Pictures of your Norton Commandos
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NORTSTER1974
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I've owned this one since 1980...My first bike. A 1974 850 Commando Roadster. Just decided to rebuild it this past winter...every nut, bolt, bushing, bearing, washer and seal has been replaced. A complete teardown. It has seen different configurations and colors over the years. Original paint was red with silver pinstripe. Still have all the original parts. I went to a Norton Rally once, and almost jumped on someone else's bike. I don't have that problem now.
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Thanks for diggin' the green Mr. Walker. When I did the tank, front fender, and side covers back in the 90's I found the color in a PPG color chip book. It was a custom "hot rod" color called "Summer Green". A couple years ago when I wanted to get the rear fender and fly screen done to match, I called PPG and they did not have any info on the paint, as colors always change. I just took it to a friend who matched it with a machine, it came out close enough. Hey...."Florida Green"..."Summer Green", "Monkey Sh*t" Green, they all look good to me.
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I likes yer see-through filosofy.
Now... Some pics of yer 920 'not a cafe racer' Dommi please sir!
Now... Some pics of yer 920 'not a cafe racer' Dommi please sir!
Fast Eddie said:
sorry , eddie , but the dommie is in hybernation at the back of the garage and as it is winter i am reluctant to pull everything else out
But i promise to put some pics of it , in spring , in full action.
as said before , i actually never used it as the purpose for building it (pulling a chair and later going to IOM with it ) was gone .
it does however do what it was supposed to do , look like a std model 88 but with a 920 engine and on isolastics , give a smooth ride
But as it hasn,t really had any miles under its wheels i do not want to show it off and have to admit later that there were flaws in it , so you will have to wait a bit , but thanks for asking and stirring the will to run it in
Mark F said:lynxnsu said:
commando is mine , guzzi from a fellow forummember
both follow see-through filosofy
Nice looking bike lynxnsu. Very purposeful. Interesting riding companions. How does the Commando stack up ?
the picture was taken in the IOM , and in its company were a ducati 888 , ducati 72 gt round case , ducati 900ss bevel , guzzi lemans 2 (modified a bit ....)std commando and a modern daytona (678?)
as my bike was the lightest of them all it really outhandled them ( having 4 isos helped no doubt) but the 888 and the guzzi were definetely faster once above 140kmh ( the daytona is not taken into account)
it also required MUCH more maintanance than the others , spitting oil out of the breather because of my mods of oil in frame and cracking the megas .
All those flaws are now believed to be cured ( liar you havent run it for a long period yet )
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