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I don't own any vintage Nortons, so sorry for the reply. I do however own two old 79 Bonnevilles. On is all original nice shape, the other totally restored. I love the old Bonnies, however, no longer enjoy highway rides among newer faster high performance cars where the average speed is 70mph. I enjoy country road twisties in the shade. I call the gentleman's bikes. The 961, at 80 mph just purrs along on the highway. The Ohlin suspension sucking up bumps like a Mercedes, softly absorbing the shock with no afterbounce. The Brembos stopping on a dime. The 961 fills the niche of loving a British bike grunt, throaty sound, classic styling and a fit and finish that I rarely see matched by any other manufacturer. As mentioned, a hard question because we've owned these bikes since our teen years and I wouldn't part with them, but yea....the 961 is a superb and better bike.

<blockquote data-quote="Britfan60" data-source="post: 313317" data-attributes="member: 5713"><p>I don&#039;t own any vintage Nortons, so sorry for the reply. I do however own two old 79 Bonnevilles. On is all original nice shape, the other totally restored. I love the old Bonnies, however, no longer enjoy highway rides among newer faster high performance cars where the average speed is 70mph. I enjoy country road twisties in the shade. I call the gentleman&#039;s bikes. The 961, at 80 mph just purrs along on the highway. The Ohlin suspension sucking up bumps like a Mercedes, softly absorbing the shock with no afterbounce. The Brembos stopping on a dime. The 961 fills the niche of loving a British bike grunt, throaty sound, classic styling and a fit and finish that I rarely see matched by any other manufacturer. As mentioned, a hard question because we&#039;ve owned these bikes since our teen years and I wouldn&#039;t part with them, but yea....the 961 is a superb and better bike.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Britfan60, post: 313317, member: 5713"] I don't own any vintage Nortons, so sorry for the reply. I do however own two old 79 Bonnevilles. On is all original nice shape, the other totally restored. I love the old Bonnies, however, no longer enjoy highway rides among newer faster high performance cars where the average speed is 70mph. I enjoy country road twisties in the shade. I call the gentleman's bikes. The 961, at 80 mph just purrs along on the highway. The Ohlin suspension sucking up bumps like a Mercedes, softly absorbing the shock with no afterbounce. The Brembos stopping on a dime. The 961 fills the niche of loving a British bike grunt, throaty sound, classic styling and a fit and finish that I rarely see matched by any other manufacturer. As mentioned, a hard question because we've owned these bikes since our teen years and I wouldn't part with them, but yea....the 961 is a superb and better bike. [/QUOTE]