1990 Norton F1 JPS Special for sale in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, by The Bike Specialists, Experts in the Procurement of Collectable & High-End Investment Motorcycles.

THE BIKE SPECIALISTS,
TRADING STANDARDS AWARD WINNERS.
Bike ID: #10673

We are pleased to offer for sale our stunning Norton F1 JPS, an iconic British bike and a model we have not had through our showroom for many years. These are a super rare bike with only a small number made, believed to be around 140 F1s between 1990–1992. The F1 was expensive when new (£13,000 in 1990 equivilant today would cost £31,000) and remains a collector’s item today. Our 1990 UK example in concors condition and shows just 8,728 miles from new and amazingly 1 owner from new. The bike was fully restored in 2025 and comes with various invoices showing £11,526 spent on the work carried out, two keys, original handbook and the original showroom brochure.

The Norton F1 (also known as the P55 or F1 JPS) is a rare late-1980s/early-1990s British sports motorcycle powered by a liquid-cooled twin-rotor Wankel rotary engine, produced as a road-going replica of Norton’s successful RCW588 race bike. It is one of the few production motorcycles ever fitted with a Wankel rotary engine and is instantly recognizable in its black/gold/grey John Player Special (JPS) livery, matching the tobacco-sponsored race team bikes. Norton had been developing Wankel rotary engines since the early 1970s and in the late 1980s, Norton engineer Brian Crighton developed a competitive racing version which led to the RCW588 race bike. From 1989, riders including Steve Spray, Trevor Nation, Robert Dunlop, and others achieved strong results in British championships. Steve Hislop later won the 1992 Senior TT on a Norton rotary.

We are a family-owned company who pride ourselves on the quality of our Motorcycles and all of them are carefully chosen, handpicked enthusiast pre-owned examples that are always HPI Clear for your peace of mind. We offer all the usual used Motorcycle Dealer facilities such as Low-rate finance and extended warranties and operate a no pressure environment where you can relax and enjoy good old-fashioned service with a smile. We have just upgraded our Indoor Showroom where you can see Motorcycles you sometimes can only dream of seeing and sometimes, we have to pinch ourselves when we get certain bikes in as we would like to keep them all! We cater for very specialist tastes and can usually source rare and coveted bikes that we do not have in stock and have lots of contacts throughout the world.