Wouldn't beautifully restored mean that they put the badges on the tank instead of filling their holes in with plastic filler? I guess the wideline for this "1959 Norton" was beyond repair, so they replaced it with a slimline(sarcasm alert). It is always sort of funny to me when big fancy-schmancy companies take themselves down a notch without knowing it.

On the other hand it is sad that this got into the NOC newsletter this month........

I know what you mean and personally I'm not keen on slimlines with the 'Manx' style stripes on.

Just to play devil's advocate here, could they have checked the production date and found that it was a late 1959 build for the 1960 season ? When did the first slimline roll off the line ?

Nice bike, and possibly beautifully built, but I think restored is the wrong description. Unless it is as 79x100 mentions, did Norton build any slimlines in late 59?

Webby

Gday, several Norton publications I read (including Roy Bacon twins page 37) refer to the Slimline as 1960 onwards, no mentions late 59. Also born in 1960 was the term "Wideline", given to the first featherbed frames.

"Beautifully anything" is advertising puff. There's not fakery going on- the deviation from a standard 59 or 60 Dominator is very visible.

Maybe it's the wrong frame, maybe it's the wrong year, maybe it was built late the previous year, like my 57, made in November 56. Maybe it's just built from spares.

Regardless I'd love to have that bike.

It would be great transportation. At 4000 pounds it had better be all matching numbers and in A-1 mechanical shape.

I'd never even expect an old bike to be ready for real road use when bought, totally regardless of shininess or "rebuilt by SRM" or low mileage or anything.

It will need a lot of shaking down.

Triton Thrasher wrote:I'd never even expect an old bike to be ready for real road use when bought, totally regardless of shininess or "rebuilt by SRM" or low mileage or anything.

It will need a lot of shaking down.

I have only purchased one old bike that was actually ready to ride. It was an original 70 tr6r and I rode it after buying it for 25K miles. Every other bike purchase has turned into a project.

OK.... What's this one worth ? MOD..99..600. 1960....AC.