You Tube Norton....Thx Jay

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Great video. I like the audible alarm on the oil tap idea, and the Performance Machine brake, It looks a nice conversion.
 
Very true.
Maybe they called them that in the U.S. as a marketing ploy?
 
Mind you, were they originally sold with a full rearset gear linkage, or just a reversed lever?
 
jan nelder said:
actually, it is far more appropriate for Commando than originally , when you think about it!
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Yes - but I think the original was coined by Harold Daniels when asked by my Grandad (Joe Craig) what the "new" frame, made my Rex McCandless, felt like in comparison to the pre-war "garden gate".
So - it's all a matter of previous points of reference.
Cheers
 
Hi,
I enjoyed the video.
yes, they are a great looking bike, I’ve always hankered for one.
I must say that when I actually saw one in the flesh, a rather tatty example long after Norton was finished, in midst of a sea of other second bikes in a large bike shop it still stirred my blood. Although strapped for cash at the time I should have thrown caution to the wind and just bought it.
However the quality was appalling with the poorly finished fibreglass pretend tank over an unfinished steel tank, a birds nest of wiring below the instruments and a general look that it was a ‘mock up‘ for a photo shoot rather than a production bike.
I would just love to own one and rectify all the rough edges and create the bike that Norton should have released when it was made, combined with a sympathetic increase in horsepower.
regards
Al
 
robs ss said:
So - it's all a matter of previous points of reference.
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If your first Norton was a Commando and you knew nothing about previous Norton's other than a mention of Featherbed frame then you would think after your first ride that the Commando frame was a Featherbed. I did not make that mistake as I knew about the true Featherbed but that does not stop my first ride on a Commando being a real step change from normal brit singles and twins.
 
Yes.... mirrors that actually work as opposed to just somewhere to hang your helmet when parked (seems to be a 961 thing, judging from the photos here)
PS: Not criticism, just observation :)
 
Always good videos from Jay, but in all honesty "this was the fastest thing you could get...." Well, hardly in 73-74 Mr Leno. It did pretty well though, mostly because of the weight and roadholding I guess.
 
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