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Postby click » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:10 pm

Hi Lads,

I'm a member of an Irish biker forum & a few lads posted some pictures from some bike events they where at, picked out a few Nortons :D

1st picture is from Linkoping Sweden July 2010


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The 2nd & 3rd are from a classic bike event in mid Ohio . Not sure if this has been posted before but it looks very interesting!!


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Hotbot might be interested in this one :mrgreen:

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Re: Some pics

Postby willh » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:25 pm

I really like the first one. Redline frame?
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Re: Some pics

Postby Coco » Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:44 pm

click wrote:

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That bike is pretty cool. The headlight and mirrors stick out like a sore thumb but the rest is great.
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Re: Some pics

Postby hobot » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:12 pm

Oh my yes sir Mr. Click, I'm on edge of seat interested in that Drouin Commando!
Mainly its proof to me AMC gearbox can take way more than ever intended.
I added the photo's to collection of blown Commandos. I'm a late comer.
The others are delicious as well and level I'm constantly straining to
catch up to on Peel but gave up for just nice intact factory Trixie Combat.

Mostly interested in how much the blower hangs out as Peel's intended
to perfect sideways wheelies. That takes a lot of lean to not high side
till I let off. Try as I might, getting pulled off track each and every
time out by Code's Corner school freaked out staff and then applying
lesions of track and THE Gravel on my modified race shod SV650,
ain't no way in god's grey pavement these fat tired cycles can
handle the loads and hook up it takes to sideways wheelie
off tire edges, they all just grease off line or low side in a flash.

Peel will have to sit ~ 2" higher than factory and run crash bars
to allow clearance and hopefully preserve the cases when I hit
gravel or grease or deer as i fully expect a number of times more
before I go. Oh yeah bet its a blast just going straight too.

Graduation paper I'm ready to learn blown cornering on my own now.
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Re: Some pics

Postby Danno » Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:38 pm

click wrote:

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All that needs is a Flanders flattrack bend handlebar, and I'd be drooling all over the keyboard!
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Re: Some pics

Postby mikegray660 » Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:30 pm

me likes that Drouin Commando mucho
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Re: Some pics

Postby pelican » Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:38 pm

Coco wrote:
click wrote:

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That bike is pretty cool. The headlight and mirrors stick out like a sore thumb but the rest is great.



yeah man, that headlight is freakin ug-gly!!! Belongs on a big chopper not a sleek commando at least pushed way out like that
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Re: Some pics

Postby Seeley920 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:04 am

Hi Click,

I recognise that one from Linkoping, I've raced against it a few times over there.......pretty bike, but it ain't no Seeley :-) We met a guy from Cork there in 2009 who was touring all over Europe and he was amazed to meet "Feck me, a bunch of Paddies" in Linkoping!!! :lol:
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Re: Some pics

Postby click » Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:19 am

Seeley920 wrote:Hi Click,

I recognise that one from Linkoping, I've raced against it a few times over there.......pretty bike, but it ain't no Seeley :-) We met a guy from Cork there in 2009 who was touring all over Europe and he was amazed to meet "Feck me, a bunch of Paddies" in Linkoping!!! :lol:


Hi,

It's amazing how small the world is!!!

I missed the racing you mentioned in Wales, I'm not going over till the 25th, anything else going on around these dates? Would really like to see a well sorted Norton doing it's thing on the track :mrgreen:

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Re: Some pics

Postby Seeley920 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:39 am

Hmm, nothing on around Wales that I know of....Donington on 13 - 15th August though!!
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Re: Some pics

Postby click » Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:50 am

Seeley920 wrote:Hmm, nothing on around Wales that I know of....Donington on 13 - 15th August though!!


I was looking at that on the CRMC website, might see if I can get over & stay for a few days!!

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Re: Some pics

Postby Seeley920 » Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:58 am

Go for it...it's a 3 day meeting, and there will be a few quick bikes there....there will be a crowd over from Scandinavia too with a few triples and a few commandos!!
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Re: Some pics

Postby TJKII » Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:17 pm

Where were the picts of the turbo from, Mid Ohio? Year?

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Re: Some pics

Postby swooshdave » Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:23 pm

TJKII wrote:Where were the picts of the turbo from, Mid Ohio? Year?

Tom


Supercharger.
You probably want to go into town, and find a up to date Jap Bike store,
With a full spares department, a clean workshop, and kean young mechanics.
And ask them if theres a Grumpy Old Bloke out in the Hills, who knows how to fix Real Motorcycles.

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Re: Some pics

Postby TJKII » Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:30 pm

Swoosdave, I stand corrected.... How does "huffed" sound? TK
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