1950s motorcycles

  • The Viscount: A rare production-built Norvin with Bonneville pedigree

    The Viscount: A rare production-built Norvin with Bonneville pedigree

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    Marrying a Vincent V-twin engine and a Norton Featherbed frame was a well-known partnership by the end of the 1950s, but these ‘Norvins’ were generally the province of the amateur builder. Then motorcycle engineer Tom Somerton of Somerton Engineering decided that something a little less homebuilt would appeal to racers. One of the most successful…


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