page_title: Norton ES2
section_title: Finale
hierarchical_section_title: Norton ES2 / Finale
caption_attribution_description: English: Norton ES2 Mk2 bearing a 1967 English registration plate, at Skegness Bike Night, 20 July 2017, an annual charity gathering to raise funds for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution
context_page_description: The Norton ES2 is a Norton motorcycle produced from 1927 until 1964. From 1965, a different machine was produced for a short time by parent manufacturer AMC, based on a Matchless but badged as Norton ES2 Mk2.
context_section_description: The last ES2 was introduced in late 1964. A Matchless-based machine with Norton badges, it was produced for two years before final discontinuation, coincident with the commercial failure of the AMC Group.
  
  A report in a 1980 UK magazine stated:
  The slow but immensely likeable Featherbed-framed 350 Model 50 and 500 ES2 Norton ohv singles were dropped and in their place appeared the Model 50 MkII and ES2 MkII, or, with Norton badges hastily tacked on the side, the Matchless G3 and G80. They failed to fool anyone, let alone the buying public. In 1966 the heavyweight singles were all but a memory...
caption: ES2 Mk2 bearing an 'E' suffix (1967) English registration plate
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