New norton comando

They do not need Brembo brakes and Ohlins suspension, But, again fitting anything less would miss the point. Hi Mark. A bit late replying to this thread but I have a SF. My first had near jays when sold, with no trouble. Had this one for 2 weeks, it has on the clock. Yes they are flawed, mine is over geared, and cantankerous under rpm but I love it. It gives me a thrill none of my other bikes do. Yes my R GSA is a better road bike but I am finding myself grabbing the keys before anything else.

Delightful motor, had a few arguments trying to agree where neutral should be, an absolute blast under full throttle, brilliant on the Oxley Highway. Good fun bike. Allow extra travel time to chat to other old blokes about the glory days of Norton and other classic British Bikes! Great fun. Yet another writer who knows not what he writes about.

Is it really worth it? Over priced for the low technology in the engine and electronics. The original Commando did not use a featherbed frame rather a large diameter single top tube and isolated engine and gearbox to reduce transmitted vibration.

All the new Commando are variants on the same cafe racer theme. They have not unfortunately produced a new Interstate which was in the day one of if not their best selling model.

Do you ride and have the electronics intervene? If yes that is a worry. If no, so their inclusion or absence is noticeable?

Your email address will not be published. The bike starts and runs better than new. Clock says miles which looks right on an original Norton clock but I cannot verify. I have owned the bike for about 18 months, I bought it from an older gentleman who had not been using it so much so I had it fully serviced invoices available and replaced both tires and tubes as well as the kickstart gear linkage which was not quite right.

Also had the carbs rebalanced and new tickler sets just to be safe. It runs well, changes cleanly and goes as a Commando should. Up for sale Norton with a little over 2, original miles. The bike was purchased from the original owner after it won first place for best restored motorcycle at the Detroit Autorama in it's first showing.

The first owner bought the bike new in all documented , took it home with 8. In , he decided to ride it for the first time. He converted it from a high rider to a roadster using aluminum tank and side covers fabricated by the master Evan Wilcox and fitting a Corbin seat. The front brake was updated and Boyer ignition replaced the points. Any perished parts were replaced with OEM Norton parts if possible. MK III isolastics were installed and stainless fasteners were used in critical areas.

Within few months he became ill and passed away never having ridden it. The bike was registered for the first time for road use in California in A Norton factory trained mechanic went thru the bike for a second time and made some changes that he recommended. He changed out the counter sprocket for a 19 verse the original 20, put in a Barnett clutch, heim head steady, Fiamm horns, roadster style headlight, new exhaust pipes and mufflers, and a covenant fork upgrade.

All the original parts: bronze clutch plates, high rider headlight, turn signals, choke and cables, head steady, air box, horn, cross over pipes, mufflers,and roadster seat have never been used and will come with the bike as well as the owners manual, tool kit, spark plugs, square mirrors, extra Boyer ready to go and electric air pump.

All parts to bring back to factory set up are here. It still has the break in instruction sticker on the speedo. I have included pictures of how it looked when purchased and photos of how it is set up currently.

The bike has always been stored inside and has never even had water used to clean it. It has never been in the rain either. I wipe it down and polish it. Show it, ride it, or both. I chose to ride it on a limited basis and the rest of the time I just like to sit and stare at it. All documentation, original bill of sale from dealer purchase, verification of history, all work orders and parts lists from both top notch mechanics will come with the bike.

Interested party is welcome to review documents prior to purchase. Bike is all original and all matching numbers. As a second owner, I registered this bike in Ohio, the bike received new clutch line, battery, and new matching tires as originally specified in It also has a valid original historical plate. The bike went to few vintage shows and received tons of admiration.

The notes on this bike sound absolutely wonderful. This Norton is currently located in LA. Self-assured, sturdy, an Aston Martin rather than a Ferrari. We want to make great products that just so happen to be British and they will be manufactured in Britain. You may not get a new Norton for the holidays, but it looks like that may be a possibility for the holiday season. Home News Standard and Naked. Why scrap it? If anything, they wanted more power. Norton needed to keep their bikes competitive with Triumph and BSA.

What to do? A front disk brake actually arrived partway through the model year. Waste not, want not. Another innovation in the new Commando was the slanted cylinders. This was essentially the same engine as used in the Norton Atlas , but instead of being vertical like the Atlas, they tilted the Commando engine forward before mounting it, to give it a distinctive, more modern look.

It worked. And they had a plan. It was the first! The secret was the Isolastic Suspension. But the Combat proved fragile, having been pumped up to its practical limits of performance, it was easily pushed too hard.

Replacing blown Combat engines became the factories preoccupation for the latter part of The Combat was dropped for The Commando was wildly successful, although Norton could never produce the volumes of bikes that Triumph did at the time.