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I wanted a Commando ever since I saw a new Fastback in a shop window in Crawley, England in 1969, when I was still in secondary school. When I was trying to scrape together enough cash to buy a second hand Roadster in 1973, my father, who had ridden British bikes until he stopped riding, said to me: "Don't buy it, it will break your heart." I took his advice reluctantly and, in hindsight, he was right at the time. I didn't have enough experience or cash to maintain it. I finally decided to buy a Commando much later in life, which for me, was the right time. At that stage, there were fixes for all the bugs, I had clocked up some mechanical experience, I had my own workshop and I could spend a bit of money on it. I wouldn't have considered it otherwise.