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Norton is a British motorcycle brand from Birmingham and founded in 1898. By 1913 they had begun manufacturing motorcycles. This began a long series of production and racing wins. A motorcycle (or motorbike) is a two-wheeled vehicle powered by an engine. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ...

They were one of the great names of the British motorcycle industry, producing machines which for decades dominated racing. The original company was formed by James Norton in Wolverhampton in 1898. The Isle of Man Senior TT, the most prestigious of events, was won by Nortons ten times between the wars and then every year from 1947 to 1954. Wolverhampton is an industrial, commercial and university city and metropolitan borough in the English West Midlands, traditionally part of the county of Staffordshire. ... 1898 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Post war the Norton brand was renowned for the quality of the design and handling of their motorcycle frames, particularly the Norton Featherbed frame. So much so that Cafe racers would use this frame with an engine from another manufacturer to make a hybrid machine with the best of both worlds. The most famous of these were Tritons - Triumph twin engines in a Norton frame.

By the late 1960s competition from Japan had driven the whole British motorcycle industry into a precipitous decline. The company declined in the 1960s and went into liquidation in 1974, but the name was relaunched on an ambitious scale in Lichfield in 1988. The new models have succeeded on the race track - winning the Senior TT in 1992 - but they have moved rather more slowly in the commercial market. 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Lichfield is a small city in Staffordshire, 110 miles northwest of London and 14 miles north of Birmingham. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1973 Norton was reformed by the British government as Norton-Villiers-Triumph (NVT), taking the Triumph brand from BSA. The Birmingham Small Arms Company (BSA) was a British manufacturer of military equipment and vehicles. ...

In the 1980s, the company went through several incarnations. It had some success making motorcycles for police forces and civilian versions, including the Wankel engined Norton Commander (Motorcycle). By the 1990s more troubles had arrived. For a brief period the name had a life as a restorer of old Nortons. Most recently a completely redesigned Commando has begun production in Oregon. Wankel Engine in Deutsches Museum The Wankel engine is a type of internal combustion engine, invented by Felix Wankel, which uses a rotor instead of reciprocating pistons. ... The Norton Commander was a motorcycle made by Norton Motorcycles beginning in 1987 for police forces and 1988 for civilian use. ...

Models

Post War

Norton Commando

Revival period

Norton Commander

See also