Speed Read, May 8, 2022
Norton has just acquired a jaw-dropping collection of 55 rare classics from a single source. We also profile a custom Ducati Scrambler…
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Norton has been causing riders to drool for well over a century now. Launching in 1902 and winning the inaugural Isle of Mann TT race in 1907, the Norton serves as the other half of the iconic ‘Triton‘ (a Norton featherbed frame combined with a Triumph Bonneville engine).
The company’s Dominator and Commando models, in particular, are the stuff of design and pop culture legend. The Commando even made an appearance in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. After a brief restart for the brand in the early 2000s, new ownership has reintroduced these legendary roadsters with a new line built in Leicestershire.
Simply The Best: NYC Norton’s Commando S-type racer
If there’s anything we love more than a classic racebike, it’s one with a good story behind it. And this gleaming Commando…
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Speed Read, 9 May 2021
This week’s custom motorcycles come in all shapes and sizes—from a pint-sized flat tracker, to a stylish BMW R18. Plus we take…
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Dunstall Drainpipe: A rare Norton resurfaces in the USA
Modern race bikes are shiny, perfect things: they have the air of being extruded from 3D printers in a hermetically sealed laboratory.…
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Good things take time: A Trackmaster from NYC Norton
There are a few builders we watch like a hawk, because everything they touch turns to gold. One of them is NYC…
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New Life for an Old Soul: A Norton 16H from South Africa
In today’s digitally saturated world, communication is seamless, relentless and overwhelming. But Vic Matthews is part of a generation that didn’t grow…
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Speed Read: 27 September, 2020
Welcome to the second edition of Speed Read—our new weekend roundup that covers not just custom bikes, but also motorcycle news, gear,…
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Double H: Herb Becker’s supercharged Norton drag bike
History has a strange habit of repeating itself. Exactly ten years ago, give or take a few days, we featured a twin-engined…
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Bucephalus: A Norton Commando 850 from FCR Original
The Commando is one of the all-time greats of the motorcycle industry. In Britain, its status is iconic: even people with no…
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A Norton Commando 750 gets the Retrospeed treatment
Like most folks with even a passing interest in motorcycling, we’re suckers for a good Norton. And they don’t come much better…
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Smoking: A homage to the classic John Player Norton
At some point in their career, every good custom motorcycle builder sees a client point at a bike in their portfolio and…
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Custom Bikes Of The Week: 28 April, 2019
Each week, we scour the internet to bring you the juiciest five motorcycles that we haven’t already featured. Today we’ve got a…
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