Pictures of your Norton Commandos
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The below black 1974 was a covid lockdown project that I completed and since parted ways with.
The below Fire Flake Blue 1974 was a pleasant unexpected purchase I made a couple of weeks ago. Paint appears to be original with the hand painted stripes starting to rub off. Previous owner installed a 3 phase charging system, Podtronics RR, and Trispark ignition with coils. Outside these modern upgrades, and new pipes, the bike is VERY original. A proper fuel line, set of new isolastics, DT Head Steady, tires, and rear shocks are on order. Outside that, it needs nothing but a rubber ignition sleeve, a good cleaning and a polish. Receipts (dating back to early 2000s) indicate continuous maintenance. It does not leak a drop of oil (for now
, and it started on my first kick. It is a wonderful rider which I plan to preserve "As Is". I could not be happier.
Cheers,
Gatsby
The below Fire Flake Blue 1974 was a pleasant unexpected purchase I made a couple of weeks ago. Paint appears to be original with the hand painted stripes starting to rub off. Previous owner installed a 3 phase charging system, Podtronics RR, and Trispark ignition with coils. Outside these modern upgrades, and new pipes, the bike is VERY original. A proper fuel line, set of new isolastics, DT Head Steady, tires, and rear shocks are on order. Outside that, it needs nothing but a rubber ignition sleeve, a good cleaning and a polish. Receipts (dating back to early 2000s) indicate continuous maintenance. It does not leak a drop of oil (for now
, and it started on my first kick. It is a wonderful rider which I plan to preserve "As Is". I could not be happier.Cheers,
Gatsby
My Ladies want to be ridden! (the inanimate one(s) anyway...). Regrettably, the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak...
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Wow. Talk about pristine!
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I agree, that bike could pass for a factory advert 46 years ago, probably the best almost stock Commando I've ever seen
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Better than anything that left the factory IMHO
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The guy I bought it from didn't know what he had. His friend left it as his house when he moved to California sometime in the 80's.
Now he was moving and figured he'd try and sell it quickly. If it didn't sell he was going to throw it in the scrap dumpster. Paid $1,200 and then proceeded to triple what I had budgeted to rebuild!
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"The Story of My Life"
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If you have to ask “ how much will it cost to restore it ? “ then you can’t afford it ...
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My grandson brought his MK3 over to my place today to do a little maintenance and cleaning, and it looks so pretty that I had to post a picture. This is a project bike that we built together for him back in 2014 in time for us to both have bikes for the INOA rally that year. We've made occasional changes to it since then, and it is still going strong. It lived in my shop until this year, so I could also take it for a spin now and then, but this year he managed to buy his own place, so now it lives in his garage.
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I'm assuming alternate switchgear to facilitate those mirrors??
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