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The Dunstall Norton was a Norton motorcycle made by Paul Dunstall, a specialist tuner of the 1960s and early 1970s twins originally using some parts from Norton's Domiracer project when the Birmingham factory was closed in 1963. [2]
Hele's prototype "Domiracer" came third in the 1961 Isle of Man TT averaging over 100 mph but the project was abandoned when parent-company Associated Motor Cycles ended racing-development at Norton to cut costs. The factory race shop's larger capacity 650 Domiracer also showed promise, so Hele was encouraged and developed the 650 cc road bike ...
Norton abandoned the Domiracer project a year later when the Bracebridge Street race shop closed and the Domiracer and factory spares were sold to Paul Dunstall, who continued with development and began producing Norton performance parts, eventually selling complete Dunstall Norton bikes to customers including Steve McQueen.
The project was named Domiracer, and one was successfully raced to third-place by Tom Phillis in the 1961 Senior TT race. [31] [32] In 1962 the factory developed a Lowboy with a 350 cc Manx Norton single-cylinder engine and a 650 cc version using the Dominator 650SS engine but with a full-height Manx frame, both as tried by Derek Minter. [33]
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 ]
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Norton Police Department Chief John Dalessandro said Tuesday he is retiring from the job he's held for nine years. In a phone interview, Dalessandro said his last day will be Nov. 17.
The Norton Model 88 Dominator, also originally known as the Dominator De Luxe [4] was a 500 cc vertical twin motorcycle manufactured by the British Norton Motorcycle Company from 1952 to 1966. It was the first of Norton's motorcycles to use the featherbed frame , which established Norton's reputation of producing fine handling machines. [ 5 ]