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What’s hiding in your workshop? Eleven Norton Commando’s from 1975 and a Matchless G80 from 1989 found boxed up in Belgium.
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Imagine finding eleven brand new, boxed up Norton Commando 850’s from 1975 (and a brand new Matchless G80 from 1989) in a dusty corner of a workshop. Well that’s what’s happened in Aalst in Belgium, after the owner of MotoshopPodevyn passed away. The owner of the workshop was a passionate motorcycle collector, with over 100…
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Norton Motorcycles lands £20 MILLION Japanese export deal. 200 UK jobs. 1,000 bikes. 5 years.
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Norton Motorcycles has signed a new £20m export deal to Japan, which will support 200 jobs in the UK and see around 1,000 new motorbikes sold to Japanese customers over the next five years. The deal was announced yesterday, as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Prime Minister Theresa May in London – and it’s…
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Isle of Man 2019: Plans in place for LIVE TV coverage of the races!
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2019’s Isle of Man TT Races could be the first to be watched live around the globe as a new broadcast deal looks set to revolutionise the way fans interact with the 112 year-old event. Two Hollywood-based companies have formed a new Isle of Man company Global Motorsports Ventures to develop content for TV, film,…
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RECORD BREAKERS: Bonhams takes close to THREE AND A HALF MILLION POUNDS at Autumn Stafford Sale. 1925 Brough Superior sand-racer ‘project’ sells for £264,500.
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Bonhams annual two-day Autumn Stafford Sale closed yesterday at the Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Show at Stafford Showground, taking a total of £3,479,800 over the weekend. The stars of the auction included a pack of Brough Superiors, which claimed the top four places among the ten biggest sales of the two-day Autumn Stafford Sale. The top…
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Norton Motorcycles joins forces with Bikesure
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Norton Motorcycles has just announced an all-new sponsorship deal with specialist motorbike insurer Bikesure – meaning that Bikesure will become the approved insurer for Norton Motorcycles. Robert Balls, Bikesure Sales Manager, said: “We’re thrilled to have been selected by Norton to be their officially approved insurance partner. To be trusted with their customers, their bikes…
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TT 2018: Great British Motorcycles stamp collection celebrates the Isle of Man TT
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The Isle of Man Post Office has commissioned a set of 12 ground-breaking stamps, featuring TT greats of yesteryear – man and machine alike. The new Great British Motorcycles set celebrates innovation, incorporating both artwork and classic archive images for the Isle of Man Post Office collection. Harold Daniell, who raced the Manx Norton Single…
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VIDEO: TT 2018 – John McGuinness joins Josh Brookes at Norton
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Three weeks ago we told you that John McGuinness had said that he was: “Very, very interested in a Norton deal for the TT,” and today we can confirm he has signed to ride for the Norton factory team in the Superbike and Senior TT Races at the 2018 Isle of Man TT. McGuinness joins 2015…
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John McGuinness: “I’m very, very interested in a Norton deal for the TT”
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JOHN MCGUINNESS, 23-times TT winner was explaining about his return to action after an horrific crash at last year’s North West 200 event which left him with back and leg injuries when he told guests at the annual Joey Dunlop Foundation dinner that he is ‘Very, very interested’ in riding for Norton at the TT. The…
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Norton Featherbed 750 Road Racer goes under the hammer
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Get your hands on a unique piece of British/American motorcycle history at Bonhams Las Vegas Auction on the 25th of January. This Norton Featherbed 750 Road Racer was built by California Norton dealer Sonny Angel for racing duties in the USA. The racer special fitted a 1962 650 Norton parallel twin powerplant (rebored to 750cc,…
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Norton Motorcycles join forces with Chinese manufacturer Zhongshen
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Norton and Zhongshen have entered into a 20 year Design and Licence agreement based around Norton’s all new 650cc twin-engine. The 650cc twin-engine has been jointly engineered and developed by Norton and Sussex-based Ricardo engineering and has been specifically designed to the requirements of Zhongshen. It will be Euro 4 compliant, which enables Zhongshen to…
