Description
H&H Classic Auction @ National Motorcycle Museum | Solihull, West Midlands
30th Oct, 2024 11:00
1959 Norton Dominator
A well sorted Norton
Estimate
£4, 000 - £5, 000
Registration No: VYV 838
Frame No: P14-80542
MOT: Exempt
Owned for some 15 years
Always maintained by the owner
Used for many years
Current V5C on file
Demands for a Norton twin with increased performance had been growing following the introduction of Triumph’s Thunderbird and Tiger 110 models and BSA’s A10 series machines, which had left Norton at a disadvantage. The new machine utilised the 88's cycle parts housing a revised engine with a swept volume of 596cc (resulting from dimensions of 62 x 82mm). Regarded by many as being one of the finest motorcycles of the decade, the 99 was endowed with the best handling in its class, although it did not have the outright performance of the Triumph.
On offer is a well sorted 1959 Norton Dominator 99, the current owner of some 15 years has looked after this machine as it was one of his favourites, evident from its use for many events and weekday VMCC meets. There are a host of MOT certificates (around 20) on file with 17 old tax discs and an old RF60 logbook showing 1 owner from 1960-76. We have been advised the Norton is 'running well' and is being offered with a current V5C.
