The Manx Norton

This revised edition is updated with additional material including an extra chapter on the highly gifted Polish engineer Leo Kuzmicki. The Manx Norton is the most famous of all British racing motorcycles, with an ancestry dating back to the very dawn of the internal combustion engine, the ‘cammy’ Norton is inseparable from the era of British domination in motorcycle racing. It is linked with the legendary heroes of the sport, Jimmie Guthrie, Harold Daniell, Geoff Duke, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood and the age when had the world’s finest motorcycle industry. This definitive history traces the design, development, the leading riders and tuners, and contains a superb collection of photographs, many previously unpublished. The Manx Norton covers not only the Manx itself but also features boardroom battles; Norton’s early history; record breaking; sidecars; Formula 3 cars; scrambling (moto-cross); the Domiracer; racing at Daytona and today’s classic scene.