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2. Norton Manx - Wikipedia

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   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 and honing of the Manx racing ...

3. Ray-Ban Wayfarer - Wikipedia

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   Ray-Ban Wayfarer sunglasses and eyeglasses have been manufactured by Ray-Ban since 1952. Made popular in the 1950s and 1960s by music and film icons such as Buddy Holly , Roy Orbison and James Dean , Wayfarers almost became discontinued in the 1970s, before a major resurgence was created in the 1980s through massive product placements .

4. Métisse Motorcycles - Wikipedia

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   Métisse Motorcycles is a British low-volume manufacturer of specialist motorcycles and motorcycle frames based in Carswell near Faringdon, Oxfordshire . Since 1982, Métisse has produced motorcycle frame kits for British bike engines. Former owner Pat French bought the tooling originally used by the Rickman brothers (who produced the first Mk1 ...

5. Featherbed frame - Wikipedia

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   Featherbed frame. 1950s-era Manx Norton styled replica built for the 1990s named Manxman, using a replica Featherbed frame constructed to special order by BSA [1] The featherbed frame was a motorcycle frame invented by the McCandless brothers and offered to the British Norton motorcycle company to improve the performance of their racing ...

6. Norton Motorcycle Company - Wikipedia

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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 ...

7. Rickman Motorcycles - Wikipedia

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   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.