Mr Purnell’s magical Triton cafe racer
Most builds we feature start out as a ‘donor bike.’ This Triton cafe racer started out as an idea—turned into reality by…
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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.
From rust to gold: The Gasbox Norton Dominator
We love a good barn find story, but stories of wrecks transformed into custom gold are even better. This particular tale comes…
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Custom Bikes of the Week: 8 November, 2015
Suzukis from Russia and Italy, Norton Commandos from England and the USA, and a French BMW: there’s a distinct multinational air to…
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Sunburst: NYC Norton’s dazzling 1972 Norton Commando
If you live on the east coast of the USA and you need work doing on your Norton Commando, there’s only one…
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Ed’s Burton: a most unorthodox Norton cafe racer
We’ve showcased a fair number of Tritons before—and even a Norley—but this is the first time we’ve laid eyes on a ‘Burton.’…
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Fuller Moto’s Minty Fresh Norton Commando 750
The Handbuilt Motorcycle show rocked Austin, Texas earlier this month. As the name implies, the show was filled to the brim with…
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Original Cafe Racer: Adam Grice’s killer Triton
The term ‘café racer’ has become so abused, it’s lost virtually all meaning. (Okay, we’re occasionally guilty too.) So let’s go back…
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Norton 850 Commando by Federal Moto
There’s a new name to look out for on the custom scene: Federal Moto. It’s a startup workshop from Canada, and this…
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Top 5 Triton motorcycles
The idea was simple: take the best engine and the best frame of the time, and combine them. In the 60s, that…
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Ooh La La: A French Norton 850 Commando Hi-Rider
Every manufacturer has a skeleton in its closet, and in Norton’s case, it’s the Hi-Rider. Arguably the first factory-produced custom, it looked…
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‘New Triton’ by Britalmoto
Think of a Triton, and you probably imagine a sleek, silver-and-black special from the 1960s. A product of its time, infused with…
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Triton by Made In Metal
We get quite a few Tritons sent in to Bike EXIF—maybe one every couple of weeks. I’m a big fan of the…
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