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Wouldn't the owner's forum be rather boring???Why don’t you make a modern day equivalent of a Norton Commando with all of the inherent problems ironed out!
Wouldn't the owner's forum be rather boring???Why don’t you make a modern day equivalent of a Norton Commando with all of the inherent problems ironed out!
Build a replica Seeley Condor, plenty of frames available. A complete Seeley G50 replica, tidy and running could be bought for sensible money, all the specifications are in Colin Seeley's books for the Condor. Big advantage over a Manx is the G50 engine is more oil tight !
What about a Dresda?
Does it have to be a single or twin ? If not have you thought about a Hyde Harrier with 930cc Triple motor , they are really great road bikes .
great bike and so much better road bike than a Rob North rep, I know the current owner of the bike, it still looks the same and gets a good thrashing regularly.Indeed they are Sam. Although some idiots have been known to take things too far in terms of ‘nice road bike’ (see below)!
Trouble is, I don’t think Harris make the kits any more so Hyde doesn’t sell them, unless that’s changed recently?
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He doesn't do internet stuff unfortunately. I know he sold a Norvin to fund it (should have plenty left from that too). He also has a mint Egli (Slater version) You might recognise where I took the picture.That’s awesome Cab. Can’t you persuade him to do a build thread on here...? Would love to know the juicy details...
great bike and so much better road bike than a Rob North rep, I know the current owner of the bike, it still looks the same and gets a good thrashing regularly.
I heard that he’d defiled it with such detritus as lights and (I can hardly bring myself to write this) an electric start ...
yup, and all the better for it ;-)
It was only on the road late last year so not yet I expect.“Doesn’t do internet“ ... what on earth does he do for a good argument ?!
Sweet looking Egli... despite it being red !
Does he take to Manx to Cassie ? Obviously that’s only down the road from me...
Which commando are we talking an original or a 961 with all the problems ironed out?Why don’t you make a modern day equivalent of a Norton Commando with all of the inherent problems ironed out!
I’m open to single, twin, triple.Does it have to be a single or twin ? If not have you thought about a Hyde Harrier with 930cc Triple motor , they are really great road bikes .
For a long time I had a hankerin for a road going Manx. A few years ago someone on this forum discussed the reality of riding a Manx on the road. He had done so for two or three years and considered the Manx to be a fairly awful road bike. Great to look at, even better to race but horrendously bad in any built up situation, motorway or even open road with 70 mph or less speed limit.
His experience all made sense when he went through the reasons why it was so bad.
I switched to pining for a really nice Goldstar. Last month I mentioned this to a friend who just sold his Goldstar, which he owned for thirty years. It was his main bike for about ten years or so. He and his wife toured and camped with it and he raced it at Westwood.
He also did lots of solo touring with it. After he got the Vincent twin the Goldstar sat unused for twenty years.
When I mentioned my desire to own a Goldstar his response was " The only reason to own a Goldstar is to find out you don't want a Goldstar"
I think he saved me $30,000!
There really aren't that many of the old bikes that make good road bikes for today's riding.
Norton Commando is one
850 over 750, just for passing power.
Vincent Twin will do anything you want, lots of grunt.
Triumph Trident- I haven't ridden one of these but others who own them say they are quite comparable to the Commando as a roadbike, smooth with good power, not so torquey as an 850 Commando.
What other Vintage bikes are there that truly make excellent Roadsters?
Not the 650s in my experience.
Too much vibration and not enough torque.
Glen