From The Archive

This photo is from the Mortons Archive Eight different capacity engines were on offer: 247cc (67mm bore x 70mm stroke), 349cc (67 x 99), 494cc (80 x 99), single cylinders and 494cc (67 x 70), 698cc (67 x 99), 998cc (80 x 99) V-twin air-cooled engines. Plus the water-cooled 550cc single and 1100cc V-twin (both…

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It was August 1974 and the turmoil in British motorcycle manufacturing continued. Norton–Villiers–Triumph had been formed a year earlier in a bid to save jobs following the collapse of BSA-Triumph. Then the new Labour government offered £5-million to the workers fighting the decision to close Triumph’s Meriden factory, putting further strain on NVT’s finances. Against…

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