Prototype ’98 Norton Nemesis 1479cc V8 start-up

In this video we see Allen Millyard starting-up the 1998 Norton Nemesis 1479cc V8.

This bike is a one-off and was built up by Norton to be the world’s fastest superbike.

It was predicted that the bike would make 235bhp and have a top speed of 220mph.

Weight of the bike is 217kg.

Location is The National Motorcycle Museum’s 2023 Museum Live event, Bickenhill, Solihull, West Midlands, UK.

If you like this sort of video you might also like our full length behind-the-scenes video we produced at the event which shows all the bikes that took part in the Live Fire-up on stage. Here’s the link:

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