1961 NORMAN TRIALS Registration Number: 956 UYY Frame Numbe...

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£3,000 - £3,500

1961 NORMAN TRIALS

Registration Number: 956 UYY
Frame Number: TBA
Recorded Mileage: 18 miles

- Nut and bolt restoration to a very high standard
- Very rare and collectable bike

Charles and Fred Norman started their their frame making, enamelling and metal plating business (the Kent Plating & Enamelling Co.) in a garden shed just off Jemmett Road, Ashford, Kent on their return from France at the end of the First World War. In the 1920s they started producing cycles and was forced to move to larger premises at Victoria Road.

1935 saw a new factory built, in Beaver Road, which still stands today. A new road built outside the old factory, has been named Norman Road. The Norman cycles club still stands today at Willesborough Windmill in Ashford, with a museum dedicated to Norman cycles and mopeds. In 1954, a works team of Norman Trials bikes, was entered into the Scottish 6 days Trial.

This rare and beautiful  Norman Trials bike has enjoyed a thorough restoration in recent times. Amongst much other work completed, the Villiers 32A 250cc engine has been rebuilt, fitted with electronic ignition, and is ready to be put through its paces. The bike is now and ready for classic trials events, or both on- and off-road fun, having performed a mere 18 test miles since completion.