Silver JPN ?? (2019)

Fast Eddie · May 27, 2019

Is this add correct? Were there any silver JPNs?

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C1112693

jimbo · May 27, 2019

I'll ask Mick Ofield, he designed them. I am guessing with my limited "not there in the day" knowledge , no.

Fullauto · May 27, 2019

I* would suggest it was Gus Kuhn who ordered them. Norton wouldn't have done a special for them unless they had. there was no love lost between them because the Gus Kuhn team used to regularly thrash the factory team. They even paid retail for their race parts !

jimbo · May 30, 2019

MR. Ofield said the factory would have never done that , but a dealer could anything he wanted

grandpaul · May 30, 2019

jimbo said:
MR. Ofield said the factory would have never done that , but a dealer could anything he wanted

I concur. I have seen 3 silver JPNs, but they were NOT done by the factory.

gortnipper · Jun 2, 2019

There is an ad for a silver Gus Kuhn JPN kit for a mk3 on the FB Commando page now

Mark Savage · Jun 2, 2019

I took this picture in 1978 on the Isle of Man. Obviously not standard but sort relevant.

jimbo · Jul 29, 2019

gortnipper said:
There is an ad for a silver Gus Kuhn JPN kit for a mk3 on the FB Commando page now

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Norton-Com...775454?hash=item2ceabc621e:g:D58AAOSwXgRc5ybM

gortnipper · Jul 29, 2019

I notice that there are no rearsets included in this MK3 labeled kit. Not sure how well that would work with stock foot pegs on a Mk3 with the fairing lowers.

jimbo · Jul 29, 2019

gortnipper said:
I notice that there are no rearsets included in this MK3 labeled kit. Not sure how well that would work with stock foot pegs on a Mk3 with the fairing lowers.

it wouldnt

gortnipper · Jul 29, 2019

Exactly.

tonyjd · Jul 1, 2021

Thanks for the feedback. Received the bike last week and the Gus Kuhn connection makes sense and visually is pretty close to the kit for sale (FB Commando page).

SteveA · Jul 2, 2021

tonyjd said:
Thanks for the feedback. Received the bike last week and the Gus Kuhn connection makes sense and visually is pretty close to the kit for sale (FB Commando page).

Are you saying you bought a used kit, and it took 2 years to get it?

stanthomas · Jul 15, 2021

Bit late perhaps...

I bought, and still have, replica JPN bodywork in yellow from Gus Kuhn Motors in Stockwell in 1979-ish. They did lots of colours, colour is in the gelcoat; my mate had one in black. The brackets supplied by Kuhn were rubbish.

Seeley920 · Jul 15, 2021

stanthomas said:
Bit late perhaps...

I bought, and still have, replica JPN bodywork in yellow from Gus Kuhn Motors in Stockwell in 1979-ish. They did lots of colours, colour is in the gelcoat; my mate had one in black. The brackets supplied by Kuhn were rubbish.

Yep, I've got 2 of them. in the end I put a "Norvil" fairing on my Kuhn road bike. My (Sprint) JPN brackets are far superior

Silver JPN ?? (2019)

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