Norton Motorcycles wants to bring one of the great motorcycle designs of the past into the present. The British motorcycle maker has just unveiled its latest prototype, the V4 Café Racer. The new ...

The Norton 750cc Atlas, unveiled in 1962, marked the evolution of the capacity/horsepower race initiated in the 1950s among British twin-cylinder motorcycles. Stemming from the Featherbed Models ...

Cafe racer culture dates back to the mid-20th century, as groups of young adults modified standard motorbikes of the era for ...

Founded in 1898, Norton started making motorcycles in 1902. By 1908, the British manufacturer had also developed an in-house engine. Trouble, however, hit hard in the 1950s because major shareholders ...

Harry has been writing and talking about motorcycles for 15 years, although he's been riding them for 45 years! After a long career in music, he turned his hand to writing and television work, ...

In 1950, Norton introduced the revolutionary new “Featherbed Frame” on the Manx, and by 1953, they’d dropped their 500 twin-cylinder engine from the Model 7 into it, creating the new Norton Dominator ...

Race Retro has chosen Norton as its feature motorcycle marque, as there are 60 years since Norton’s Featherbed frame made its debut. Back in April 1950, almost exactly sixty years ago, Geoff Duke ...

If you like your motorcycles with low handlebars in serious need of rehabilitation, you'll wish you had been the one to buy the 1960 Norton that sold for £4,485 ($7,536) at a British auction on ...

Built in Birmingham, England, from 1950 to 1962, Norton’s “Feather-bed” Manx GP racers helped launch the careers of John Surtees, Mike Hailwood and others, and today are considered the quintessential ...

When Stuart Garner bought the rights to Norton Motorcycles in 2009, the famed British brand had been bouncing around between owners since the 1950s. Since then, the brand has slowly but surely grown ...

It’s 60 years since Norton’s Featherbed frame made its debut, and Race Retro has chosen this illustrious manufacturer as its feature motorcycle marque when the show returns to Stoneleigh Park from the ...