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Having had the same top-tube fatigue issues on the pre-Stormer motocross machines as later appeared on the Commando (though the opposite way up because of the headstock to top tube alignment) I thought Wolverhampton had made a much tidier re-design, splitting the tube and inserting a long triangular filler. It would have been a big job to retrofit the Commandos already in the field with a similar set-up, but introducing it into production wouldn't have been a big deal.I agree with your comments regarding Dennis Poore, but without his rescue of Norton and merging it with Villiers (which he already owned), the Commando would never have been born and Plumstead would have closed. He had some "interesting" choices of personnel also. The way the two branches of the company were run was one of the reasons for me bailng out over the US after less than 2 years at N-V. We're still there, living in the seaside town of Anacortes. I'm now into my 20th year of retirement, after 3 years at NASA, 28 years at Boeing and 2 years post retirement as a transit coach driver.Frank
Having had the same top-tube fatigue issues on the pre-Stormer motocross machines as later appeared on the Commando (though the opposite way up because of the headstock to top tube alignment) I thought Wolverhampton had made a much tidier re-design, splitting the tube and inserting a long triangular filler. It would have been a big job to retrofit the Commandos already in the field with a similar set-up, but introducing it into production wouldn't have been a big deal.
I agree with your comments regarding Dennis Poore, but without his rescue of Norton and merging it with Villiers (which he already owned), the Commando would never have been born and Plumstead would have closed. He had some "interesting" choices of personnel also. The way the two branches of the company were run was one of the reasons for me bailng out over the US after less than 2 years at N-V. We're still there, living in the seaside town of Anacortes. I'm now into my 20th year of retirement, after 3 years at NASA, 28 years at Boeing and 2 years post retirement as a transit coach driver.
Frank
