ludwig said:
From everything I ever red from you , I can only conclude that you haven't totalled a 100 miles on Nortons in your entire life .
I'm not an independently wealthy retired person who can take road trips to the Alps whenever I choose. I have done a 600+ mile ONE DAY trip on my Interstate, about four or five 200 mile round-trips (sometimes 2-up), and several all-afternoon rides where we didn't keep track of miles. That's only in the 6 or 7 years I've had it.
I do have vintage racing experience with dozens of races at tracks across the country, finished 5th in the championship in my class, in a field of 20 riders (as a rookie) so I know a thing or two about riding hard and what a good-handling bike feels like.
I have owned over 150 motorcycles (over 120 were indeed running bikes) in almost 40 years, so I have more riding experience than you know. The Texas hill country where I often ride has some of the most challenging riding anywhere, and I've never so much as put a tire off the pavement.
Your conclusions are completely incorrect and tiresome.
BACK ON-TOPIC, AGAIN...
My Blue monoshocker has done less than 800 miles, but all of them fun and totally without incident. In my opinion, the handling is quite predictable, stable and light.
The reports from the two client Nortons with modern forks is that one of them has seen regular track time at "The Streets of Willow" (Willow Springs' secondary race track) and it is a much better handling bike than a standard-forked Commando; the other one is mostly shown, but it is ridden by both husband and wife, and they have nothing but excellent regard for it (she even kickstarts it by herself with 1 or 2 kicks).
