Sammy Miller's Nortons

Apr 03, 2016

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker Sammy Miller has an impressive collection of Nortons in his motorcycle museum in the South of England. This row of Nortons is anchored by a 1953, 500cc, Norton with a Featherbed frame and a Watsonian sidecar. The brothers, Arthur and Harry Humphries, rode the combination to victory in many trials events including the International Six Day Trials.

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker A 1905 Norton with a 500cc Peugeot engine in the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum. Norton was founded in 1901 by James Lansdowne Norton and this is the oldest known surviving Norton.

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker The aerodynamic 1953, 350cc, Norton Works Kneeler in the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum. Ray Amm and Eric Oliver set 33 world speed records on the motorcycle including on the banked circuit at the Autodrome de Montlhéry in France.

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker A 1956, 350cc, Norton Model F with a horizontal engine and a 5-speed gear box in the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum. This works machine was never raced.

Photo by Jim Koenigsaecker A 1949, 490cc, Norton Model 500 T in the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum. This was Norton’s first purpose-built trials bike. Sammy was best known for winning more than 1,300 trials events during his career, including the grueling International Six Days Trial and the Scott Trial.