Īlthough motorcycle sales went through a recession in the 1950s, and Norton Motors Ltd was only a small manufacturer, Norton sales flourished. When major shareholders started to leave Norton in 1953 the company declined and Associated Motor Cycles bought the shares. During the Second World War Norton produced almost 100,000 of the military Model 16 H and Big 4 sidevalve motorcycles.
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This began a long series of production of single and eventually twin-cylinder motorcycles, and a long history of racing involvement.
In 1908 a Norton-built engine was added to the range. By 1902 the company had begun manufacturing motorcycles with bought-in engines.
The business was founded in 1898 as a manufacturer of "fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade". Due to financial failure with large debts, in April 2020 administrators BDO agreed to sell certain aspects of Garner's business to Project 303 Bidco Limited, a new business established for the purpose with links to Indian motorcycle producer TVS Motor Company. For some years around 1990, the rights to use the name on motorcycles was owned by North American financiers.įrom 2008 to 2020, a line of motorcycles was produced under owner and chief executive Stuart Garner. The Norton Motorcycle Company (formerly Norton Motors, Ltd.) is a brand of motorcycles, originally based in Birmingham, England. Ron Haslam on a rotary-engined Norton NRS racer
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