The 1st day of Daytona started out well- I took my '72 Norton 750 Commando to victory in the BEARS class- my on board video edited by my friend NYC Norton rider Kenny is here- youtube.com/watch?v=s71KQdn3Yh4
Hmmmm. I don’t recall this big hole in my motor before.
Good to see you are well enough to post Doug, wishing you a speedy full recovery!
Big congratulations on the earlier wins!
Don’t know what the appropriate word is to describe the fact that your bike got tended to quicker than you.
My Daytona siezure a few years back was on the pre-grid, my level of disappointment just lost a whole lot of it’s merit!
Take care!
Glad you’re not worse Doug! Sad that they got to your bike before you though.
To echo Mike…congratulations on the wins!!!
Hope to see you on the grids with the VRRA!
Mal
Congratulations on the wins. Wish you a speedy recovery.
Frenchie
Great story, and here’s to also wishing you a speedy recovery. Great footage. What camera was used? Looks like a Go Pro?
Great story about the videos as well.
Camera was a Gopro Wide. Worked well except that it is so wide angle that unless you are inches away from someone, they look a bit far away. I used it without the rubber seal to increase the sound.
Hey Doug
Glad to hear your healing.
Congrats on your wins. You deserve them,bloody fast and fun to race with.
Hope to be racing with you again this year.
Take care
Steve
Congrats Doug!
… sorry 'bout the back though.
That must be the SECOND worst case of Norton engine failure I’ve seen.
Eh Herb?
… and that’s the Norvil side isn’t it? Who’s rod let go?
How did Kenny do?
It was a polished stock rod although with all the damage it was difficult to say whether the rod bolt or rod let go first. That is the Steve Maney ($) aftermarket crankcase with the big hole and the Maney Alloy barrels ($) were also completely cracked in half. The motor is all junk but the head.
With the right commentary,that race would have been better than the 200 shown on Speedvision. 
Way better than the 200, even without commentary.
Congrats on the wins, hope youre recovering.
Croz
Was that the seal on the door, or the front lense cover? I’ve heard that some have removed the lense on the cap for improved sound, but I haven’t tried that yet. LO is too low, and HI pickes up a lot of feedback. My trip home from work today will be without the door seal as a test. No rain today like n Sunday, so it’s OK to have the seal removed. 
youtube.com/watch?v=IodM2KNy … annel_page
Dang, sounds like that was an expensive engine.
Your first racing time at Daytona?
It was the seal on the door and the camera sound on low. You’re a brave man in the rain. It was my first time at Daytona- we had 2 practices in the morning and it was the BEARS race followed by the F750 video. The engine is the start- my leathers and helmet are toast too- one boot is broken but I think I can fix it.
Hey Doug
Congrats on the win.sorry about the crash though.can relate to injury part myself.have a speedy recovery.take care.
Regards Paul
Question from guy of Quebec.
How much RPM on the banks at Daytona 
English motorcycle lover…
Want to see you at Quebec Grand prix 
Rabe_32
I was doing about 6500- 6700 rpm on the banks- not quite the 7000-7200 it should have been pulling but it was very windy that day and I’m not sure we had the gearing spot on. You bounce around like crazy on the banking and the very strange sensation of being partially upright and not perpendicular to the banking while wide open is very odd and takes some getting used to. Better to just turn your brain off and just keep it pinned.
…and that speed that you atained was?
There was a speed gun at Daytona and I only had readings for the one race with a best of 126 mph. It was a very windy day there, I’m not sure which end they had the gun at.
That was awesome footage, all except for the part where the bike decided not to play any more ! Did you have the GoPro camera mounted on your helmet? I got one of those cameras amd tried to mount it on the fairing of my BSA B50 but the vibration distorted the picture badly.
Peter