Motorcycle News

Founded in 1898 by James Lansdowne Norton, affectionately known as ‘Pa’, Norton started as a manufacturer of fittings and parts for the two-wheel trade.  That simple business however would go on to become one of the largest motorcycle manufacturers in Great Britain producing bikes up until 1977 when the last Norton Commando was produced. After laying dormant for several decades in late 2008, Stuart Garner, a UK businessman, bought the rights to Norton from some US concerns and relaunch …