Introduced at the 1927 Motor Cycle Show, the ES2 sports roadster used the Model 18’s overhead-valve engine in the cradle frame of the overhead-camshaft CS1, and from then onwards the ‘ES2’ designation was always applied to Norton’s top-of-the-range, overhead-valve single. The ES2 was built in several versions during a production run lasting until 1963, though the engine dimensions of 79x100mm bore/stroke - first adopted by James Landsdowne Norton in 1911 - remained unchanged to the end. Post-war developments included the adoption of an alloy cylinder head (1955), alternator (1959) and the slim-line version of the Featherbed frame introduced on the single-cylinder range for 1961. Production of all of Norton’s traditional singles ended in 1963, though the ‘ES2’ designation was later applied to a re-badged Matchless. Austria had been annexed by Germany by the time that this ES2 arrived there in 1939. The machine was sold new to its first owner, an influential businessman, via the then Norton importer, Ferdinand Eichler, and delivered with the optional, large-capacity fuel tank fitted. Restored by Messrs Hoyer, Norton’s last Austrian importer, the ES2 was acquired for the Museum in 1990 and is offered with bill of sale and original Austrian Typenschein.
Introduced at the 1927 Motor Cycle Show, the ES2 sports roadster used the Model 18’s overhead-valve engine in the cradle frame of the overhead-camshaft CS1, and from then onwards the ‘ES2’ designation was always applied to Norton’s top-of-the-range, overhead-valve single. The ES2 was built in several versions during a production run lasting until 1963, though the engine dimensions of 79x100mm bore/stroke - first adopted by James Landsdowne Norton in 1911 - remained unchanged to the end. Post-war developments included the adoption of an alloy cylinder head (1955), alternator (1959) and the slim-line version of the Featherbed frame introduced on the single-cylinder range for 1961. Production of all of Norton’s traditional singles ended in 1963, though the ‘ES2’ designation was later applied to a re-badged Matchless. Austria had been annexed by Germany by the time that this ES2 arrived there in 1939. The machine was sold new to its first owner, an influential businessman, via the then Norton importer, Ferdinand Eichler, and delivered with the optional, large-capacity fuel tank fitted. Restored by Messrs Hoyer, Norton’s last Austrian importer, the ES2 was acquired for the Museum in 1990 and is offered with bill of sale and original Austrian Typenschein.
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