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Aw shucks! I've been offline with respect to this forum for a couple years on an airplane building project. Anyhow, I love the dedication and care you put into your project and greatly enjoyed the string. Anyhow, getting back on track, I have a VERY nice original Norton (not aftermarket) repainted matching set of side panels and tank that would fit your bike. The paint and lettering is very professional with flawless smooth clearcoat. But while truly beautiful, they are unfortunately NOT standard colors, being metal flake burgundy with painted silver/gold Norton logo. I purchased them probably 15 years ago for $850 (which I thought was bargain considering the paint quality), thinking I could adapt them to my '70 commando S that had fiberglass tanks. But alas, I had not done enough research to realize all the rest of the oil system mods that were part of the later 750 bikes. So I went with a good reproduction tank painted by Brent at vintage vendors, and the burgundy set went into my dry basement on a shelf under cloth. I'm not really trying to get much of anything anymore, just looking for a nice home for them. Well.... if you decide that your old, dingy tanks do look out of place on your otherwise blingy new bike, PM me. They are so nice you'll like burgundy even if you don't like burgundy.

<blockquote data-quote="Ted Lang" data-source="post: 582915" data-attributes="member: 3271"><p>Aw shucks!&nbsp; &nbsp; I&#039;ve been offline with respect to this forum for a couple years on an airplane building project.&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyhow, I love the dedication and care you put into your project and greatly enjoyed the string.&nbsp;&nbsp; Anyhow, getting back on track, I have a VERY nice original Norton (not aftermarket) repainted matching set of side panels and tank that would fit your bike.&nbsp;&nbsp; The paint and lettering is very professional with flawless smooth clearcoat.&nbsp; But while truly beautiful, they are unfortunately NOT standard colors, being metal flake burgundy with painted silver/gold Norton logo.&nbsp; &nbsp; I purchased them probably 15 years ago for $850 (which I thought was bargain considering the paint quality), thinking I could adapt them to my &#039;70 commando S that had fiberglass tanks.&nbsp;&nbsp; But alas, I had not done enough research to realize all the rest of the oil system mods that were part of the later 750 bikes.&nbsp;&nbsp; So I went with a good reproduction tank painted by Brent at vintage vendors, and the burgundy set went into my dry basement on a shelf under cloth.&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m not really trying to get much of anything anymore, just looking for a nice home for them.&nbsp;&nbsp; Well.... if you decide that your old, dingy tanks do look out of place on your otherwise blingy new bike, PM me.&nbsp;&nbsp; They are so nice you&#039;ll like burgundy even if you don&#039;t like burgundy.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Ted Lang, post: 582915, member: 3271"] Aw shucks! I've been offline with respect to this forum for a couple years on an airplane building project. Anyhow, I love the dedication and care you put into your project and greatly enjoyed the string. Anyhow, getting back on track, I have a VERY nice original Norton (not aftermarket) repainted matching set of side panels and tank that would fit your bike. The paint and lettering is very professional with flawless smooth clearcoat. But while truly beautiful, they are unfortunately NOT standard colors, being metal flake burgundy with painted silver/gold Norton logo. I purchased them probably 15 years ago for $850 (which I thought was bargain considering the paint quality), thinking I could adapt them to my '70 commando S that had fiberglass tanks. But alas, I had not done enough research to realize all the rest of the oil system mods that were part of the later 750 bikes. So I went with a good reproduction tank painted by Brent at vintage vendors, and the burgundy set went into my dry basement on a shelf under cloth. I'm not really trying to get much of anything anymore, just looking for a nice home for them. Well.... if you decide that your old, dingy tanks do look out of place on your otherwise blingy new bike, PM me. They are so nice you'll like burgundy even if you don't like burgundy. [/QUOTE]