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The Norton Manx or Manx Norton is a British racing motorcycle that was made from 1947 to 1962 by Norton Motors Ltd.Norton had contested every Isle of Man TT race from the inaugural 1907 event through into the 1970s, a feat unrivalled by any other manufacturer, and the development and honing of the Manx racing motorcycle was another step in this racing achievement.
The Norton Manxman was a 650 cc vertical twin motorcycle manufactured by the British Norton Motorcycle Company at their Bracebridge St, Birmingham factory for export. The engine was an enlargement of the 600 cc engine used in the Model 99 Dominator .
Manx Model 30: 498cc ohc 1946–1963 Manx Model 40: 348cc ohc 1946–1963 Model 7: 497cc twin 1949–1956 First Norton Twin Motorcycle, designed by Bert Hopwood Model 77: 497cc 1950–1952 A rigid framed version of the Model 7, supplied only to the Australian market. Model 77: 596cc 1957–1958 Built mainly for sidecar use Dominator 88: 497cc ...
The Norton Motorcycle Company (formerly Norton Motorcycles.) is a brand of motorcycles headquartered in Solihull, West Midlands, (originally based in Birmingham), England. For some years around 1990, the rights to use the name on motorcycles were owned by North American financiers. Currently it is owned by Indian motorcycle giant TVS Motor Company.
1950s-era Manx Norton styled replica built for the 1990s named Manxman, using a replica Featherbed frame constructed to special order by BSA [1]. The featherbed frame was a motorcycle frame invented by the McCandless brothers and offered to the British Norton motorcycle company to improve the performance of their racing motorcycles in 1950.
The Norton 650SS is a 650 cc (40 cu in) vertical twin motorcycle made by Norton Motorcycle Company from 1962 to 1967. The 650SS was based on the Norton Manxman . The machine was capable of 110–115 mph (177–185 km/h).
The 1969 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 21st F.I.M. Road Racing World ... When Godfrey Nash rode a Norton Manx to victory at the Yugoslavian Grand Prix ...
Pages in category "Norton motorcycles" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. ... Norton Manx; Norton Model 50; N. Norton Navigator; Norton ...