Model 77
The first Model 77 was a rigid framed telescopic forked Dominator version of 500 cc produced from 1950, and supplied to the Australian market only. Only a few hundred were made, from 1950 to 1952. This used the all iron Dominator 500 cc twin engine, with an oil pressure gauge in the ES2 style but flat bottomed petrol tank.
The 596 cc Model 77 Dominator was introduced in late 1956. Essentially a swinging arm, single downtube ES2 chassis with a 600 cc Dominator 99 engine, it was in production at the same time as the Dominator 99 as a sidecar motorcycle but was dropped from production after 1957, when sidecar Featherbeds were introduced.
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