Description
National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
Viewing: Tuesday 25th March from 1pm
Auction: Wednesday 26th March from 9am
Location: National Motorcycle Museum, Coventry Road, Bickenhill, Solihull B92 0EJ
1956 Norton Dominator 99
Classic 'Polychromatic Grey' paintwork
Estimate
£2, 800 - £3, 200
Registration No: ODK 499
Frame No: L14 67716
MOT: Exempt
Model 99 Dominator 600cc vertical twin
Featherbed frame and Roadholder forks
Supplied with old MOTs, manuals and a V5C
Norton began in 1898 and started building motorcycles with French and Swiss engines in 1902. In 1907 a Norton with a Peugeot engine won the first Isle of Man TT race starting a long tradition of sporting excellence. Developed for their Manx Norton race bikes, the legendary Featherbed frame eventually made its way onto the road in 1953 housing the 500cc Dominator twin cylinder engine. By the late 1950s the engine had been increased in capacity to 600cc fitted into the classic Featherbed frame matched to equally iconic Roadholder front forks and alloy full width hubs.
This good looking Dommie has been part of an enthusiast private collection for the last few years. Authentically restored in the past keeping a good degree of originality, it is finished in Nortons Polychromatic Grey paintwork, a quite ambitious colour scheme in the 1950s when most bikes were just plain black. Used by the vendor up until last summer it will need the normal checks before use but once recommissioned will make a stylish mount for summer runs. One of the most sought after Nortons from the era, it comes supplied with many old MOTs, some manuals and a current V5C.
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Parking and entry into the auction is free for auction attendees with a catalogue, available at the door.
