Found this interesting:
'While you can be that getting any one of these bikes running after 35 years in storage will require quite a bit of work, how often do you even get the chance to consider buying an essentially brand new, unmolested Norton Commando? We haven’t heard any guesses on what sort of money they might bring, but even with the considerable work they’ll probably require we’re still betting they won’t be cheap. '
Getting them running will take a bit of work ? - My second motorbike was a 500cc 1942 Indian Scout. I'd seen it from the train on my way to school each day for about three years . It was in the back of a panel beater's yard next to the train line which was up on an embankment. It had probably been standing in the rain for ten years total. I approached the guy who owned the business and asked him how much he wanted for the Indian. He told me I could have it for nothing, so I started to wheel it home which was two miles away. One of the local thugs came and stood over me and claimed the bike. It then ended up back in the panel beater's yard. So then I got my daddy to bring his utility truck and heavy the local thug and take the bike home. I bought a battery for it, however back in those days nobody knew anything about oil changes. I put petrol in the tank, kicked it over and it started. So I then found a sidecar because my mommy would not let me ride a solo, and I went and got my license on it. After it chucked me into a paling fence, I took the sidecar off and rode it solo for two years. I then found a friend who had a strange fascination with speed. He taught me how to build a fast Triumph motor, and we lived happily ever after. - THE END.
P.S. I sold the Indian to a friend for $70 in about 1961.
