Say what you will about how antique they were, but Commandos were a good all around bike back around 1970. They were quick enough to put paid to almost anything stoplight to stoplight, went around corners well, and were reasonably priced. Unfortunately each year the Japanese came onto the market with something better and faster, that happens, nothing is top dog for long.
I hauled girls on dates, toured the country, raced in local scraps (until I realized the cost) , drove it to work, and now that I think of it kept it until I gave up motorcycling (never thinking I'd come back to bike riding). I really got my money's worth.
It was a real shame that all those forces conspired to keep Norton from developing and continuing to produce. Bad decisions were made on a lot of folks parts.
We have just nearly repeated the entire fiasco recently with the American auto industry, lessons seem a bit hard to absorb.
I hauled girls on dates, toured the country, raced in local scraps (until I realized the cost) , drove it to work, and now that I think of it kept it until I gave up motorcycling (never thinking I'd come back to bike riding). I really got my money's worth.
It was a real shame that all those forces conspired to keep Norton from developing and continuing to produce. Bad decisions were made on a lot of folks parts.
We have just nearly repeated the entire fiasco recently with the American auto industry, lessons seem a bit hard to absorb.
