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27th March, 2010
Norton Motors Ltd will hold
a sale of secondhand and shop soiled rotary parts at the current premises
at
Unit 3 Arcadia Park, Towers Business Park,
Rugeley, Staffs. WS15 1UZ, because these are vacated towards the end
of the month.
The new office of Norton Motors Ltd will no longer be open to the public.
All rotary spares orders will be processed by Andover Norton International
Ltd from now on.
February 2010
All rotary spares are now in
Hungerford. The rotary spares will be integrated in our price list on the
net shortly. All rotary spares orders will be shipped out of Hungerford
from now on, but we will not decline combined shipments of rotary spares
with a spares orders for the piston-engined models!
November 2009
Filtered oil is very important for
the life of a Norton engine. This important job should not be left to any
common filter purchased from the local accessory store- or would you have
a heart transplant done by your local butchers?. A real Norton enthusiast
knows what is good for his motorcycle and demonstrates it by using this high-quality oil
filter, now available from Andover Norton under part# 06-3371!
And should he need vital liquids himself, he goes "partner
look" with his coffee mug (part# 13-9950).
18th/19th July 2009
The International Norton
Owners Club Rallye- sponsored by the Norton Motors Group- started its
International Rallye at the Oldtimer Grand Prix on the Salzburgring in
Austria.
This was THE meeting
to attend for all Norton enthusiasts, with more Nortons of historical
importance than at any other gathering this year, with over 25
Norton Manxes starting together (more than ever seen on one starting
grid since the 1960s), genuine racers from pre-war to Rotary, Norton
works bikes and prototypes from the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Andover and
Shenstone Norton factories.
Andover Norton was there with a marquee, showing our products, and the "Norton
Motors Works Team" parading bikes from the works collection- a
genuine 1960 30M Manx, ex-Rudi Glaeser (German 500cc Champion 1960); a
genuine Commando production racer (vulgo: "Norvil"- beware of
imitations!), bought new from Gus Kuhn and since a legend in the Munich
area, and our Rotary Racer, P55 frame#1, campaigned in the German Battle
of Twins championship in the early nineties.
28.02.2009
Richard Negus, Managing
Director of Norton Motors Ltd, retires. Norton Motors Ltd therefore
no longer continues to provide a
full-time service backup. Spares for Norton Rotaries can now be ordered
from Andover Norton International Ltd, where the spares stock has been
relocated.
15.09.2008
Andover Norton has reprinted
three lists from the JRTechnical Publications portfolio that had not been
available for quite a while:
99-0823 Triumph Parts List all 650cc/1966, 99-0901 Triumph Parts List
650cc T120/TR6 Home & General Export, 99-0902 Triumph Parts List 500cc
Twins Home & General Export Edition.
09.09.2008
Andover Norton now stock all Norton Commando seats for the various
Roadster and Interstate, as well as for Fastback and "S" models.
we have had these seats made to the original drawings, with the correct
chrome band at the bottom, the correct golden "Norton" logos at
the rear, and with pillion straps where these were original fitment. As
Fastback seats never fitted in the last 30 years, we have taken the seat
of our "works" Fastback and supplied it as a pattern. See "Service
Information-Seats"
On the book front, further original parts lists are being reprinted, as
well as some good books on Norton and Triumph restocked- see "Technical
Publications"
29.04.2008
Ever wondered, why Norton never offered a tool for the primary
chaincase inspection caps? They did it on purpose, so all Norton
owners make a massacre with unsuitable screwdrivers, then buy new
inspection caps. Andover Norton, totally selflessly, now had a first batch
of tools made in stainless steel, part#
06-7245, for only 10.90 Pounds plus VAT:
See all special Norton tools on Service
Information "Service
Tools"
15.04.2008
Andover Norton stocks King Dick Quality British Made
Tools for General Workshop Use- see Service
Information on Tools.
01.04.2008
Andover Norton aquires the stock, files, tooling and goodwill of
J.R.Publications Ltd, Warwick.
JR Publications, founded by John Nelson, Triumph and later Norton Service
Manager as well as, at one time, Managing Director of the Meriden
Cooperative, in 1982, and later sold to L.P.Williams Ltd, the Warwick
Triumph Parts Specialist, stocked and reproduced in original format the
post-war Triumph technical literature, i.e. Workshop Manuals, Parts Lists,
Riders Handbooks, Tuning Notes and Technical Wall Charts. Andover Norton
will continue to produce and distribute these alongside the Norton
technical literature we produce and sell already.
29.02.2008
Bob Reynolds retires. The ties to the old
Norton factory are getting scarcer......
22.02.2008
Open Day, Dealers & Press only. Robert M. Reynolds farewell ceremony.
Some of the dealers present, including the "farest
travelled" Mark Appleton from Canada.
18.12.2007
All individual Parts for AMAL Mk1 Concentrics are back in stock after an
absence of many years- see "New Items Just In" page.
06.12.2007
The "Accessories" page goes online, offering
accessories and
technical improvements for Nortons.
01.11.2007
Robert M. Reynolds moves his office from east of Birmingham to Rugeley,
where he now operates the buying office out of Norton Motors Ltd. All
tooling, raw materials, and work in progress are stored there.
15.10.2007
Genuine Norton Factory Parts are being shipped out of Hungerford by
Andover Norton again to a Genuine Parts starved world!
07.10.2007
Whilst the move is on the way, the
webshop goes online again.
18.09.2007
The last shipments of parts to
customers leave the old premises in Southampton. The next day the move to
Hungerford begins.
10.09.2007
The new address is published, and the
move to the new premises imminent.
13.08.2007
The aquisition of Andover Norton
International made public. For a number of reasons it was not
possible to announce this change of ownership until now. Nick Hopkins,
who has been with Andover Norton since it was founded in 1977, becomes
the Managing Director, with Phil Albutt as Company Secretary and Robert
M. Reynolds as Chief Buyer.
02.04.2007
Andover Nortons stock and
business including tooling and technical drawings is sold to Norton Motors
Ltd. The business continues to trade from BSA Regals premises in
Southampton, trading as Andover Norton International Ltd, until new
premises are found and the company moves.
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