Pictures of your Norton Commandos

Well, at least the clutch and front brake are Commando. My daily ride since 1995.

Pictures of your Norton Commandos
 
comnoz said:
Here is a picture of the vintage legal Norton racer I raced through the 90's . Jim
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Great to see some new pictures with more detail. I've saved all your past ones, but these add a lot of info.

Ken
 
debby said:
The problem with this thread is that everyone's photos are chopped off. The pics are too big! :?
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They work fine for me, Debby. I can see the full pics. Like LAB said above, it might be because I'm using a wide screen monitor.

Ken
 
Thesilverfox said:
Brought out the film camera and took this shot in my garage this weekend
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Whoa, just noticed the film bit. Nicely done!

(I used to do B/W C-41and E-6 for a living...many moons ago)
 
84ok said:
what balance factor?
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Sorry for misleading anyone to think it's a Commando engine. The power plant is a 650 SS. BF is as it left the factory. A very smooth engine and not much slower than my 750 Commando.
 
Petersen (Well, at least the clutch and front brake are Commando. My daily ride since 1995.)
bolt up rear hub and Commando clutch? no cush in the drive train?
 
JimNH said:
Mine:

Pictures of your Norton Commandos
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Jim you're a bad man. I just love that paint scheme. But I generally succeed in persuading myself that my current metallic blue paint job is OK. Then some toe rag comes along and posts a picture of the 'Jubilee' (as Norman White tells me it was correctly called) paint scheme and it starts all over again!

Actually, come to think of it, I think that metallic blue would really suit your bike... why don't we swap tins ??
 
madass140 said:
Petersen (Well, at least the clutch and front brake are Commando. My daily ride since 1995.)
bolt up rear hub and Commando clutch? no cush in the drive train?
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Nope, primary beltdrive but no cush. I have been running the bike like that for years but if I happen to stumble across a reasonably priced Commando rear hub I'll probably go for it.
 
Fast Eddie said:
JimNH said:
Mine:



Jim you're a bad man. I just love that paint scheme. But I generally succeed in persuading myself that my current metallic blue paint job is OK. Then some toe rag comes along and posts a picture of the 'Jubilee' (as Norman White tells me it was correctly called) paint scheme and it starts all over again!

Actually, come to think of it, I think that metallic blue would really suit your bike... why don't we swap tins ??
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Eddie,

Funny thing about the paint: I bought the bike about 25 years ago as a rolling basket case. It had the scheme and I liked it but the paint was very tired. Whilst rehabbing the rest of it I brought the tinwork to a local auto shop that advertised that they did MC work. The manager assured me that he could duplicate the paint so I left it with him. Two weeks later I got a call saying the paint was stripped, what color did I want it? Needless to say I was furious! I stated the paint was to have been duplicated. Well, a week later it was "done", except it was totally FUBAR. After going up one side and down the other on the manager I was able to trace the scheme on a brand new MKIII that was still in the box. Armed with that the manager did the work instead of his apprentice and got it reasonably close.

As much as I like blue I'm more fond of the white with red and blue, so the trade is off. :wink:

That's the first time I've heard it referred to as Jubilee. I often hear it called JPN but that's just wrong. No one has ever presented, to my knowledge, any evidence that this scheme has anything to do with John Player.

Jim
 
JimNH said:
No one has ever presented, to my knowledge, any evidence that this scheme has anything to do with John Player.
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Wasn't that paint used on production bikes the year following success with the JPN race bike(s)?

Just wondering, as I seem to recall reading that somewhere on this forum...
 
Thanks, this is a 4x5 shot with Tmax100 developped in Rodinal in a paterson tank.

I like old motorcycles and old cameras


gortnipper said:
Thesilverfox said:
Brought out the film camera and took this shot in my garage this weekend
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Whoa, just noticed the film bit. Nicely done!

(I used to do B/W C-41and E-6 for a living...many moons ago)
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Thesilverfox said:
Thanks, this is a 4x5 shot with Tmax100 developped in Rodinal in a paterson tank.

I like old motorcycles and old cameras


gortnipper said:
Thesilverfox said:
Brought out the film camera and took this shot in my garage this weekend
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Whoa, just noticed the film bit. Nicely done!

(I used to do B/W C-41and E-6 for a living...many moons ago)
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I sold my Linhoff 4x5, lenses, and Beseler 45C when I moved to NZ 11 years ago.... still have my 23C, Bronica 6x6 and a couple of Leicas. But, use my cameraphone most days!

Keep it up!
 
JimNH said:
Fast Eddie said:
JimNH said:
Mine:



Jim you're a bad man. I just love that paint scheme. But I generally succeed in persuading myself that my current metallic blue paint job is OK. Then some toe rag comes along and posts a picture of the 'Jubilee' (as Norman White tells me it was correctly called) paint scheme and it starts all over again!

Actually, come to think of it, I think that metallic blue would really suit your bike... why don't we swap tins ??
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Eddie,

Funny thing about the paint: I bought the bike about 25 years ago as a rolling basket case. It had the scheme and I liked it but the paint was very tired. Whilst rehabbing the rest of it I brought the tinwork to a local auto shop that advertised that they did MC work. The manager assured me that he could duplicate the paint so I left it with him. Two weeks later I got a call saying the paint was stripped, what color did I want it? Needless to say I was furious! I stated the paint was to have been duplicated. Well, a week later it was "done", except it was totally FUBAR. After going up one side and down the other on the manager I was able to trace the scheme on a brand new MKIII that was still in the box. Armed with that the manager did the work instead of his apprentice and got it reasonably close.

As much as I like blue I'm more fond of the white with red and blue, so the trade is off. :wink:

That's the first time I've heard it referred to as Jubilee. I often hear it called JPN but that's just wrong. No one has ever presented, to my knowledge, any evidence that this scheme has anything to do with John Player.

Jim
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Nice story Jim!

BTW, I have referred to this paint scheme as JPN for years, but Norman White told me its correct name at the time was the Jubilee paint scheme.
 
Fast Eddie said:
BTW, I have referred to this paint scheme as JPN for years, but Norman White told me its correct name at the time was the Jubilee paint scheme.
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Did he know which, what or who's anniversary it was in commemoration of, or was it just a name someone had come up with for the colour scheme?

According to the brochures and parts books the factory only refer to it as "White", Blue Stripe" or "Dayglow White with Blue stripes" finish.
 
Triumph produced a T140J Silver Jubilee to commemorate the 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, and I would see one of these every time I went into the Dewey's Triiuph in Seattle before I moved to NZ. Somehow, I think this moniker was appropriated after the fact by a few for the Blue Stripe, as was the JPN moniker...
 
gortnipper said:
Triumph produced a T140J Silver Jubilee to commemorate the 1977 Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II,
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Yes, but there was no particular royal or Norton factory jubilee that I can think of that would have been celebrated in 1974, and the Blue stripe colour scheme continued on into 1975 so a '2 year' jubilee?
 
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