Mr RS500

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After the sad loss of my dad 6 weeks ago i have put the old BSA motorbike ( that he had his accident on ) in my conservatory and got an idea of trying to buy his dream old bike , The famous Manx Norton

I have searched the net but cant find one for sale anywhere

Is there anyone on here who knows any old classic bike dealers that may assist me in my search

Cheers Paul

The Youth.

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paul buy classic bike magazine, dunno if you know but my dad is well into his old british bikes and has 2, a concours 1948 AJS (owned since 1981) and he is currently restoring his 1966 sprite trials bike (owned since 1968)

Classic bike mag has loads of dealers in, and should help you out.

From memory the manx norton was the racing bike used by many racers in the 50's and 60's and is a nice collectors bike nowadays

steve

gary fraser

you could try vintagebike.co.uk they do alot of 50s and 60 nortons think they got a few spares for the manx norton too. a good condition manx norton will be worth quite a few quid nowadays mate, you might even have to sell a 500 lol.

The Youth.

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theres a pic of a manx norton I found on the net.

lovely looking bike..



steve

MK MOTORSPORT

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if you go for the 500 expect to pay between £30,000 and £50,000 for one ,one just sold in emerica for 68,000 dollars ,theres a guy building new replicars in this country think they are £45,000

james kiely

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that would be a nice tribute to your dad paul

MK MOTORSPORT

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there is a guy called fred walsmley does the replcas ,also a guy called moliner does a relica in kit form you get all the big parts and it starts at £25,000

Mr RS500

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Thats exactly what im after Steve , and i will pay what i must to own one

Mr RS500

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How lucky am i that Joanne understands



Well guarded by one of my dogs





I just want a manx Norton to sit with it

jaiscossie

There is one here coming up at auction, not sure if its the model your after though?

Forth row down on the right

http://www.bonhams.com/eur/motorcyclesStaffordpreview/

Mr RS500

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well found mate , I will be watching this

m4tt274

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sorry to hear about your dad have you tried the norton owners club? my dads into the old triumphs, but a friend of his is into the nortons and he goes to club meets and stuff and apparently people turn up on these rotary nortons, cosworth nortons, commando's etc and he says that theres a few manx's in the club like the one in the picture, all be it race prepared and not road legal tho.

jaiscossie

Thats ok, am very sorry to hear of your loss.

m4tt274

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theres a link

http://www.yorkshirenortonownersclub.org.uk/

id imagine if you could get down to one of the meets and ask about that would maybe give you a better direction to go about getting one.

Mr RS500

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Thanks mate

would you do me a favour and ask your dad to keep his ear to the ground or ask about for me

Most / all the manx nortons were race bikes and were never registered for the road ,
i want one to sit with my dads bike as he always wanted one buy never had enough spare cash to buy one , wish i had helped him now

Mr RS500

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Many many thanks mate

longdog

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Thats an awesome bike.

Mr RS500

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Thanks mate , My dad would have been chuffed to bits to hear you say that

I have all 3 of his bikes but the BSA in the piccs is the one he sadly had his accident on and will stay in the house as i want it to stay in that condition as long as possible

dakar

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Paul there is a guy called Dick Craven in stockton on the forest that has a bike museum there,maybe worth speaking to him and he,s not far from you

R5COS

Havent got any info on a bike Paul, but just wanted to say sorry for your loss.

Mr RS500

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Thanks mate

m4tt274

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asked my dads mate and he emailed me this back.
dont know if its the right model specifically that your after but he tells me it will be RAPID for an old girl :')

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...ht_12245wt_902

m4tt274

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also sent me this, if its any use

http://web1.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C123559/

GrimV8

My Dad was still racing one up until 4 weeks ago when he broke his leg in two racing another classic bike. The series is very competative for the Manx 500 and 350 classes. They televised some at the BSB meets lately too.
He may have to retire now he's got a steel rod from knee to ankle, so I'll let you know if he's selling up

AJC

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im not sure of if he will be able to help, but the only person i know who deals in old bikes is 'wheelton garage workshop' near chorley

he has sold my dads old triumph and his hesketh for him

sorry to hear of your loss paul

POLARIS ESCOS

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Paul give h and h a call they are about 1 mile from our garage and they auction alot of bikes and more than likely would be able to source one for you
here one they sold in march

http://www.classic-auctions.co.uk/lo...97&aucid=29158

bouncy

Paul, ill have a word with my Dad, i believe yours and mine knew each other, old brit enthusiasts. Hes the man to speak too!!!

I believe my Dad sold his Manx Norton a couple of years ago to buy his road rocket!!

Sorry for your loss, i was away when i found out!!

LHD220Turbo

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slightly off topic; but i realtive used to own this bike before it was put into a museum. it was a Norton of some description; one of a kind apparently. Not sure what museum it is in now

maybe someone who is into bikes will know?

Big G

Any updates on this Paul?

carlo

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if i remember right he is going to veiw one soon paul the bike above thats in your house looks stunning & dosent look damaged at all. hope you get the manx & remember get the pics up of them together

bouncy

Paul, is it Bob Woods bike your off to look at?????

rs tingle

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hi paul how did ya get on with the number i gave ya for vale onslow did he help at all

markk

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Paul, just as a matter of potential interest have a look at this website

http://www.pushrod-performance.co.uk

This guy is an age old friend of my dads going back many many years, and he makes Norton parts as you can see.

maybe of interest may not be, just a thought.

m4tt274

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i think he found one in the end

markk

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yeh I know that bit, just in case he needs any help with it

m4tt274

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ive saved the site and emailed the guy anyway, so even if he paul doesnt, i found it useful so thankyou :')

markk

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cool, im not into them majorly but love engineering, so hes a good guy according to my old fella anyway.

Mr RS500

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Thanks Mark