Beskrivning
This is Lot 331 in the Bonhams Spring Stafford Sale on April 20 & 21, please see the Bonhams website for full details.
Norton's 500cc twin found a new home in the racing singles - 'Featherbed' duplex frame in November 1951. The newcomer - titled 'Dominator 88' - was the first production Norton roadster to feature the lightweight, race-proven chassis. Updated annually, by the decade's end the Dominator had received an alloy cylinder head, full-width hubs, welded rear sub-frame, alternator electrics, coil ignition and - for 1960 - the narrower 'Slimline' Featherbed frame among countless other improvements.
Introduced for 1956, the 596cc Dominator 99 was outwardly identical to the 88. Endowed with greater power and higher gearing enabling it to top the magic 'ton', the 99 nevertheless retained all the excellent handling and steering characteristics associated with the Featherbed chassis. One of the Rockers' favourites, the 99 remained essentially unchanged - apart from gaining alternator/ coil-ignition electrics for 1958 - until dropped in 1962.
Acquired by the late owner in 2002 and last taxed in June 2004, this Dominator 99 is an older restoration offered for recommissioning (the engine turns over). Accompanying paperwork includes an old-style green continuation logbook (issued 1974) and old/ current V5/ V5C registration documents.
