Which sub model is this 1973 Commando

[Daytonachuff]

Hi all, brand new to this forum. I recently came across this 1973 Norton Commando with S pipes and am trying to figure out which Commando model it is. Barrel and tag number 212352 . Not clear on how to add photo.​

 

[L.A.B.]

It is an early 1973 going by the serial number. The S exhaust is therefore unlikely to be the original.

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[Daytonachuff]

Got it, thanks,

 

[L.A.B.]

It's a Roadster with a Corbin seat and a single Mikuni carb.

 

[kommando]

If the tank is original then its a Roadster, if then front disc is original then it has the Combat engine. But a lot can happen in 53 years.

 

[L.A.B.]

if then front disc is original then it has the Combat engine.

It's (212352) too late to be a Combat.

 

[Daytonachuff]

Don’t think the front disc is original. Someone moved the right side electric switch cluster over to the left side , next to the left side cluster. The right side cluster has a brake lever backside so I assume it was originally drum in front. The master cylinder is off a Honda.

 

[L.A.B.]

Don’t think the front disc is original.

It is most likely original unless it was built as a Hi-Rider as the disc continued after the end of the Combat series.

https://www.classicbike.biz/Norton/Parts/1970s/Commando_Parts_73-74.pdf

 

[Interbak]

As said earlier, a lot can happen in 50+ years. The front disk is original, changing the master cylinder to a smaller diameter, or sleaving the original, is a common improvement. Keeping the right side switch cluster and moving it beside the left is kinda’ strange.