I'm 44,
My first "proper" bike was a 1973 850 Commando that I bought for myself when I turned 18 (1983) , I rode it for 9 years
(4 or 5 of those it was all I had).
I was 18 and dumb so I kept burning up gearboxes, I went through 7 gearbox rebuilds in 9 years (spun 3 Layshaft
bearings, twisted a Mainshaft in half, oddly enough normally the front wheel was in the air when the GB let go,
imagine that!?).
I didn't learn until years later that I had pulled the box out of square and I was just lightening my wallet
rebuilding it.
Since then I've gone through a lot of British bikes:
Several BSA 441's, a BSA A65, a BSA B50, a 1995 Triumph Speed Triple, there's more but I've lost them in the
mists of time.
Through everything I've owned or ridden I've never encountered a bike like the Norton, at "full chat" it feels right,
sounds right and pulls like a frieght train.
Plus, properly set up a "Bendy" (Commando) will outhandle MOST of the bikes out there.
So I'm back to the Commando.
Unclviny