A 1500km introduction to Norton ownership. England to Norway.

Big Phil · Feb 24, 2022

johnm said:
330549 is a Mk111 built in April 1975.

Great story Steven and definitely not too long. My Mk111 Interstate number is 333555 so my bike was built just 6 later than yours. I have verification from Andover stating the bike was tested and accepted on 24/06/75 and was despatched on 27/06/75. The bike was registered in the U.K. in 1976.

If your bike was built in April 1975 they must of been going awfully slow in the production shop as that’s less than one per week! As I understand it this was right at the latter stages of the commando builds and I guess the workforce were pretty downbeat by then knowing the end was nigh.

Big Phil · Feb 24, 2022

Big Phil said:
Great story Steven and definitely not too long. My Mk111 Interstate number is 333555 so my bike was built just 6 later than yours. I have verification from Andover stating the bike was tested and accepted on 24/06/75 and was despatched on 27/06/75. The bike was registered in the U.K. in 1976.

If your bike was built in April 1975 they must of been going awfully slow in the production shop as that’s less than one per week! As I understand it this was right at the latter stages of the commando builds and I guess the workforce were pretty downbeat by then knowing the end was nigh.

Oh just realised your number started 330 so my bike was built 3,006 after yours I‘m such a Plonker!

BERT · Feb 24, 2022

Steven .Welcome to the forum. Your epic maiden voyage took balls, especially this time of year. Congratulations! I am certain this Commando has fell into good hands. Good luck.
Dave.

tri-man · Feb 25, 2022

Steven, congratulations on your choice of conveyance! You'll find plenty of Norton and other Brit Bike people in Oslo and just about everywhere else in Norway. Check out Westfjord Brit Bike Rally in June and The Lucas Rally in August. They're the main events as Brit Bikes go, but there are others. Any bike rally is a good rally though, friendly faces everywhere. Hope to see you around!

SR

stevenfoxall · Mar 3, 2022

Hey, thank you all so much for the nice comments. Really appreciate making me feel so welcome. Since i was around 17 ive been dipping in and out of various car and bike forums but so far it seems the Norton lot are the most hospitable!

tri-man · Mar 12, 2022

You may want to check out BritBike Forum, but Access Norton must be the best for Nortons. BritBike is good too, and deals with a broader spectrum of Brit Bikes.
Also check out CBOC in Bergen on Facebook and their website for this years rally calender: https://cboc.wordpress.com/
There's a lot going on in Norway, if not quite up there with England and the rest of the UK. You can PM me for more info and a chat if you want.

SR

stevenfoxall · Mar 16, 2022

tri-man said:
You may want to check out BritBike Forum, but Access Norton must be the best for Nortons. BritBike is good too, and deals with a broader spectrum of Brit Bikes.
Also check out CBOC in Bergen on Facebook and their website for this years rally calender: https://cboc.wordpress.com/
There's a lot going on in Norway, if not quite up there with England and the rest of the UK. You can PM me for more info and a chat if you want.

SR

hey thanks for the message

yeah it would be great to get involved in the scene out here. -i'll try and find then on facebook as it looks like theyre website hasnt had an update in a while

chaztuna · Mar 16, 2022

Big Phil said:
Great story Steven and definitely not too long. My Mk111 Interstate number is 333555 so my bike was built just 6 later than yours. I have verification from Andover stating the bike was tested and accepted on 24/06/75 and was despatched on 27/06/75. The bike was registered in the U.K. in 1976.

If your bike was built in April 1975 they must of been going awfully slow in the production shop as that’s less than one per week! As I understand it this was right at the latter stages of the commando builds and I guess the workforce were pretty downbeat by then knowing the end was nigh.

Phil,
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