# The Single GREATEST Motorcycle HANDLING REVOLUTION: What's a FEATHERBED?

An episode of [Cycle World Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1737271114), 21 May 2025, 1 h 19 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/f21971c8/podcast/play/102990158/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-4-21%2F400725796-44100-2-7d2e54c32ead3.mp3

Motorcycle frames were just glorified bicycle frames for a long time--spindly, flexible, poorly balanced. That all changed with a pair of clever Irish brothers who designed a motorcycle frame that revolutionized motorcycle handling--and it helped Norton remain a force in GP racing against higher horsepower motorcycles for years. It also changed motorcycling forever and helped us get to the exceptional handling motorcycles we have today.

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