Welcome to the 27th Classic motorcycle we have brokered and sold on ebay. We just want to clarify that while the bike is in New Zealand we handle all aspects of the transaction as if we were just in the next state!. We even pay for shipping!
YES!!..ITS THAT EASY, WE ASSIST EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!!

Main Features
Norton F750 Production racer NVPS Norvil 
Hand built replica to original specs by Norman White: Norton factory mechanic and test  rider and former Norton Villiers (Norvil) & John Player Norton Development Engineer
Fully worked engine including PW camshaft and big valve head.
Correct Norton factory fitted options like:- Quaiffe 5 speed box, vented racing front brake, 33mm Amal, TT100 Dunlops,  etc etc (see spec files below)
Only 2000 road miles. Never raced.
Near Virginal condition. (decals will be renewed before shipping)
 

What does Peter Williams Paul Smart, Phil Read, Mick Grant, Dave Croxford, Paul Dunstall all have in common? Answer; they all raced a Norton Commando Production Racer like this one. In the early 70s 750 production racing was big in England. Real big. And for about two years, if you raced 750 production class, if you didn’t have a Trident, you had to have a Norvil. After all, a Norton Production Racer was runner up at the Isle of Man by less than two seconds in 1970, won the 1973 isle of Man F 750 race, and was runner up again in 1973… but back to the beginning.

In late 70s, a certain 20 year by the name of Dxxxx Bxxxxxx rode his first Norton Commando in Wellington. The Norton bug had bitten. The next year he flew to England, bought another Norton, and biked around Europe, up through Norway to the Artic Circle, and back to London via the Isle of Man. He rode Norton’s on and off, raced on and off, but he always dreamt of owning a Norton F750 production racer.

Turn the clock forward 20 years, and the same chap was once again living in England. He decided that if he was ever going to get a Novel, then it was about time he did so. But how to go about it… There was only one person to ask:- Norman White of Norton factory fame. So off he went to Thruxton to talk with Norman.

Norman is quite a character; quite intense, extremely personable and very very knowledgeable about Nortons. And so he should be: Norman was a Norton factory mechanic and test rider in the 70s; he helped build and test rode each of the original 119 Norvils, he prepared various race winning bikes, including the bike that won the 1973 Isle of Man F 750 race helped prepare the famous John Player Norton factory Nortons. Not only that he won the Thruxton 500 race himself on one in 1973, and still owns and races a 1973 John Player Norton today. Norman knows Nortons. Norman went on to be chief mechanic with Honda Britain Race Team, before returning to Nortons and Thruxton in 1982. Yes, it was always going to be Norman.

So our good chap meets with Norman. The plan was for Norman to prepare a Norvil (it’s not a Norvil, it’s an NVPS he constantly reminded) as close to an original Norvil as possible. The Norvils produced in the 70s were picked directly off the production line, and used the standard frame, engine and gearboxes as a basis. The engine was heavily modified internally, and a lot of racing parts like racing tank, seat and pipes are still made, so building one up from scratch again was quite in order. But first of all a suitable donor bike had to be found, with its engine and frame number within the original range.  

A quick call to old friend Gxxxxx Dxxxx in Wellington, and the ideal bike was found in Paraparaumu. This was shipped back over to England from whence it cometh and back to Thruxton to Normans shop.  Originally there were two actual factory racing bikes, and 119 replicas. Norman still holds the factory records and templates for special parts, so building another one was going to be something quite special. Norman had one remaining engine factory front brake so that was a big plus. Quaiffe 5 speed clusters are still available,  (that’ll be 950 pounds ($3,000 NZ) and in that went too.

 What followed was a no expenses spared ground restore and rebuild of the Norton, to as close an original specification as possible. The motor was tuned to original racing specifications. Frequent trips to Thruxton saw the bike being built slowly but surely. On went the racing seat and tanks, on went the hand built rear sets. On went new reworked forks. Out went the speedo and tacho to be rebuilt by an old boy in Birmingham who still rebuilds them like new. There is a lot of detail to this bike. For example the rear brakes are vented, the kick start has been heated and straightened as per original. In went 5,000 pounds sterling of new parts (that’s $15,000.00 NZ). Most of the bike is new. And it shows.

And so the bike was completed, and eventually shipped back to New Zealand when the owner returned to Wellington. Fettered by Nez (Bob) at Classic Cycles ( of course nobody other than Nez could look after this bike- he’s the only other Norton factory trained mechanic in New Zealand) It’s now done two thousand miles, its in beautiful condition, it goes like a scalded cat – oh, YES and it’s for sale.

 Note: some names are blanked to protect seller anonymity until auction closure.

Anything else you need to know please phone Bob on +0064 +4 527 9608
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