International Ride Your Commando Day

72Combat · May 7, 2012

I was wondering if this had been done before.. :roll: ..just for a laugh really. We select a day , probably on a weekend, and as many Commando owners as possible ride their Commandos and if possible take a photo by a local highlight, would be good to get rider in and post it. Might be the most Commandos running is a day worldwide?
I'm thinking June.

iceteanolemon · May 7, 2012

Sounds like a fun idea! I'm IN! May not be a long ride but I will surely take it for a spin and snap a shot to contribute!

Hobot · May 7, 2012

Wonderful idea! I'd pick one of these dates to honor Pa Norton or the first issue or last issue date of Commando model. About twice a year I see a foreign Commando pass by in Eureka Springs which is an Ozark mecca for bikers in general. Caught up with one to gain a new friend in another state away.

James Lansdowne Norton
Born 1869 Birmingham, UK
Died 21 April 1925 Birmingham, UK

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lansdowne_Norton

nortriubuell · May 7, 2012

I'm in !!! Be a great tinme to "show off" the "Fireflake Golden Bronze" paintjob I just had Brent pinstripe for me ...

DogT · May 7, 2012

Love it, I'll do it as long as it's not raining. Maybe it should be on James Norton's birthday, no matter what?

Dave
69S

72Combat · May 7, 2012

The James Norton birthday would be good but it was in April....if its raining a picture of the bike with rain in background :shock:
I Googled dates like Commando first shown at Earls Court and the like but no actual days mentioned.
How about 21st June ....Summer/Winter Solstice...... That way you up over have a nice warm long day and us down under cold dark one...oh well its a week day...might have to suck it up and ride to work....

Hobot · May 7, 2012

How about 21st June ....Summer/Winter Solstice...... That way you up over have a nice warm long day and us down under cold dark one...oh well its a week day...might have to suck it up and ride to work....

Ugh no kidding good point about ride season. Using the solstice is a good idea to me. But I now think its more sense to make it Int'l Norton Week to give the whole world time to get out to be seen and heard and smelled and felt and tasted. People could contact local news to do a blip on it with Snort for an Norton for extra flavor.

Ancients marked hi Noon as the end/start of days. They called it the "even" as the shadows of gates and vertical posts were even aligned then, everywhere, ie: local time was solar time. Afternoon was called the evening, after the even.

I"m doing my part to show one as often as practical and possible.

72Combat · May 7, 2012

I liked the idea of everyone making an effort over one 24 hour period and seeing the pics from around the world. Just my thoughts..... ( probably as mine is running a road legal at the moment as we get cheap rego for 40+ its always on the road)

mgrant · May 7, 2012

I'm in. A weekend day would be best so no conflicts with work schedule. I've got a nice 150 mile ride out through the Hill Country in mind.

DogT · May 7, 2012

We could just do like the first weekend in June, or the last weekend in October, I don't think that would bother the 'down under' guys since they have palm trees, eh. Don't know about the Canooks though, will the snow be melted by then or not coming down? I know my wife always complained about the 3 weeks of bad sledding in Minnesota in the summer.

Dave
69S

Torontonian · May 7, 2012

Canook here ,snow all melted,count me in.

swooshdave · May 7, 2012

May 26th. Start of the Senior TT at the Isle of Man. Nothing more relevant to Norton than the TT.

grandpaul · May 8, 2012

I would join in and maybe be able to submit 3 pix...

DogT · May 8, 2012

Or a hot rod driven by two nuts?

Dave
69S

batrider · May 8, 2012

Ludwig - You mean it's not every day?

Diablouph · May 8, 2012

( 2 birds , one stone ..)

No, two stones, one bird.

Anglophile · May 8, 2012

Rode to work again today. Rained on the way home. It was Ride MY Commando Day.

72Combat · May 25, 2012

Well its Queens Birthday here in Her Majesties Southern most outpost next Monday June 4. Its a Holiday here but Sunday June 3 would suit the purpose.
I will have to find somewhere majestic for occasion and perhaps have nice pint of best bitter at the correct temperature...

International Ride Your Commando Day

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