First start-up after winter on this Norton Rotary Cafe Racer owned by our friend Dave Brown. The starting point for this project was a 1988 Norton Commander with a Norton Wankel Rotary engine. Some other interesting features include a Kawasaki ZX7R front end, Manx Norton tank and Norton F1 tail fin. There’s a full length video on this bike over on The Classic Motorcycle Channel if you’re interested. Thanks to Dave for sending us the video. @nortondavid7 #nortonrotary #nortonwankel #nortonmotorcy

Many will recognize classic Norton bikes from their iconic black and gold styling, so when we saw Stephanie Hronek’s silver metal 1954 Norton, we weren’t sure what we were looking at. Hronek informed us that the bike is a Dominator 88, a popular twin-cylinder 500cc model in England that never quite made its way to the states in any major frequency. Hronek owns Chelsea Motorworks, a small Cleveland, OH-based customization and restoration motorcycle shop. This custom bike is our Ride of the Week!

The Trusty Tractor, produced by Tractors (London) Ltd from the 1930s until 1962, was a versatile two-wheeled agricultural machine designed for smallholders and gardeners. Over its production span, it utilized various engines, including those from Villiers, JAP, and notably, the Norton Big 4. The Norton Big 4 engine, a 633cc side-valve single-cylinder unit, was originally developed for motorcycles and later adapted for industrial applications. In the Trusty Tractor, this engine was modified to in