. For turbocharged or supercharged engines, this is always a problem, because the heat density of intake air is small and it is more likely to cause explosion. The solution is an intercooler, which cools the compressed air before it reaches the engine intake. Norton installed an air-to-air intercooler between the supercharger and the air inlet chamber. The air inlet works next to the right headlight to supply air to the intercooler.
Norton's design not only uses the ram air effect of the air inlet to push fresh air into the intercooler, but also uses the low pressure area below the front and rear seat units of the motorcycle to suck cooling air into it. For this reason, the pipe starting from the right side of the fairing first leads to the intercooler and then extends back to the exhaust port below the valve seat. The same idea also appears on a few motorcycles made of under-seat radiators, especially Britten? V 1000 and benelli? Tornado? Tre, but because supercharged and intercooled motorcycles are so unusual, we have never seen the intercooler method before.
Norton's current priority is to turn to the more mainstream 650cc two-cylinder model, Atlas series, Atlas? Atlas, normand? Ranger put into production, supercharged models may not be available so soon. Modern emission regulations are attracting more and more brands to pay attention to turbochargers and turbochargers, including Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki and Kawasaki, and Kawasaki has taken the lead with its supercharged H2 model. By taking the same route, Norton can show his strength well.
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