Year
Bike
Picture
Description
1936
Norton ES2
With open valve gear.
1938
1938 racing rigid es2
ES2 1947-62, 490cc, ohv single, 380lb, 60mpg, 75mph.
Norton's traditional British single. Average performer until the Featherbed Frame gave it brilliant handling for 1959. It is a pleasant bike, but alot of the later ones were converted into Tritons.
1939
1939 norton es2, 500cc
1947
1947 racing plunger es2
1948
1948 norton es2 plunger
![norton es2 plunger 1948](https://classic-motorbikes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/norton-es2.jpg"" target=""blank)
500cc. single plunger frame bike.
1949
1949 norton es2
![norton es2 1949](https://classic-motorbikes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1949-es2.jpg"" target=""blank)
1949
Norton ES2
picture courtesy of Karl Higgs
1950
1950 norton es2
![norton es2 1950](https://classic-motorbikes.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1950-es2.jpg"" target=""blank)
the es2 500cc was one of nortonæs longest running models remaining in their ôlistsö until the 1960æs. the over head valve single was marketed as a sporting mount for the discerning rider (who could not justify/afford an inter) during the late forties and early fifties. image provided by www.classic-auctions.com.
1951
1951 norton es2
this example is nicely restored and sporting the pre war design rigid rear frame and norton roadholder forks represents what some regard as the best of the norton singles, before the introduction of the plunger suspension arrangement.
1953
1953 Norton ES2
The Norton ES2 was one of the most typical and best British 500cc singles. It has a pre-war heritage as a sporting model, but by the fifties was basically a touring machine albeit a little more lively than most other marques.
1954
1954 norton es2
1955
1955 norton es2
1956
1956 norton es2
1956
1956 norton es2
500cc, four-speed manual.
1956
1956 norton es2
roadholder forks akront aluminium rims mikuni carb
1956
Norton ES2
1961
Norton ES2
