Norton Manx : Motorcycles

From 1950 the Manx used the Featherbed frame, with a telescopic fork, a twin-leading-shoe drum brake at the front and a drum at the rear. In 1953 the engine was redesigned with a shorter stroke to rev higher, the short-stroke unit that gives the later Manx its name among collectors.

Norton built the Manx, a racing machine sold to private riders, from 1947 to the early 1960s, in 350 cc (40M) and 500 cc (30M) versions.