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Murray, I don't see what your statement on 'dumping' has to do with my statement on the possibility of there being Japanese enthusiasts on this site. We could spend eternity making and countering each other's statements in minute detail but this will undoubtedly produce nothing of substance. You may have missed the fact that this is a site which is extremely multi-national in make-up and that perhaps some may take offence at your jingoistic traducing of an entire race, I certainly do. As a self-avowed historian you are undoubtedly aware that every government and company on the planet tries it's best to monopolise markets, whether this be American agricultural, aerospace and defence products in the third world, or British products in the colonies and The Commonwealth - for as long as they could get away with it. These are just two well-documented examples. Furthermore your avuncular statements that you have owned your Norton almost since Methuselah was a boy is a bit condescending, you probably fall around about the upper-median age on this site, which is documented to have a rather mature demographic, I myself first rode a Norton in 1970. As a newcomer to the site you may be unaware that we have a particularly efficient and vigilant web-administrator in L.A.B. so there is no need to declare what should or should not be posted on the site, after a number of years he has his finger firmly on the pulse and removes those posts which are either too offensive or might perhaps lead to legal difficulties, he does this only rarely, while leaving more than adequate scope for the sort of spirited discussion that we are having now.If you care to peruse the bulk of posts on here you will find that they are in the main discussions on the best ways to keep our beloved Commandos on the road, suppliers and mechanics to seek out and those to avoid, new products and their performance under real-life conditions, useful modifications etc., etc. Your initial forays onto this site have consisted entirely of politically charged rants which frankly don't add anything to our total knowledge or experience of owning and running Nortons. We will probably have to agree to disagree in our respective political and ideological views. I would however be very pleased to see a picture of your one-owner-from-new Commando.
Murray, I don't see what your statement on 'dumping' has to do with my statement on the possibility of there being Japanese enthusiasts on this site. We could spend eternity making and countering each other's statements in minute detail but this will undoubtedly produce nothing of substance. You may have missed the fact that this is a site which is extremely multi-national in make-up and that perhaps some may take offence at your jingoistic traducing of an entire race, I certainly do. As a self-avowed historian you are undoubtedly aware that every government and company on the planet tries it's best to monopolise markets, whether this be American agricultural, aerospace and defence products in the third world, or British products in the colonies and The Commonwealth - for as long as they could get away with it. These are just two well-documented examples. Furthermore your avuncular statements that you have owned your Norton almost since Methuselah was a boy is a bit condescending, you probably fall around about the upper-median age on this site, which is documented to have a rather mature demographic, I myself first rode a Norton in 1970. As a newcomer to the site you may be unaware that we have a particularly efficient and vigilant web-administrator in L.A.B. so there is no need to declare what should or should not be posted on the site, after a number of years he has his finger firmly on the pulse and removes those posts which are either too offensive or might perhaps lead to legal difficulties, he does this only rarely, while leaving more than adequate scope for the sort of spirited discussion that we are having now.
If you care to peruse the bulk of posts on here you will find that they are in the main discussions on the best ways to keep our beloved Commandos on the road, suppliers and mechanics to seek out and those to avoid, new products and their performance under real-life conditions, useful modifications etc., etc. Your initial forays onto this site have consisted entirely of politically charged rants which frankly don't add anything to our total knowledge or experience of owning and running Nortons. We will probably have to agree to disagree in our respective political and ideological views. I would however be very pleased to see a picture of your one-owner-from-new Commando.
