Commando Café Racer finished up...PICS

nidyanazo · Feb 19, 2009

Pretty interesting, when I got her she was all stock- I think I've made quite a change here!
Had a little drag race with a HD sportster yesterday, and the Norton handed the HD a whoopin' haha. He must have been embarrassed, since he turned off abruptly after I passed him.

Here are the pictures, Enjoy!

batrider · Feb 20, 2009

Owwww - Not much padding on that seat! Must be a young whippersnapper!

BillT · Feb 20, 2009

Saweeet!!!

grandpaul · Feb 20, 2009

Just goes to show "White can be done right".

Nice bike.

porterg · Feb 20, 2009

Nice clean looking bike!

RennieK · Feb 20, 2009

Nice, I like the white,
but where's the tail lite?

ddoyle · Feb 20, 2009

nice job, clean and simple
Dan

steven wardlaw · Feb 21, 2009

I tried to get my wife to let me paint my bike white and now she can see how good a norton can look when painted any color, even white. Great job!

crazychester · Feb 21, 2009

Beautiful. And the a$$ whoopin' you gave to the HD made my day. I tend to prefer the more stock looking Commando's but your bike looks great. I agree with the others, the white really works well. Nice job.

nidyanazo · Feb 21, 2009

Thanks everyone!
I'm having a great time with this bike.
I get questions about it every time I take her out for a spin. At stoplights, gas stations- everywhere!
Everybody seems to have a story about the snorton' Norton...

I'm going to wire up this little brake light soon, but for now I don't have one.
Managed to find a paint called "Wimbledon White" Looks pretty nice to me, so I used it on the seat and fender...And the seat I upholstered with a piece of leather my girlfriend had, and under it some surfboard padding. Works pretty nice, and really makes it handle terrific.
Now I just need a couple new tires....

BillT · Feb 21, 2009

nidyanazo said:
Managed to find a paint called "Wimbledon White" Looks pretty nice to me

Wimbledon white was the staple Ford color throughout the '60s. Just enough color in it that dirt didn't show right away. All those hot Fords of the early-mid '60s - AFX Thunderbolts, '65 Shelby Mustangs, Nascar Galaxies, all came in Wimbledon white.

nidyanazo · Feb 21, 2009

Huh, cool.
I used spray cans to paint the fender and seat, and that white matched perfectly with the tank and side covers.
Some wet sanding, and gloss top-coat and you would never know it was a few cans of $6 paint!

Jeandr · Feb 22, 2009

Where's the license plate? Are you legal running without lights? No flashers? I like the back end, looks nice without any mudguards.

Jean

snakehips · Feb 23, 2009

Each to their own I suppose.

nidyanazo · Feb 23, 2009

Jean:
Waiting on the CHP to verify the VIN #'s, then I get a plate.
I use hand signals, but am going to fab up a small brake light.

snakehips: Don't like? More of a Leave it stock kinda guy?

Cheers,
Aydin

Commando Café Racer finished up...PICS

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