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NORTON
MOTORCYCLES
SPECIALIST IN SINGLE CYLINDER OHC, OHV & SV MACHINES
FROM 1902-62
FLAT
TANK NORTON BOOK (See LITERATURE & MEMOROBILIA page for more details.)
Please
Scroll down the page,
UPDATED: 14th May 2012
DR. GEORGE COHEN, MBBS
MSc MRCPsych BA Eng
SOMERSET U. K.
TEL: +44 (0) 1460 52646
or 07887
996864
FAX: NOT AVAILABLE!
geo@norton.uk.com
VMCC Norton Specialist Bonhams Motoring
Consultant
Doctor of Reason Soldier of Fortune
Machines for Display, Film & TV and Parties!
George Cohen on 1927 TT Norton at Ginger Hall, Isle of Man
1991
(click on image for a
cracking photo; 75KBs)
P.S. Special, displayed at Goodwood
FoS 2011
The Chassis, click on images
for bigger picture
more info on this
machine and others on the Tales from a Somerset Shed
page.
Click on image for larger picture and go to the Tales from a Somerset Shed to find out what this big beauty is.................
two pictures of
INTERNATIONAL special, click on thumbnails….
PLEASE SCROLL DOWN THE PAGES…… there is a lot
of information on this web site
This web site is dedicated to all motorcyclists who are
interested in NORTON SINGLE CYLINDER motorcycles. I have been riding, racing,
repairing and playing with these unapproachable machines for the
past thirty years, while practising as a trick-cyclist, and I am now available
to provide a service to genuine enthusiasts who share my passion. I am not a
commercial enterprise. I work on my own and this obsession with old Norton
motorcycles is my life long hobby.
Please note that I do not work with twin cylinder
machines, such as the Dommie and Commando; for Twins
visit www.nortonownersclub.org a very good web site with a lot of
information on all types of Nortons.
My main interest is with racing machines…….
Flat Tank Racers of the Twenties,
Internationals from the Thirties,
Manx from
the fifties and early sixties,
Edwardian
mounts,
Be-spoke Specials and ‘Bobbers’
"Our
services are, however, at all times available to give any information that may
be required which will facilitate obtaining the maximum efficiency, and we
invite Norton riders to enlist our aid whenever in doubt; our services will be
freely and willingly placed at their disposal".
This is an extract from the Norton maintenance manual of
1924 and it sums up both the philosophy of those pioneers at Bracebridge Street, now sadly gone, and myself,
still joyfully going!!
On each of these web site pages
there is an extensive amount of information about SINGLE CYLINDER
machines...............
TALES
FROM A SOMERSET SHED updated 10.05.2012- (all the LATEST NEWS, a sort of ‘Blog’)
LITERATURE & MEMOROBILIA updated 23.1.12 (BOOK
information manuals, spares lists etc)
MACHINES FOR SALE updated 20.4.2012 (machines for sale) Two FLAT TANK MODEL 18s FOR SALE
SPARES FOR SALE updated 10.5.2012 International Model 30 engine and
other stuff
ENGINEERING & TUNING SERVICE updated
7.04.2010 (featuring an
archive of important Norton machines)
EXPERT ADVICE & HINTS AND TIPS updated 14.05.2012 (MOST of the ANSWERS to your QUESTIONS are here!)
PISTONOCK-HENDERSON AND THE
REVERAND PAT McNUTTY updated 6.3.09 (extraordinary adventures and New Swing Valve motor
unearthed)
THE FLOPHOUSE SPEEDWAY AND
SLOTCAR RACING updated 6.3.09 (another hobby/addiction!)
LINKS updated 10.11.2011 (many very useful sites for the Norton
enthusiast, so go through them ALL, BEFORE you pester me with questions like: “where can I get a new
Rip Grottle?” or “ How do I
recondition old thrunging sprockets? or “do you do T-shirts?”)
the ‘flying dunhill
devil’
A bespoke machine made for dunhill,
London.
A 1920 BSA 1,000 cc V-Twin engine, a Norton rolling
chassis.
Click on image for 1 megabyte picture
this site is always under construction, just
like an old Norton, which needs regular fettl'ing!
E-Mail
Me Now! 
PLEASE BE PATIENT
FOR E-MAIL REPLIES......
THEY ARE COMING IN AS FAST AS A MANX!!
PLEASE NOTE…WHEN SENDING
PICTURES DO NOT MAKE THEM ANY BIGGER THAN 1,000 kB
and if you do not get
a reply to an e-mail enquiry it will be because:
·
Occasionally I get a
"failed mail" message after I have sent you a reply but for some
reason you are unable to receive.
·
You have written about twin
cylinder machines………no interest and no knowledge. Your letter does not make
sense.
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I have not had the time to
reply.
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I am not replying to mail which
does not make sense; it is immediately trashed.
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Internet website is owned or controlled by George Cohen, his team and the URL
of www.norton.uk.com , and is protected
by worldwide copyright laws. Content may be downloaded only for personal use
for non-commercial purposes. Content of
this site may be used in blogs and copied only if credit is given to www.norton.uk.com and a link is made back
to this site. The owners of this site will use reasonable efforts to include up-to-date
and accurate information but make no representations, warranties, or assurances
as to the accuracy, authenticity or completeness of the information provided.
The owners of this site shall not be liable for any damages or injury resulting
from your access to, or inability to access, this Internet site, or from your
reliance on any information provided at this Internet site. Those who ‘nick’
images from this website and use them on T-shirts, posters, pictures etc and
then sell them on eBay or other outlets....BEWARE. This has already been done a
few times and so far I have not had to take legal action, because I have
demanded (and got) a free sample!!!
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Disclaimer: please note that
any parts or advice given by me is accepted on the condition that you are
unable to make any sort of claim against me. So if any of you have a tendency
towards litigation, just remember that as a practising psychiatrist my
speciality was medico-legal cases!