1988Harley DavidsonHeritage1340ccIn 1988, the American company Harley Davidsonreleased its new model: The Heritage Softlail Classic. This 1340cc is equippedwith side saddlebags and a sissy bar (small backrest for the passenger). Thismodel is equipped with the S..
Only 500 unitsBrand new, 5 km on the odometerMore than 200 hp for 155 kg French registration titleChassis n° ZDMH807FAEB020830 The motorbike we present is in the hypersports category, it pushes all the limits by combining both lightness and exceptional performance. Its Twin Superqu..
Less than 13,000 km, second handThe Harley mythEasy and fun bike French registration titleFrame n° 5HD1CZ3C4CC401941 After the huge success of the affordable and easy-to-handle Sportster and a first real redesign in 2004 (not to mention the introduction of fuel injection the follow..
Norton Motors was Birmingham's most prominent motorcycle maker, always in the news and always providing winning exploits for the city. Post-WW2, their success rate increased, with 'the unbeatable Norton' taking trophy after trophy in racing, becoming in the process Britain's most famous motorcycle firm. The company launched its first 650cc twin, th..
Just as Norton first overhead-valve production motorcycle - the Model 18 - had used the same 79mm x 100mm bore-stroke dimensions of the existing sidevalve-engined 16H, so the larger-capacity but otherwise similar overhead-valve Model 19 used those of the 588cc Big 4 sidevalve, at 79 x 120. Intended to appeal to the sidecar man with a yen for high p..
Norton jumped aboard the vertical-twin bandwagon in 1948 when it introduced the Model 7. Designed by the legendary Bert Hopwood, the new 500cc engine went into the existing ES2 plunger-frame/tele-fork cycle parts, a marriage that necessitated a redesign of Norton's well-proven four-speed gearbox. Norton's 500cc twin found a new home in the racing ..
Introduced at the 1927 Motor Cycle Show, the ES2 sports roadster used the Model 18's overhead-valve engine in the cradle frame of the overhead-camshaft CS1, and from then onwards the 'ES2' designation was always applied to Norton's top-of-the-range, overhead-valve single. The ES2 was built in several versions during a production run lasting until 1..
*Displayed in a private museum *Long term ownership One of the most charismatic model names in motorcycling history, 'International' was first used by Norton for its top-of-the-range sports roadster in 1932. The Inter's overhead-camshaft engine had been developed in the works racers for the preceding two years, and although it retained the ..
Norton's first vertical twin, the Model 7 Dominator, was introduced in the late 1940s. Conceived by Bert Hopwood it incorporated several lessons learned from his involvement with other twin cylinder designs; i.e. with BSA at Small Heath, and Triumph at Meriden. Hopwood's Norton twin reputedly ran cooler than its 500cc rivals and, while unable to ma..