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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 ...
In about 1971, Rickman began producing complete motorcycles in 3 displacements, 100 cc 125 cc and 250 cc. The 100s had Japanese Hodaka engines, the 125s had German Zundapp engines, while the 250s featured Spanish Montesa powerplants. [ 1] Many of these little Motocross bikes were produced from 1971 to 1975, most being shipped to America.
Triumph used their own engine for the first time, 250 were made, 3 hp. Model. 474. 1908-1909. production up to 3000 in 1909. Model Roadster. 500. 1910-1913. single speed, optional rear hub clutch as the 'free engine' model.
This is a list of companies that formerly produced and sold motorcycles available to the public, including both street and race/off-road motorcycles. It also includes some former motorcycle producers of noted historical significance but which would today be classified as badge engineered or customisers. It includes both companies that are ...
Triumph Motorcycles Ltd. Triumph Motorcycles Ltd is the largest UK-owned motorcycle manufacturer, established in 1983 by John Bloor after the original company Triumph Engineering went into receivership. [ 2] The new company, initially called Bonneville Coventry Ltd, continued Triumph's lineage of motorcycle production since 1902.
List of motorcycles of the 1910s is a listing of motorcycles of the 1910s, including those on sale, introduced, or otherwise relevant in this period. The 1910s has their share of expensive historic motorcycles sold at auction, especially the brands Cyclone and Flying Merkel. [2] A 1915 Cyclone Board Track Racer went for US$852,500 at an auction ...
56 inches (1,400 mm) Weight. 140 kg (310 lb) [ 4][ 6][ 7] ( dry) The Norton Manx or Manx Norton is a British racing motorcycle that was made from 1947 to 1962 by Norton Motors Ltd. Norton had contested every Isle of Man TT race from the inaugural 1907 event through into the 1970s, a feat unrivalled by any other manufacturer, and the development ...
Products. motorcycles. Ariel Motorcycles was a British maker of bicycles and then motorcycles in Bournbrook, Birmingham. It was an innovator in British motorcycling, part of the Ariel marque. The company was sold to BSA in 1951 but the brand survived until 1967. Influential Ariel designers included Val Page and Edward Turner.