Norton is a British motorcycle marque founded in Birmingham in 1898 by James Lansdowne Norton, at first as a maker of fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade. It was building motorcycles with bought-in engines by 1902 and added a Norton-built engine in 1908, which began a long line of single-cylinder and later twin-cylinder machines and a long racing history that started with a Norton winning the twin-cylinder class of the first Isle of Man TT in 1907. During the Second World War it built almost 100,000 military 16H and Big 4 motorcycles. Associated Motor Cycles bought the company in 1953, it was reformed as Norton-Villiers in 1966 and it merged into Norton Villiers Triumph in 1973. Later owners included North American financiers, and from 2008 the brand was revived at Donington Park. The company went into administration in 2020 and its assets were bought by India's TVS Motor Company, which now builds Norton motorcycles in Solihull.
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The Norton Motorcycle Company (formerly Norton Motorcycles.) is a brand of motorcycles headquartered in Solihull, West Midlands, (originally based in Birmingham), England.
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The business was founded in 1898 as a "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade" manufacturer.
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production was subsequently restarted at a new facility in Solihull.
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The Norton Motorcycle Company (formerly Norton Motorcycles.) is a brand of motorcycles headquartered in Solihull, West Midlands, (originally based in Birmingham), England.
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The Norton Motorcycle Company (formerly Norton Motorcycles.) is a brand of motorcycles headquartered in Solihull, West Midlands, (originally based in Birmingham), England.
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The Norton Motorcycle Company (formerly Norton Motorcycles.) is a brand of motorcycles headquartered in Solihull, West Midlands, (originally based in Birmingham), England.
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The Norton 16H is a designation given to British motorcycles made between 1911 through to 1954 with various modifications and refers to a single cylinder Norton 490cc side valve engine with a bore and stroke of 79 x 100 mm.
Norton Big 4 (Wikipedia)
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The Model 1, more commonly known as Big 4, was a Norton motorcycle made between 1907 and 1954 in various forms.
Norton CS1 (Wikipedia)
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The CS1 was a Norton motorcycle between 1927 and 1939.
Norton ES2 (Wikipedia)
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The Norton ES2 is a Norton motorcycle produced from 1927 until 1964.
Norton International (Wikipedia)
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The Norton International or Cammy Norton is a Norton Motors Ltd
Norton Model 50 (Wikipedia)
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touring motorcycle built by Norton between 1933 and 1963.
Norton Manx (Wikipedia)
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The Norton Manx or Manx Norton is a British racing motorcycle
Norton Dominator (Wikipedia)
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The Dominator is a twin cylinder motorcycle developed by Norton to compete against the Triumph Speed Twin.
Norton Atlas (Wikipedia)
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The Norton Atlas was a Norton motorcycle made between 1962 and 1968, until it was replaced by the Norton Commando.
Norton Jubilee (Wikipedia)
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The Jubilee is a Norton motorcycle made from 1958 to 1966.
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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.
Norton Navigator (Wikipedia)
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The Navigator is a Norton motorcycle made from 1960 to 1965, based on the Norton Jubilee 250 cc.
Norton Manxman (Wikipedia)
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manufactured by the British Norton Motorcycle Company at their Bracebridge St, Birmingham factory for export.
Norton 650SS (Wikipedia)
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motorcycle made by Norton Motorcycle Company from 1962 to 1967.
Norton Mercury (Wikipedia)
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The Norton Mercury was a 646 cc (39.4 cu in) air-cooled OHV parallel twin motorcycle made by Norton-Villiers from 1968 to 1970.
Norton Nomad (Wikipedia)
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The Norton Nomad was a dual-sport motorcycle produced for the American market between 1958 and 1960 by the British manufacturer Norton.
Norton Interpol 2 (Wikipedia)
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The Interpol 2 is a Norton motorcycle produced from 1984 to 1989.
Norton Classic (Wikipedia)
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The Norton Classic is a rotary-engined motorcycle built in 1987 by Norton as a special edition of just 100 machines.
Norton Commander (motorcycle) (Wikipedia)
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The Commander was a Norton motorcycle with a Wankel rotary engine.
Norton RCW588 (Wikipedia)
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The Norton RCW588 is a Works Racing motorcycle, produced for the 1988 to 1994 racing seasons
Norton Commando John Player Special (Wikipedia)
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The Norton Commando John Player Special was a 1974 limited-edition version of the Norton Commando
Norton Commando Production Racer (Wikipedia)
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The Norton Commando Production Racer was a hand built production racer produced by Norton-Villiers from 1970 - 1972.
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