Back in early '50s Norton's attempt to improve their Grand Prix racer resulted in the 1953 Norton Kneeler. Frank got a chance to take the museum piece for a spin at the Montlhery track located on the outskirts or Paris.In many ways, we are living in a golden age of motorcycling: 200 mph - well, almost…

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…SE model and establish confidence that the historic brand is back as modern day manufacturer before promising further models! Norton 961 SE Commando Specifications2010 Norton 961 SE CommandoFRAME Frame: Steel tubular cradle with integral oil tank Swing arm: steel construction Wheelbase: 1420mm (55.9…

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The Norton Dominator still looks like it belongs in a trophy case after all these years.Often, post-war British motorcycle factories were unedifying experiences. Squalid working conditions, management of appalling mediocrity, obsessively militant trade unions and chronic under-funding led to a reliance…

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…will be marketed under the 'Stonebridge' brand name. (This is the geographical location of the Ace cafe) In its heyday, the cafe was host to many Norton/Triumph hybrids with clip-on bars and polished aluminum petrol tanks with rear-sets. Legend has it that riders would feed the jukebox and race down…

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…-class Moto Giro. The bike bore many of Taglioni's trademark design traits. In reality, it was a very conservative concept that broke no new ground. Norton in particular had been racing bevel drive engines since the 1920s with incredible success. Unit construction engines, where the engine and gearbox…

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…conceptually superior to dirty two-cycle engines and scarcely less inefficient four-strokes. I once interviewed David Garside - the man behind the Norton rotary, which is perhaps the best ever Wankel-engined bike to reach production. He told me how he would come out of lectures at the School of Engineering…

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…with the handling too. The Anstey link rear suspension and the basic front forks, combined with the Ariel?s weight, mean that the ?Four? is no Manx Norton. It needs be ridden thoughtfully and with respect for its handling limitations.? So, a sublime riding experience - but with a container load of challenges…

…manufacturers such as Triumph producing bikes like the Thruxton. Totally unique and harking back to perhaps a simpler time in life when Triumphs and Nortons roamed the world, it gives a fantastic opportunity to recapture these old halcyon days of motorcycling without all the pitfalls of riding bikes of…

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…Motorcycle USA Monthly ColumnsRecent Memorable MotorcyclesMelling?s Memorable Motorcycles Page Dealer LocatorRelated Articles Memorable Motorcycles: Norton Kneeler Memorable Motorcycles: 1928 Rudge Four

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…audience. I just can?t wait!" Lining up with Sam in the Masterclass will be Manx GP and TT star Keith Heckles with, as always, his immaculate Manx Norton - completely original and in all its unsilenced glory, whilst Peter Kent will be screaming his ferocious TZ 750 round the tight track. One of the…

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