http://manxclassics.com The bike has a featherbed frame, roadholder forks, and a 500 cc single DOHC engine. Starting requires effort. It was bred for the track so …
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1953 Norton Manx 30M Vintage Motorcycle Test Drive
http://manxclassics.com The bike has a featherbed frame, roadholder forks, and a 500 cc single DOHC engine. Starting requires effort. It was bred for the track so …
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wow.. i love this bike,i hope i can buy this bike,
Lord have mercy! I love the sound of the Manx, whether at burbling idle or wide open. Wish someone would bring them back but with modern technology (bigger displacement)..
what a sweet machine they were and they won a lot of races in their time.
beautiful….
These engines will start perfectly well using FIRST gear. The use of fourth gear seems much to much hard work to me. also it was normal practice for us to warm the engine up on a "soft", or, "hot" grade of plug to avoid "oiling up" if there was some cylinder bore wear (common).
The use of a "soft" plug for racing speeds, resulted in it burning away!
In the right hands, a "manx", 7R, or G50, should still be a very serious piece of kit…
We never let them "tick over", as you did.
Best of
Just the weapon for Creg Ne Begh…
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good !
This is the REAL thing. Lovely … 🙂
beautiful………
The most beutifull bike in the world!
Gorgeous! Mechanically they were as crude as a gate hinge but they new how to make a lovely looking machine.
I had an atlas once built the motor from a basket full of parts. stopped vibrating at about 80. I drove it to Daytona once before it blew a gasket.
That noise is lovely.
cool
Mechanical poetry in motion.
Wonderbar!!!!!!!!! Nostalgi.
Janne
As much as I love my E.S. 2, shoehorned into a 250 Ducati narrow case frame, this would be the one bike that I would love to ride. Not needing to own it, just ride it ! Once! WJW
tell that wacker to wear a helmet. the bike has got a drum brake!
Good, old times!
The Norton Manx and the Vincent Black Shadow are my two favorite bikes! I'm lucky to own a Norton Atlas, not a Manx, but a featherbed, nonetheless!
Superb job! Won't be long before that exhaust turns blue / straw / chrome!
I have an extra rear rim too….
That Manx would look a lot better with the right seat, tank and front cowl and rims on it. Order the right front cowl from McIntosh, and sell me yours and I will put it on the correct year Manx it came off of……