hi there, curious if the norton electra was a bad idea of a bike, or what? i saw one for sale a while back, kind of cheap, but needed a lot of work. parts aren't around and i can't fnd much info on them. bad investment to pick one up?
iusedtolikehondas said:bad investment to pick one up?
frankdamp said:The Electra was a very poor machine. Firstly, it was only a 350, and a rather weak one at that. The cycle parts were really strange. I think the frame was a welded sheet steel design.
They made two bikes of similar design - the other one was the Jubilee 250.
frankdamp said:I'm a bit surprised about the use of F-B frames, as I didn't think Norton had joined Associated Motorcycles by the time thos bikes were released to market. Maybe they just bought the stuff from AMC, or I'm remembering events out of sequence.