Registration: 147 MTD
Frame: 87355
Engine: T1207963
Odometer: 396
MOT: Exempt

• 650cc 4-stroke twin
• 5-speed manual
• Display bike for many years
• Upgraded forks, wheels and brakes
• V5 present
• HPi clear

Road racing on a closed circuit may be the most demanding of a motorcycle chassis, an engine and the leather-clad rider. Perhaps most revered, especially for its chassis, is the ‘Featherbed’ Manx Norton made from the 1950 through 1962. Earliest Manx models were rigid (no rear suspension) with girder forks. Then the plunger rear suspension was developed. But fitted with the McCandless brothers Featherbed frame for 1950, the Manx was at its height in chassis design, and the bike to beat on tracks like the Isle of Man. But the Manx Norton was never road legal, so many street riders seeking maximum handling qualities emulated the Manx, and substituted road-going Norton twin frames and used more street-able engines like Triumph twins at the same time. A contraction of ‘Norton’ and ‘Triumph’, the Triton was born; the Norton featherbed frame and a Triumph twin engine.

This bike has come from a private vendor who has owned it since 2023. It had previously been a display bike in Fitzpatrick’s Café in Bethesda, North Wales for a number of years. Over the years the bike has received various upgrades including forks, wheels and Brembo brakes. The vendor states that the bike is in running order but has not been ridden for a while now and will require a new battery.