I recently bought a front mudguard at Kempton, it was labelled (well masking tape and marker pen) as ES2. It looked about right for a Norton, good weight and not much rust. When I got home, I gave it a more detailed check. It had the correct style mudguard bridge, but instead of 4 bolts it was secured with 3 sturdy rivets.
Then I spotted no holes for a front number plate- these were only discontinued I think around 2001?
Finally the colour: its what you might call a duck egg blue.No other colour visible where chipped.
All this makes me think it may once have been a police bike ie with fairing hence no mudguard number plate.
Just to add to the mystery, the reg number on the label still appears on the DVLC website.
Listed as 490cc, and taxed to March 2026. V5C issued 4th March 2023- but colour listed as Silver.
Bit of a puzzle?
The RAC had them in RAC blue…
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Forgot about those!
Had a quick Google Image, an RAC outfit comes up, but in a much darker blue.
So I'm still in the dark!
I might post the reg number in "where is it now", as it seems to have changed hands relatively recently, and as I mentioned is taxed and not on SORN.
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The RAC had them in RAC blue with sidecar boxes. I had one for a while. There is an example at Brooklands museum.