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The Norton Motorcycle Company (formerly Norton Motorcycles.) is a brand of motorcycles headquartered in Solihull, West Midlands, (originally based in Birmingham ), England. For some years around 1990, the rights to use the name on motorcycles were owned by North American financiers. The business was founded in 1898 as a "fittings and parts for ...
Bradley Ray (born 16 May 1997 in Ashford, Kent, England) is a British motorcycle racer. He won the 2022 British Superbike Championship and since 2023 has ridden for Motoxracing Yamaha WSBK. Career [ edit ]
Ray-Ban is a brand of luxury sunglasses and eyeglasses created in 1936 by Bausch & Lomb. The brand is best known for its Wayfarer and Aviator lines of sunglasses. In 1999, Bausch & Lomb sold the brand to Italian eyewear conglomerate Luxottica Group for a reported $640 million.
Vincent Motorcycles was a British manufacturer of motorcycles from 1928 to 1955. The business was established by Philip Vincent who bought an existing manufacturing name HRD , initially renaming it as Vincent HRD , producing his own motorcycles as HRD did previously with engines purchased as complete assemblies from other companies.
Purchased in the UK for US$51,000 (£37,000) and flown to the US workshop. Engine rebuilt by Jenkinson Concours & Customs. Parts purchased from Dick Shappy Classic Cars in Rhode Island. As the engine was not ready for the rally, Mike ended up buying a 1918 Cadillac Type 57 for US$45,000 for spare parts. Restored car was unable to be race ready ...
BSA Company Limited is a motorcycle manufacturer which purchased rights to the BSA name from Birmingham Small Arms Company 's successor, Dennis Poore 's Manganese Bronze Holdings, upon the liquidation of Norton Villiers Triumph in 1978. In October 2016, India's Mahindra Group purchased BSA for £3.4 million in an effort to reintroduce ...
19 L; 4.2 imp gal (5.0 US gal) The Dunstall Norton was a Norton motorcycle made by Paul Dunstall, a specialist tuner of the 1960s and early 1970s twins originally using some parts from Norton's Domiracer project when the Birmingham factory was closed in 1963. [2] In 1966 Dunstall Motorcycles became a motorcycle manufacturer in its own right so ...
Sidecar. An NSU Motorenwerke 601 motorcycle from the 1930s fitted with a Steib Metallbau sidecar. A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, scooter, or bicycle, [1] making the whole a three-wheeled vehicle. The combination of a motorcycle with a sidecar is sometimes called a rig, outfit, or hack.