Norton Atlas 750
Classic Bike Guide|December 2019
Hutch’s Norton Atlas 750 has been a good, solid workhorse – until some journalist had a little go on it and the clutch broke…
Norton Atlas 750

It’s Amazing how you can ride your bike for ages, seemingly having got it to that reliable stage, and then when you let someone else have a go on it, it turns to poo.

Editor Matt wanted to ride my Atlas and take some pictures for an article he was planning. He turned up, late as ever, took some photos and then went for a ride on it and I followed on myT140 to watch the riding pictures being taken on a stretch of road passing through a local common.

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