Norton Navigator

The Norton Navigator was a Norton motorcycle made from 1960 to 1965, developed from the 249 cc Jubilee and launched at the 1960 Earls Court Motorcycle Show. Its unit-construction engine was bored and stroked to 349 cc, the cylinders became a single casting to hold oil better, and it gained a Roadholder front fork and an eight-inch drum brake, a stiffened frame and 22 bhp, enough for over 80 mph. Harold Daniell took a standard Navigator to 101 mph on the straight at Silverstone with only minor carburettor changes. The 1960 model kept the Jubilee's enclosed rear end, and options in 1961 included a fairing, leg shields and panniers. When production moved to Plumstead in 1963 the De Luxe ended, and the Standard carried on until 1965 and the collapse of parent group AMC. A bored-out 383 cc version with electric start, the Electra, was built from 1963 to 1965.