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1967 Norton Atlas Supercharging - 4-Page Vintage Motorcycle Article
Original, Vintage Magazine ArticlePage Size: Approx. 8\" x 11\" (21 cm x 28 cm) each pageCondition: Good
Ever want a real fast put-down bike? Then start like John Mauro with a medium-fast Atlas,tuck in a tough little STOL blower, and disguise the whole set-up to look stock.• In his continuing search for better per-formance on the street. John Mauro hasowned at one lime or another most ofthe large-displacement bikes available.His apprenticeship at riding, handlingand tuning the big iron at first keptpace with the evolution of machines onthe market, then outgrew it. He was notinterested in out-and-out competition,but wanted a highway bike that wouldgo . , . where he wanted and as quickas he wanted. Last year found him on aNorton Allas, full of high performancegoodies like a Harmon and Collins cam.Hepolite he pistons. Webco valve gear,and big carburetors. At the dragstrip hecould blow off anybody in his class,turning a 13.1 El\' at 103 mph. runningon street tires, and carrying lights, muf-flers and other road equipment which hejust didn\'t care to remove.For awhile that was very satisfying,but John was never a man suited to com-placency. He often spent his idle lime atthe speed shop of a good friend. FrankDominianni. whose daily bread camefrom outfitting the auto dragsters. Backin 1949. Frank had imported severalhundred SCOT superchargers, primarilyfor fitting to Fiats. MGs and Auslin-Healeys. Although most of these unitswere sold before being superseded byother equipment and improved models.Frank still has a few on the shelf. Johnspotted them, began asking• questions,and figured it to be an apt project to fitone to his Norton.The job required the full classic rou-tine of fiddling and experimenting. Frankwas so busy at the shop (Hi-Speed PowerEquipment. Valley Stream. N.Y.) thathe could do little more than offer adviceand the use of his dy atmometers andother equipment. So it was John Maurowho went to work.The SCOT supercharger chosen is acompact unit, displacing llOOcc andoperating safely at any pressure up to...
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