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As a corollary to the original post, has any one ever seen an original BRG Commando that was not a fastback?
 
I don't think I've ever seen Emerald Green Fireflake on anything.
I had a good friend bought a brand new '70 or '71 Commando that was the green fireflake. I recall all the colors on that 1971 color chart on Roadsters except the BRG, but clearly they must have been out there. Off topic, but does anyone recall seeing a two tone fastback in metalflake silver and candy apple red? I saw exactly one somewhere in Nova Scotia while on a bike trip. It was probably the summer of 1969 or maybe 1970....
 
I had a good friend bought a brand new '70 or '71 Commando that was the green fireflake. I recall all the colors on that 1971 color chart on Roadsters except the BRG, but clearly they must have been out there. Off topic, but does anyone recall seeing a two tone fastback in metalflake silver and candy apple red? I saw exactly one somewhere in Nova Scotia while on a bike trip. It was probably the summer of 1969 or maybe 1970....
yep that's a thing( probably a restored bike so do not take it to be absolutely correct )

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As a corollary to the original post, has any one ever seen an original BRG Commando that was not a fastback?

Not an original type fastback , but I did see a Long Range Fastback original in BRG .
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To me, this is BRG, on an actual British race car. I spied this in the parking lot of a local watering hole a few years ago. Had I known exactly what it was, I would have gone inside and tried to talk to the owner. Three different companies make replicas (to the tune of $2 million+ per copy) and an original with racing provenance can bring $5 million.

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Off topic, but does anyone recall seeing a two tone fastback in metalflake silver and candy apple red? I saw exactly one somewhere in Nova Scotia while on a bike trip. It was probably the summer of 1969 or maybe 1970....

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https://andover-norton.co.uk/en/our-bikes/detail/257
"The two-tone finish is correct though few Norton enthusiasts these days know this finish was optional for the year and think it is a "custom paintjob"."
 
Rick , interesting you where up here in NS during the great Norton years , I don’t recall the two-tone fastback , at that time I thought I knew most of the Norton’s around .....
 
Hmm...that two-tone is growing on me. I think I'd consider it for my Fastback repaint! THANKS for the question about it and the subsequent pics!
 
Rick , interesting you where up here in NS during the great Norton years , I don’t recall the two-tone fastback , at that time I thought I knew most of the Norton’s around .....
Can't remember where I saw it. We spent most of our time around Wolfville visiting friends. Walked over to an island at low tide and...oh wait, way off topic.
 
Sooo...what would be the "correct" Norton logo color for a BRG tank/side covers. When I bought my BRG components, I put "gold" vinyl lettering on it. This was plan gold, not gold with black outline. Now the gold has faded to a sort of yellowish off-white. I'm thinking black might be better.

More looking at the two-tone has changed my mind to not liking it so much.
 
The red/silver two tone would not be so easy. On the ones I saw the metal flake was in the gelcote not the paint.
 
As I remember from my short time at N-V, all the first couple of years output were fastbacks. The first 200 or so didn't have the recess in the gas tank for the traditional Norton badge, because that idiotic PR outfit had switched to their "green blob" logo. The "Norton" name didn't appear anywhere. They had even been eliminated from all the die-cast covers.

I think there was a free replacement tank program for the bikes the were delivered without the recess. I wasn't around when the later models were introduced, as I'd emigrated to the US.
 
As I remember from my short time at N-V, all the first couple of years output were fastbacks.

Both the 'R' type and 'S' type were added to the range in less than a year (from March '69).

The first 200 or so didn't have the recess in the gas tank for the traditional Norton badge, because that idiotic PR outfit had switched to their "green blob" logo.


However, they reverted to a non-recessed Fastback tank again for '69-on with Norton decals.

They had even been eliminated from all the die-cast covers.

The previous model twins didn't have that either except for the Norton timing cover badge deleted after 1962 I believe.
 
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