Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Things didn't go exactly to plan in this video ! I take the V8 back home to the National Motorcycle Museum to be started and run on stage as part of the Henry Cole and friends live stage presentation. The bike started and seemed to run well on stage, but on its first test ride at Henrys farm it was reluctant to rev clean and cut out several times then started to smoke from the exhausts, so in this video I start the investigation into the problems.
The Norton Nemeses is a pre production prototype that was made in the late 90's with claims of a 200+mph top speed from its 1500cc fuel injected V8 engine.
As far as I'm aware, this is the only bike that has survived but if any of you know of other bikes please leave a comment. This bike is owned by the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham UK has been on display as a non running exhibit for many years.
I have already worked on the bike last year getting the engine to run after a few rudimentary checks, new oil and batteries for series 12 of Henry Cole's "The Motorbike Show" where Henry rode it for a few miles up to around 50 mph, but it wasn't running very well and was leaking a lot of oil and coolant.
Episodes of "The Motorbike show" can be seen on itvx player on line and some shorter edits are available on Henrys YouTube channel.
Things didn't go exactly to plan in this video ! I take the V8 back home to the National Motorcycle Museum to be started and run on stage as part of the Henry Cole and friends live stage presentation. The bike started and seemed to run well on stage, but on its first test ride at Henrys farm it was reluctant to rev clean and cut out several times then started to smoke from the exhausts, so in this video I start the investigation into the problems.
The Norton Nemeses is a pre production prototype that was made in the late 90's with claims of a 200+mph top speed from its 1500cc fuel injected V8 engine.
As far as I'm aware, this is the only bike that has survived but if any of you know of other bikes please leave a comment. This bike is owned by the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham UK has been on display as a non running exhibit for many years.
I have already worked on the bike last year getting the engine to run after a few rudimentary checks, new oil and batteries for series 12 of Henry Cole's "The Motorbike Show" where Henry rode it for a few miles up to around 50 mph, but it wasn't running very well and was leaking a lot of oil and coolant.
Episodes of "The Motorbike show" can be seen on itvx player on line and some shorter edits are available on Henrys YouTube channel.
