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The Norton 650 Dominator was a 650 cc vertical twin motorcycle manufactured by the British Norton Motorcycle Company from 1962 to 1967. Initially production was at Norton's Bracebridge St, Birmingham factory, but following the factory's closure in 1963, production was transferred to parent company AMC 's works in Plumstead , London. [ 2 ]
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). [1] [2] SS stood for Sports Special.
Dennis Greenfield and Fred Swift won the 500 cc class in the Thruxton 500 event for road-legal production machines in 1960. [citation needed] Race-styled 1961 Norton Dominator. Norton briefly used race-tuned Dominators from circa 1960, but they were still outclassed by the Manx Norton which was used for general purpose racing. The highly ...
J.L. Norton died in 1925 aged only 56, but he saw his motorcycles win the Senior and sidecar TTs in 1924, [17] specifically with the 500 cc Model 18, Norton's first overhead valve single. [ 18 ] Designed by Walter Moore, the Norton CS1 OHC engine appeared in 1927, based closely on the ES2 pushrod engine and using many of its parts.
The Norton Model 99 Dominator was a 600 cc vertical twin motorcycle manufactured by the British Norton Motorcycle Company at their Bracebridge St, Birmingham factory from 1956 to 1962. The 99 was based on the 500 cc Model 88 Dominator with an enlarged engine. The model was superseded by the 650SS.
Dominator 99: 596cc 1956–1962 Nomad: 497cc & 596cc 1958–1960 US on/off-road model Norton Jubilee: 250cc 1958–1966 Navigator: 350cc 1960–1965 Electra ES400: 400cc 1963–1965 Enlarged Navigator with electric start Atlas: 745cc 1962–1968 Norton Atlas Scrambler was an off-road variation Norton Manxman: 650cc Nov 1960 – Sep 61
Those inside Dominator 3 -- consisting of Brian Allen, Ryan Hall, Sierra Lindsey and Reed Timmer -- spent the night prior to the chase driving to Nebraska and sleeping in the vehicle.
The engine was an enlargement of the 600 cc engine used in the Model 99 Dominator. The Manxman was first shown at the November 1960 Earls Court Motorcycle Show [ 1 ] and listed by the American importer, Berliner , in their catalogue from 1961 [ 2 ] to October 1962 [ 4 ] Berliner had asked for the model to be named Manxman although the twin had ...