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Belt-drive Model 3½ 490cc sv 1911–1918 Side-valve, became the Model 16 in 1919 Model 16: 490cc sv 1919–1920 Chain drive Norton 16H: 490cc sv 1921–1954 Model 18 490cc ohv 1922–1954 Roadster Model 19 588cc ohv 1926–1939 Increased to 596cc in 1933 CS1: 490cc ohc 1928–1939
In 1921 Norton launched the 'Colonial' which was a Model 16 with higher ground clearance for use on poor quality roads, and designated the UK model as the 16H (for 'Home'). Despite its initial racing successes, the 16H was considered the "poor mans Norton" and never gained the superlative descriptions popular for the Norton racing machines. [3]
Mr Norton had stated that he expected three post-war models, the 3.5 hp 490 cc TT with belt drive (for the 'speed merchant'), and two utility mounts, one with detuned TT engine, and the other being the Big Four for very heavy solo or sidecar work, both of these with three-speed Sturmey-Archer countershaft gearbox and all chain drive.
Norton needed more power for the American market. [4] Bert Hopwood had designed the 500 cc vertical twin that powered the 88. [2] Hopwood had left Norton and moved to BSA where he redesigned Val Page's earlier twin to produce the 650 cc Golden Flash. [5] Hopwood was back at Norton in 1955 and enlarged his twin engine to 600 cc to produce more ...
The Norton ES2 is a Norton motorcycle produced from 1927 until 1964. From 1965, a different machine was produced for a short time by parent manufacturer AMC , based on a Matchless but badged as Norton ES2 Mk2 .
The Norton P11 is a 745 cc (45.5 cu in) air-cooled OHV parallel twin motorcycle that was made by Norton-Villiers from 1967 to 1969. Designed as an extremely light high power-to-weight ratio desert racer, P11 was revised in 1968 to the P11A and marketed as the Norton Ranger, a road legal version of the P11 with a more comfortable seat to make it suitable for normal road use.
The Jubilee is a Norton motorcycle made from 1958 to 1966. [1] Named to commemorate Norton's Diamond Jubilee, the 249 cc Jubilee was a break with Norton tradition designed in response to UK legislation [2] introduced in 1960 limiting learner riders to motorcycles of under 250 cc. [3] It had the smallest engine ever made by Norton, [1] and was the first Norton with a unit construction engine ...
The Norton Commando is a British Norton-Villiers motorcycle with an OHV pre-unit parallel-twin engine, produced by the Norton Motorcycle company from 1967 until 1977. Initially having a nominal 750 cc displacement , actually 745 cc (45.5 cu in), in 1973 it became an 850 cc , actually 828 cc (50.5 cu in).