Vintage Meets Modern: Rusty Motor’s Commando Café Racer… In 2014, Norton unveiled the Commando 916 Domiracer, a limited-edition special born from their new Donington factory and named for the Dominator-based race bikes of the 1960s: […]
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NYC Trackmaster: Norton Street Tracker
A Commando-powered street tracker from NYC Norton… Kenny Cummings began restoring a 1974 Norton Commando in the mid-1990s, registering the domain nycnorton.com to document the project. He was visiting his father when he mentioned that […]
The One and Only: 1000cc Norvin by Millet Racing
Norton frame x Vincent engine = Norvin… In 1950, Norton introduced the now-legendary Featherbed frame, which quickly earned a reputation as the best handling chassis money could buy. Before long, intrepid builders had began to […]
Period Powerful: Commando 850 John Player Norton Tribute
Union Motorcycle Classics builds a tribute to Peter Williams and his John Player Nortons… In December 2020, the motorcycle world lost one of the greatest GP racer/designer/engineers of all time, Peter Williams. The son of […]
History at 100 MPH: 1951 Norton Manx
The Norton Manx (or Manx Norton) is one of the most successful British racing motorcycle in history. Developed to win the Isle of Man TT, the “Manx Gran Prix” model was originally a special racing […]
NorHD: Norton-Harley Café Racer
Twenty-year-old Makai Wink and family build a Harley-Norton Featherbed barn special! The legendary Norton Featherbed frame has its origins in Northern Ireland during WWII, where brothers Cromie and Rex McCandless developed a rear subframe for […]
1936 Norton V-Twin Special by Jake Vintage
Jake Robbins Vintage Engineering builds a 1320cc Norton V-twin! The Norton 16H was the model designation for the British manufacturer’s single-cylinder side-valve machines manufactured from 1911 through the mid-1950s. These 490cc engines all had the […]
Biarritz Ready: Norton Commando 750 “Streetcross”
Built by an elite Vigili del Fuoco diver, complete with submarine materials! The Norton Commando appeared in 1967, boasting a revolutionary new frame and “Isolastic” system, in which the air-cooled, 58-hp OHV parallel twin engine, […]
214-hp Hand-Built Superbike: Norton V4SS
“Hand-built at Donnington Hall — England” By Mark Turner of Blacktop Media. Norton Motors Ltd (now called Norton Motorcycle Co) was founded in 1898 in Birmingham, UK. Originally a manufacturer of fittings and parts for […]
Modern Triton Cafe Racer by Britalmoto
Recently, Ivo Tschumi of Switzerland’s Britalmoto blew us away with his “Robe Tracker,” a Triumph Thruxton Tracker he built while recovering from a high-side at the track. Now Ivo is back with a modern Triton […]
