Norton 650SS
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The Norton 650SS is a Template:Cvt vertical twin motorcycle made by Norton Motorcycle Company from 1962 to 1967. The 650SS was based on the Norton Manxman.
The machine was capable of Script error: No such module "convert"..[1][2] SS stood for Sports Special. Norton discontinued its 600 cc models to concentrate on production of the 650SS, which quickly gained a reputation as the "best of the Dommies"Script error: No such module "Unsubst"..[3]
Development
Norton produced a 650 in 1961 for export only, which was sold in the US as the Manxman. It was finished in polychromatic blue and a bright red seat with white piping and much chrome plate, and a special exhaust system only fitted to the Manxman.[4] The Manxman 650 twin produced 52 bhp, giving it a top speed of more than Script error: No such module "convert".. A race machine developed by Heinz Kegler had speeds of Script error: No such module "convert". and won pebble beach races.[5] Initially production was at Norton's Bracebridge Street, Birmingham factory, but following the factory's closure in 1963, production was transferred to parent company AMC's works in Plumstead, London.[6]
A European styled version of the Manxman was shown in early 1962 at the Amsterdam International Auto Show and went on sale in April that year as the 650SS.[6] The machine had twin Amal Monobloc carburettors with the intakes angled downwards. Twin exhausts replaced the 99SS two-into-one and the headlight nacelle was replaced with a separately mounted speedometer and tachometer. The 650SS was finished with a black frame with silver fuel tank and optional chrome fenders.[5]
In February 1962 Motor Cycling magazine achieved a best one-way speed of Script error: No such module "convert". at MIRA with a 650SS. This was more than Script error: No such module "convert". faster than the rival Triumph Bonneville tested the previous summer.[7]
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