I own a 64 Atlas and a 63 650SS, what you have there is a 650SS. That is a rarer bike and more pleasant to ride on modern roads as it vibrates less and starts easier. This was a fast bike in it's day. Road tested at 119 Mph, that is 10 Mph faster than the Triumph 650 Bonneville. This bike as shown is a very easy restoration. The tank needs internal cleaning then paint stripping and respray in Silver to restore the Norton racing colors. The handlebars are wrong they should be Norton straights, If the chrome is really gone on the rims wheel rebuild, personally I would fit alloy rims and stainless spokes. The carbs are Mk1 concentrics, check if the slides rattle horizontally. If they do replace both carbs with the same model. If they don't rattle, just clean with ultrasound. Change the tyres. You are missing kickstart and chaincase rubbers. Almost all parts are availiable From either Norvil or Andover Norton in the UK. The only things you will have trouble replacing if neccesary are the Mudguards. You will also need to buy a good set of Whitworth Spanners. You can convert to Electronic ignition, I have done that on my Atlas which has a full race engine, on my 650SS I have kept the Magneto, it starts well. Honestly this looks to me as an extremely easy restoration, that will give a great bike to ride.
The Featherbed frame had nothing to do with Matchless. The frame that was from Matchless was the one used on the Norton P11 Ranger scrambler model which was shared with the Matchless G85 CS.
Not to be rude but thsi is posted as a 650SS and the first thing the gentleman says is that this is a 750 Atlas. They look similar but they are very different bikes from both a rarity and motor detail standpoint
The Atlas has the redesigned Slimline Feather-bed Duplex frame this later variant, (introduced in 1960), of the Wide-line Feather-bed frame designed by Ulsterman Rex McCandless in 1949/1950 and offered to Norton Motors of Bracebridge Street Birmingham. The frame was developed initially for racing in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy races using lightweight super strong aircraft quality steel. Then later mass production was taken on by Reynolds Tubes of Birmingham, famous for 531 tubing and transferred to production models, using less expensive metal tubing. The Dominator, International, and various singles, moved to this frame design. The Feather-bed frame design, peaked in the 650SS and was also used on the Manxman & Mercury models.
I own a 64 Atlas and a 63 650SS, what you have there is a 650SS. That is a rarer bike and more pleasant to ride on modern roads as it vibrates less and starts easier. This was a fast bike in it's day. Road tested at 119 Mph, that is 10 Mph faster than the Triumph 650 Bonneville. This bike as shown is a very easy restoration. The tank needs internal cleaning then paint stripping and respray in Silver to restore the Norton racing colors. The handlebars are wrong they should be Norton straights, If the chrome is really gone on the rims wheel rebuild, personally I would fit alloy rims and stainless spokes. The carbs are Mk1 concentrics, check if the slides rattle horizontally. If they do replace both carbs with the same model. If they don't rattle, just clean with ultrasound. Change the tyres. You are missing kickstart and chaincase rubbers. Almost all parts are availiable From either Norvil or Andover Norton in the UK. The only things you will have trouble replacing if neccesary are the Mudguards. You will also need to buy a good set of Whitworth Spanners. You can convert to Electronic ignition, I have done that on my Atlas which has a full race engine, on my 650SS I have kept the Magneto, it starts well. Honestly this looks to me as an extremely easy restoration, that will give a great bike to ride.
The Featherbed frame had nothing to do with Matchless. The frame that was from Matchless was the one used on the Norton P11 Ranger scrambler model which was shared with the Matchless G85 CS.
Not to be rude but thsi is posted as a 650SS and the first thing the gentleman says is that this is a 750 Atlas.
They look similar but they are very different bikes from both a rarity and motor detail standpoint
The Atlas has the redesigned Slimline Feather-bed Duplex frame this later variant, (introduced in 1960), of the Wide-line Feather-bed frame designed by Ulsterman Rex McCandless in 1949/1950 and offered to Norton Motors of Bracebridge Street Birmingham.
The frame was developed initially for racing in the Isle of Man Tourist Trophy races using lightweight super strong aircraft quality steel. Then later mass production was taken on by Reynolds Tubes of Birmingham, famous for 531 tubing and transferred to production models, using less expensive metal tubing. The Dominator, International, and various singles, moved to this frame design. The Feather-bed frame design, peaked in the 650SS and was also used on the Manxman & Mercury models.
Matchless never used that frame it's a norton slimline frame
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Hi from London UK..great bikes my dad had one when I was a boy
Hell yeah can't wait
It's not an Atlas it's a 650ss.
God did the atlas vibrate made the boneville feel like a Honda 50!!!
Good looking machine.