Geoffrey Ernest Duke, born in St. Helens, Lancashire, was a British multiple motorcycle Grand Prix road racing world champion. He raced several brands of motorcycle: Norton, Gilera, BMW, NSU and Benelli. After retirement from competition, he was a businessman based in the Isle of Man.
Geoff Duke (1951)
Duke en route to victory at the 1951 500cc Dutch TT
Duke's funeral cortege assembled at TT Grandstand
Norton Motorcycle Company
The Norton Motorcycle Company is a brand of motorcycles headquartered in Solihull, West Midlands,, England. For some years around 1990, the rights to use the name on motorcycles was owned by North American financiers.
Ron Haslam on a rotary-engined Norton Motors Ltd NRS racer
1907 Norton
1921 Norton 16 H (490 cc)
Norton International M30 500 cc OHC Racer 1937