I watched that video a few time ages ago and now, the desire to have a Norton but never go through with it but always a dream, jumping from a 2 stroke and on the Norton you can tell he don't have the kick start knack, he also talked about the handling but really he backed off through the corners, but that's normal for someone on a bike for the first time, it would have handled a bit better if he kept the power up, to use to his 2 stroker lol, but it's good to see the smile on his dial and the joy it gave him on his first experience of riding a Norton.
In 1976 when I brought my new 74 Commando the price on the road new in Aus was $1999, I think the Honda 4s were about $1800 round abouts at the time, all my mates went Honda 4s but I didn't like the top heavy side of them or the super smoothness of the bike without that great sound and thump of a twin Norton even with standard mufflers, I love my Honda dirt bikes but the older Honda road bikes just didn't do it for me.
My dream was to own a Norton from day one and got my first loan to buy it new $1100 loan at 17 with a weekly wage of less then $60 to buy it new, I paid it off in less than a year, not bad for a skinny 17 year old.
I still own my old Norton but it's not the way it was from new and went through a major change in 1980.
Ashley