Beschreibung
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
29th Mar, 2023 12:00
1950 Norton 500T
Estimate
£7, 500 - £8, 500
Registration No: CHL 929
Frame No: E3T 28972
Engine No: E3T 28972
CC: 500
MOT: Exempt
Original all-alloy engine and original frame
Original registration number, buff & Green log books
Current V5C
Norton introduced a new trials machine in 1949, typed the 500T. The new model employed a modified 16H frame with reduced rear stays and a set of special fork yokes that brought the fork legs back to the steering column, a sump shield was fitted under the crankcases and Roadholder telescopic forks were employed fitted with a 7-inch brake and scalloped hub. The model quickly gained a loyal following and continued in production until September 1954 when it was dropped from the range. Few changes in specification had been required in the model’s five-year production life, although the scalloped front hub had given way to a normal one for the 1951 season.
A successful and very popular 500cc trials model the 500T was a handsome machine, as is the example offered here. Presenting with the original all-alloy engine in its original frame (correct numbers), it also possesses genuine trials fittings. Retaining its original registration number, ‘CHL 929’ is described by the vendor as in ‘good running order’ and in ‘very good’ overall condition, the machine was used on the road up until July of 2022. Accompanying the 500T to auction are some invoices and the old buff and Green log books and the current V5C.
