The Difficult History of Norton Motorcycles
Norton Motorcycles is a saga of brilliance marred by chaos, a story best summed up in rubber bushings, Featherbed frames, and 10 rounds of bankruptcy. FortNine does a fabulous job of giving the story in the video below, but I’ll summarize it as well. It begins in 1898 with James Norton’s Birmingham shed, a curly “N,” and racing glory. By the 1930s, Norton owned the Isle of Man TT, thanks to…











