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When I brought my Norton at age 17 I wasn't very mechanical in mind and all my mates at the time were buying Honda 4s and they all asked why didn't you buy a Honda they are more reliable etc etc, then in 79 I brought the Wideline frame off my mate and a year later started to build my Commando/Featherbed, it was a learning curve for me as well, my mates all ridiculed me about the task at hand but they didn't understand it was going to be my bike built the way I wanted it to be powerful and handle great and it was done with my own two hands.Its been a great bike the way I built it, is very reliable and handles outstandingly, it was built by my hands and the best thing is still going as good as the first time I fired it up from day one and only a few small things have let me down like broken chain or a failed coil but that got me home running on one cylinder and 2 failed EIs so not bad for 43 years of ownership and my mate's well none of them have their Honda 4s and my Norton was a every day rider till 6 years ago it is now semi retired just like me but I still take it out when ever I want and it will be with me till the day I die, I have my newer Triumph Thruxtons but the Norton is number one, its no beauty queen and is showing its age but that's the way I like it.Ashley
When I brought my Norton at age 17 I wasn't very mechanical in mind and all my mates at the time were buying Honda 4s and they all asked why didn't you buy a Honda they are more reliable etc etc, then in 79 I brought the Wideline frame off my mate and a year later started to build my Commando/Featherbed, it was a learning curve for me as well, my mates all ridiculed me about the task at hand but they didn't understand it was going to be my bike built the way I wanted it to be powerful and handle great and it was done with my own two hands.
Its been a great bike the way I built it, is very reliable and handles outstandingly, it was built by my hands and the best thing is still going as good as the first time I fired it up from day one and only a few small things have let me down like broken chain or a failed coil but that got me home running on one cylinder and 2 failed EIs so not bad for 43 years of ownership and my mate's well none of them have their Honda 4s and my Norton was a every day rider till 6 years ago it is now semi retired just like me but I still take it out when ever I want and it will be with me till the day I die, I have my newer Triumph Thruxtons but the Norton is number one, its no beauty queen and is showing its age but that's the way I like it.
Ashley
