Norton has been causing riders to drool for well over a century now. Launching in 1902 and winning the inaugural Isle of Mann TT race in 1907, the Norton serves as the other half of the iconic ‘Triton‘ (a Norton featherbed frame combined with a Triumph Bonneville engine).
The company’s Dominator and Commando models, in particular, are the stuff of design and pop culture legend. The Commando even made an appearance in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. After a brief restart for the brand in the early 2000s, new ownership has reintroduced these legendary roadsters with a new line built in Leicestershire.
Building the perfect custom bike is a lot like the science of baking. You’re combining ingredients in the correct ratios to produce something special—and if you get those ratios wrong, your recipe flops. Judging by this ‘Harton’ café racer, Stile Italiano are master custom motorcycle bakers. For a small European motorcycle workshop, Stile Italiano has…
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It’s a week for boutique production bikes, as Arch Motorcycle launches the 1s and the new Norton Commando breaks cover. We’ve also got an Indian Chief racer, a Sportster built for desert racing, and a brilliant spoof of one of the best motorcycle films ever made.
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One of the last bikes Barry Sheene ever raced is about to be auctioned off by Bonhams. Plus a look at one of the stars of the recent Glemseck 101 race fest, a Yamaha SR500 that’s still in the crate, and a Honda VFR inspired by Japanese anime.
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Norton has just acquired a jaw-dropping collection of 55 rare classics from a single source. We also profile a custom Ducati Scrambler 1100, a classy BMW R80 café racer, a Royal Enfield Himalayan, and a Honda CB50 that was built in a spare bedroom.
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If there’s anything we love more than a classic racebike, it’s one with a good story behind it. And this gleaming Commando…
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This week’s custom motorcycles come in all shapes and sizes—from a pint-sized flat tracker, to a stylish BMW R18. Plus we take…
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Modern race bikes are shiny, perfect things: they have the air of being extruded from 3D printers in a hermetically sealed laboratory.…
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There are a few builders we watch like a hawk, because everything they touch turns to gold. One of them is NYC…
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In today’s digitally saturated world, communication is seamless, relentless and overwhelming. But Vic Matthews is part of a generation that didn’t grow…
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Welcome to the second edition of Speed Read—our new weekend roundup that covers not just custom bikes, but also motorcycle news, gear,…
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History has a strange habit of repeating itself. Exactly ten years ago, give or take a few days, we featured a twin-engined…
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The Commando is one of the all-time greats of the motorcycle industry. In Britain, its status is iconic: even people with no…
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