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Nethertheless, the fact remains that Nortons were profitable to almost the very end, and that political shenanigans brought them undone. Easy to be wise with 20/20 hindsight. Its also easy to throw around words like obsolete design, etc. But whenever previously something fancy came out, it was expensive and sales were slow. Vincents being a case in point ? If sales had been brisk, would a dohc british ducati have emerged, in time - who knows ?? This was before motorcycles were a serious leisure machine, don't forget - cheap transport was still the main area of sales for much of the motorcycle industry ?

If an updated Commando were available today, would it sell ?
Mr Garners concern would seem to suggest it would...
In limited numbers certainly.

Nortons were never a large manufacturer, stories of worn out machining and tooling and limited budgets and skimping and scraping to make production have been doing the rounds since before the war...

P.S. Do you actually own a Commando. Or even ridden one. ?

<blockquote data-quote="Rohan" data-source="post: 142382" data-attributes="member: 2471">Nethertheless, the fact remains that Nortons were profitable to almost the very end, and that political shenanigans brought them undone.&nbsp; Easy to be wise with 20/20 hindsight. Its also easy to throw around words like obsolete design, etc. But whenever previously something fancy came out, it was expensive and sales were slow. Vincents being a case in point ?&nbsp; If sales had been brisk, would a dohc british ducati have emerged, in time - who knows ??&nbsp; This was before motorcycles were a serious leisure machine, don&#039;t forget - cheap transport was still the main area of sales for much of the motorcycle industry ?&nbsp;If an updated Commando were available today, would it sell ?Mr Garners concern would seem to suggest it would...In limited numbers certainly.Nortons were never a large manufacturer, stories of worn out machining and tooling and limited budgets and skimping and scraping to make production have been doing the rounds since before the war...P.S. Do you actually own a Commando. Or even ridden one. ?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rohan, post: 142382, member: 2471"] Nethertheless, the fact remains that Nortons were profitable to almost the very end, and that political shenanigans brought them undone. Easy to be wise with 20/20 hindsight. Its also easy to throw around words like obsolete design, etc. But whenever previously something fancy came out, it was expensive and sales were slow. Vincents being a case in point ? If sales had been brisk, would a dohc british ducati have emerged, in time - who knows ?? This was before motorcycles were a serious leisure machine, don't forget - cheap transport was still the main area of sales for much of the motorcycle industry ? If an updated Commando were available today, would it sell ? Mr Garners concern would seem to suggest it would... In limited numbers certainly. Nortons were never a large manufacturer, stories of worn out machining and tooling and limited budgets and skimping and scraping to make production have been doing the rounds since before the war... P.S. Do you actually own a Commando. Or even ridden one. ? [/QUOTE]