Fun in the sun WINTER!
NEVILLE CUSHING, FRIEND, mentor and creator of interesting vehicles, has a fondness for Norton’s mainstay-single, the ES2.
He has two; a swingarm 1956 model that is standard apart from the exhaust from a speedway bike, upswept ‘cowhorn’ handlebars from when it was hauling a sidecar and a rather rudimentary, yet effective centrestand spring.
The second bike, also a 1956, started life as a plunger-frame that Nev got with other spares when he bought the other one, which he took back to hardtail, fitted Ariel girder forks, a stationary engine magneto, alloy mudguards, a modified Japanese fuel tank modified to look a little like the 500T tank, Dunlop saddle and a somewhat diminutive exhaust silencer, which surprisingly works well. The engine plates hold a motor from another deal and are water-jet cut from titanium
