Norton twins

If one were to pick the three major British motorcycle manufacturers the following names would come to mind – Norton, BSA and Triumph. That reasoning would be justification enough for this book – what makes it better is that in postwar period Norton have produced some very fine motorcycles. Forget for the moment their greatest and most memorable single-cylinder motorcycle, the Manx, and concentrate instead on the bulk of their postwar range, and Twins.

Here is a detailed development history of those lovely classic Twins – model 7, 88, 77, 99, 650, Atlas, Commando, plus the Lightweights, the Wulf, the Wankel, the Cosworth and the dressed-up AMC Nortons – there’s model by model and year by year detailing, specifications, colours, prices and competition.