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New Life for an Old Soul: Vic Matthews’ Norton 16H

In today’s digitally saturated world, communication is seamless, relentless and overwhelming. But Vic Matthews is part of a generation that didn’t grow up on the internet—his digital footprint is no larger than a seldom-updated Facebook profile.

So I only found out about his painstakingly restored Norton 16H via a succinct text message from my father; “Vic has just rebuilt this Norton!” And the instant that message popped up, I knew that Vic had brewed up something killer.

Words and images for Bike EXIF… read it here | Also featured in issue 41 of Iron & Air Magazine

Classic Norton 16H restoration