Norton DOMINATOR 650SS 1964

This lot will be auctioned by Iconic Auctioneers at The Iconic Motorcycle Sale at Kempton Park 2026 on Saturday the 18th of July, Kempton Park Racecourse, TW16 5AE. The price indicated is the lower estimate. Please note we are unable to offer part exchange or finance. Description: The Norton Dominator 650SS (Sports Special) is widely regarded as one of the finest British sporting motorcycles of the 1960s a machine that combined a powerful paralleltwin engine with Norton's legendary Featherbed frame. Many enthusiasts consider it the pinnacle of the Dominator line, and it was often called the 'best of the Dommies',The 650SS appeared in 1962 as a Europeanstyled development of the exportonly Norton Manxman 650. Norton had built the Manxman largely to satisfy the American appetite for bigger, faster twins, but the company realised it had something special and created a more sporting model for wider markets,Its main rival was the Triumph Bonneville T120, and Norton intended the 650SS to beat it where Norton had always excelled handling. With its famous chassis, the 650SS became a genuine highspeed road bike. Contemporary road tests recorded around 119.5 mph, making it one of the fastest production motorcycles of its day,This smart, matching numbers, example is a fully restored machine and is reported by its owner as running and riding very well,According to a copy of the factory records, it was despatched to Lawton and Wilson of Southampton on 30/04/1964 and still retains its original registration number, which appears to be transferable,The bike benefits from new carbs, electronic ignition, new exhausts and is still fitted with its optional rev counter,Because many original models were stripped over the years to act as donor bikes for custom project builds (like Tritons), original factory examples command a premium,UKregistered on a current V5C, correctly classed as Historic,