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Featherbed frame

The featherbed frame was a motorcycle frame invented by the McCandless brothers and offered to the British Norton motorcycle company to improve the performance of their racing motorcycles in 1950. It was considered revolutionary at the time,[full citation needed] and the best handling frame that a racer could have.[full citation needed] Later adopted for…

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Featherbed frame

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Featherbed frame

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related to Origins · 23
Featherbed frame → Belfast, BSA, Citroen, Cromie McCandless, Garden Gate, He, In, Isle, It, Joe Craig, Ken Sprayson's, Man, McCandless, Norton, Production, Rex, Rex McCandless, Reynolds, The Frame, The Norton
related to Single and Twin cylinder roadsters in Featherbeds · 13
Featherbed frame → Dominator, Earls Court, ES2, Featherbed, Having, In, Model, Norton, Norton Commando, Norton Mercury, Riders, The, Using
related to Special hybrids · 12
Featherbed frame → Ariel Square Four, BSA, Gold Star, Harley Davidson V-twin, In, NorBSA, Noriel, Norley, Norton, Norton-sourced, Triumph-Norton, Vincent-Norton
related to The Featherbed name · 7
Featherbed frame → After, Harold Daniell, Isle, Man TT, Manx Grand Prix, Norton, Tourist Trophy
related to Manx racer in Reynolds 531 · 6
Featherbed frame → All, Manx, Norton, Reynolds, Sifbronze, Weight
related to The patent · 4
Featherbed frame → January, Norton, October, The Featherbed
related to External links · 3
Featherbed frame → Norton, Picture, Rex McCandlessPictures
related to Norton International · 3
Featherbed frame → Featherbed, In, Norton International

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norton frame featherbed engine new racing racer race motorcycle cc manx dresda motorcycles used full design mccandless citation needed single

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the Tritoninstance ofit was also widely used by builders of custom hybrids0.80text
becoming legendaryinstance ofit was also widely used by builders of custom hybrids0.80text
remaining influential to this day.The Featherbed inspired other frame builders who based their own products on similar principlesinstance ofit was also widely used by builders of custom hybrids0.80text
including the 1960s heavyweight Münch Mammutinstance ofit was also widely used by builders of custom hybrids0.80text
a lightweight version for a 250 cc BSA C15 engineinstance ofit was also widely used by builders of custom hybrids0.80text
and the 1970-conceived Dresda frame.The Featherbed was replaced by the Norton Isolastic frame in 1967 for the then newly developed Norton Commando which used a rubber-mounted engineinstance ofit was also widely used by builders of custom hybrids0.80text
gearboxinstance ofit was also widely used by builders of custom hybrids0.80text
Featherbed framerelated to External linksPicture0.60section
Featherbed framerelated to External linksRex McCandlessPictures0.60section
Featherbed framerelated to External linksNorton0.60section
Featherbed framerelated to Manx racer in Reynolds 531Weight0.60section
Featherbed framerelated to Manx racer in Reynolds 531Norton0.60section

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