1952 Norton Model 7 Dominator 88, 497cc. Registration number...

Hammer

£3,150

1952 Norton Model 7 Dominator 88, 497cc. Registration number TXS 494 (non transferrable). Frame number 42512. Engine number 42512.
Sold with the V5C, old MOT's, large amount of receipts and other paperwork.
The Dominator is a twin cylinder motorcycle developed by Norton to compete against the Triumph Speed Twin, originally designed in 1947 by Bert Hopwood, who had been on the Speed Twin design team at Triumph. Available for sale from mid 1949 as the Model 7, the new 500cc engine went into the existing ES2 plunger-frame/tele-fork cycle parts, a marriage that necessitated a redesign of Norton's well-proven four-speed gearbox. this design set the pattern for Norton twins for the next 30 years.
HMW was bought by M.J. Murphy from a Sothebys auction in 1990, the entry states that it had been rebuilt by J. Tennant-Eyles and had been in Northern Ireland since 1983 owned by Dr R.A. Lindsay. It was then reallocated its original UK number, HMW 185, and it stayed with him until a year ago. The number has recently been retained. Our vendor states it is in good running order.