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Garden Gate Nickname for the plunger-sprung frames used on Norton machines from the late 1930s.

Gear Cluster A set of gears.

Gear Ratio The ratio of the turning speeds of a driving and driven gear or the cumulative ratios for a series of gears.

Girder Forks Type of forks common on early machines, comprising rigid beams attached to the steering head by parallel links that allowed movement.

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